History of 2D Animation

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    silent age of animation

    silent age of animation
    before the golden age, earliest age of mainstream animation known to man
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    when was steamboat willie made

    when was steamboat willie made
    November 18, 1928
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    who made steamboat willie

    who made steamboat willie
    Walt Disney Studios (Walt Disney- direction/provided the finances, Ub Iwerks- animator/director, and Carl Stalling- who composed the score)
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    when was the silent age of animation

    when was the silent age of animation
    early 1900s to the late 1920s
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    how was steamboat willie made?

    how was steamboat willie made?
    standard (hand-drawn cel) animation, music produced via a metronome, creating a chart to be tested out with 17 piece orchestra and 3 sound effect me, failed, added a bouncing ball to give the conductor tempo, second recording successful
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    unique about steamboat willie

    unique about steamboat willie
    first sound animation
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    when was Gertie the dinosaur made

    when was Gertie the dinosaur made
    February 8, 1914
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    who made Gertie the dinosaur

    who made Gertie the dinosaur
    Winsor McCay
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    how was Gertie the dinosaur made

    how was Gertie the dinosaur made
    used cel (traditional) animation
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    unique about Gertie the dinosaur

    unique about Gertie the dinosaur
    first keyframe animation cartoon and the earliest to feature a dinosaur
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    when was the phenakistoscope made

    when was the phenakistoscope made
    1841
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    who made the phenakistoscope

    who made the phenakistoscope
    Joseph Plateau
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    how was the phenakistoscope made

    how was the phenakistoscope made
    used a spinning disc attached vertically to a handle and was operated by spinning the cardboard disc, viewing the reflection of the image in a mirror through a series of moving slits, through the distortion and flicker, the disc created the illusion that the image was moving.
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    unique about phenakistoscope

    unique about phenakistoscope
    first widespread animation device that created a fluid illusion of motion also is regarded as one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for the future motion picture and film industry
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    when was little Nemo made

    when was little Nemo made
    April 8, 1911
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    who made little Nemo

    who made little Nemo
    Winsor McCay
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    how was little Nemo made

    how was little Nemo made
    made 4k drawings on rice paper, create live animation
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    unique about little nemo

    unique about little nemo
    first true animation ever created
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    when was the enchanted drawing made

    when was the enchanted drawing made
    November 16, 1900
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    who made the enchanted drawing

    who made the enchanted drawing
    J. Stuart Blackton
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    how was the enchanted drawing made

    how was the enchanted drawing made
    stop motion animation
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    unique about the enchanted drawing

    unique about the enchanted drawing
    first animated sequences recorded on a standard picture film
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    when were cut-out animations made

    when were cut-out animations made
    1926
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    who made cut out animation

    who made cut out animation
    Lotte Reiniger
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    how was cut out animation made

    how was cut out animation made
    form of stop-motion animation using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or even photographs
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    first person to create a 2d animation

    first person to create a 2d animation
    Emile Cohl
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    when was the golden age of animation

    when was the golden age of animation
    November 18th, 1928- late 50's/ early 60's
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    when was the dark age of animation

    when was the dark age of animation
    late 1950s till the mid 80s
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    example of the golden age of animation

    example of the golden age of animation
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    example of golden age of animation

    example of golden age of animation
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    example of the silent age of animation

    example of the silent age of animation
    Gertie the dinosaur
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    dark age of animation

    dark age of animation
    after the golden age of animation, theatrical short died off and cartoons slowly faded into tv, primary target was children
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    examples of the dark age of animation

    examples of the dark age of animation
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    who pioneered the bouncing ball

    who pioneered the bouncing ball
    Max Fleischer
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    when was the bouncing ball pioneered

    when was the bouncing ball pioneered
    1924
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    unique about cut out animation

    unique about cut out animation
    2d/3d, can be done by hand, another form of animation
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    walt disney studios founded

    walt disney studios founded
    October 16, 1923
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    first Walt Disney animated featured film

    first Walt Disney animated featured film
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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    walt Disney's first animated film

    walt Disney's first animated film
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    Warner brothers started

    Warner brothers started
    April 4, 1923
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    Warner brothers first cartoon

    Warner brothers first cartoon
    1930-69
    Looney Tunes
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    second Warner brothers cartoon released

    second Warner brothers cartoon released
    1931-69
    Merrie Melodies
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    major difference between walt Disney and Warner brothers

    major difference between walt Disney and Warner brothers
    Walt Disney is more successful (also due to its theme parks)
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    cel animation

    cel animation
    1915, an animation technique in which each frame is drawn by hand on a physical medium. The technique was the dominant form of animation in cinema until the advent of computer animation.
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    example of cel animation

    example of cel animation
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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    example of cel animation

    example of cel animation
    Dumbo
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    example of cel animation

    example of cel animation
    Bambi
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    stop motion animation

    stop motion animation
    1898, an animated-film making technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion when the series of frames is played back as a fast sequence.
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    first stop motion animation

    first stop motion animation
    1898, The Humpty Dumpty Circus
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    example of stop motion animation

    example of stop motion animation
    Chicken Run
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    example of stop motion animation

    example of stop motion animation
    The Nightmare before Christmas
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    second featured movie made by walt disney

    second featured movie made by walt disney
    Pinocchio
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    golden age of animation

    golden age of animation
    is a period in animation history that is generally agreed to have begun with the release of Steamboat Willie, and cemented with with Fleischer's, Warner's and MGM's rise to prominence in the years following. It faded out in the late-50s / early-1960s when theatrical animated shorts lost ground to the new (and far lower budget) medium of television animation.
  • Warner Bros' first film

    Warner Bros' first film
    My Four Years in Germany