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Peter Roget
Peter Roget showed to the British Royal Society his idea of moving objects. His exact words were " The persistence of vision with regarding to moving objects" -
Phenakitstoscope
Dr. Joseph Antoine Plateau and Dr. Simon Ritter created the phenakistoscope. It spun and when it did it created an illusion for the viewer so it looked like pictures. -
Eadward Muybridge
Eadward Muybridge photographed animals in motion -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison started his research into motion pictures -
Kinetoscope
Thomas Edison invented the kinetoscope. -
George Eastman
George Eastman began the manufacture of photographic film. -
Emile Reynaud
Emile Reynaud combined one of her earlier invention (praxinoscope) with a projector opened a new theater called Theatre Optique. -
Louis and Augustine Lumiere
Louis and Augustine Lumiere gained rights to their invention called the cinematograph capable of project moving pictures. -
Vita Scope
Thomas Armat designed the vita scope which projected Thomas Edison's invention. -
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First Animations
The first 5 animations were made, including "Little Nemo". -
Windsor McCay and Gertie
Windsor McCay creates "Gertie, The Trained Dinosaur." -
Walt and Roy Disney
Walt and Roy Disney create the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. -
Alice's Wonderland
Walt Disney extended max Fleischer's technique and created Alice's Wonderland. -
John and James Whitney
John and James Whitney produced "Five Abstract Film Exercises". -
Harry Smith
Harry Smith produced animation by drawing directly into film. -
Ed Catmull
Ed Catmull develops an animation scripting -
Willow
Willow uses morphing in live action film. -
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park uses CG for realistic creatures.
