history of animation

  • Fantasmagorie

    Fantasmagorie
    Considered the first hand drawn animation. French animated film by Émile Cohl.
  • cel animations invention

    cel animations invention
    the traditional way of animation used from to 1915 to 1988. popular during the 50's
  • Felix The Cat

    Felix The Cat
    Otto Mesner's creation called Felix The Cat. Paramount Pictures short film called "Feline Follies", then grew into a series.
  • sound added in animation

    sound added in animation
    Sound was absent from animation for a long time until Paul Terrys dinner time. until then it was only silent
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie
    Steamboat was the earliest version of Micky mouse in 1928. It was the first animated short film to incorporate sound in a stop motion.
  • Silly Symphony

    Silly Symphony
    "Silly Symphony" animated short film by Disney and introduced color. Had the greatest impact in the color era.
  • Multi plain camera

    Multi plain camera
    The first multiplane camera, using movable layers of flat artwork before a horizontal camera.The animation cels were placed within the setup so that various objects could pass in front of and behind them, and the entire scene was shot using a horizontal camera.
  • Xerography

    Xerography
    Xerography or electrophotography is a dry photocopying technique. Its fundamental principle was invented by American physicist Chester Carlson and based on Hungarian physicist Pál Selényi's publications.
  • The Flintstones

    The Flintstones
    The first show to have a plot line. he Flintstones was the most financially successful and longest-running network animated franchise for three decades.
  • 3-d animation

    3-d animation
    By 1970s 3d animation had evolved in making realistic human faces. Frederic Parke and Edwin Catmull where the designers of these faces.
  • Futureworld - first time CGI was used

    Futureworld - first time CGI was used
    Futureworld was the first instance of computer generated imagery was used to make a face and hand
  • Rotoscope

    Rotoscope
    Rotoscoping is an animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage. To produce realistic action.