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Magic Lantern
The Magic Lantern was one of the first forms of the animation projectors and led to the invention of the modernized movie projectors. https://youtu.be/3DOXsRjP2-E http://www.magiclantern.org.uk/history/history01.php https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Visual_reinforcement_magic_lantern.jpg -
The Phenakistoscope
The Phenakistoscope was a disc with a series of images that, when spun, created the illusion of movement. It was invented by Joseph Plateau. https://youtu.be/T0OA4k8IJXM http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/10/the-first-animated-gifs/ http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/images/toys3126.jpg -
Invention of the Mutoscope
The Mutoscope, invented by Edison Dickson, was an animation device that allowed one person to pay to view a small flip book style sequence. These were seen around old arcades and piers. These were the lead to television and cinemas. https://youtu.be/4aTur21yims http://www.earlycinema.com/technology/mutoscope.html http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-mut1.htm https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Mutoscope,_1899_(bis).jpg/220px-Mutoscope,_1899_(bis).jpg -
The Sculptors Nightmare
This was the first movie to use claymation as an effect in film. It showed the building up of presidents busts, which then began to interact with other characters. This was an impressive new technique in using animation for special effects. https://youtu.be/MyQaTViWne0 http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/video/articles/59445.aspx http://keyframe.org/txt/heads/nightmare.gif -
Fantsmagorie (1908)
The first fully animated film, by Emile Cohl. It was composed of 700 drawings. https://youtu.be/aEAObel8yIE http://www.openculture.com/2010/12/fantasmagorie_the_first_animated_film.html http://www.findingdulcinea.com/docroot/dulcinea/fd_images/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day---mile-Cohl-Releases-the-First-Full-Length-Animated-Film---
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Rotoscoping
Max Fleischer was the first to develop the rotoscope, which he patented in 1917. This technique utilized tracing over live action film in order to create accurate animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z32h-b9-8Qw http://www.skwigly.co.uk/the-rotoscope-of-max-fleischer/ -
Fiddlesticks
Centering around Flip the Frog, Fiddlesticks was the first color sound cartoon, made by Ub Iwerks after he left disney. It is a major milestone in the improvements of animation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCt7xQ4kRRM https://vintageplace.pivotshare.com/media/flip-the-frog-fiddlesticks-(1930)/17033 http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4724/1844/1600/fiddlesticks03.1.jpg -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Made by Disney, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was the first full length animated film to be released in America. Critics thought neither children nor adults would sit through an entire cartoon film, and this movie proved that theory wrong, leading to more animated films to be produced. https://youtu.be/U2AMbKUgjrc http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/disney-releases-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs https://i.jeded.com/i/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs.31581.jpg -
Crusader Rabbit
Crusader Rabbit was the first successful cartoon series to air on television, airing from 1949-1957. This was the gateway for making animated television series a common occurence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hHQvkUhJo http://www.museum.tv/eotv/cartoons.htm https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Crusader_Rabbit_title.jpg -
Felix the Cat
Felix the Cat was the first celebrity cartoon character. This helped in generating more interest towards cartoons, which resulted in the continuous development of the animation industry. https://youtu.be/amGbBFsiuzc?t=6 http://www.playfulkitty.net/2014/10/16/felix-cat/ http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/felixthecat/images/a/ab/Felix_the_Cat.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130303222947 -
Sazae-san
The longest running cartoon, Sazae-san, has been going on since 1969 and continues today in 2016. This Japanese animation has over 7,000 episodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJNhcZSRyw https://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/sazae-san-enters-guinness-world-records-as-longest-running-animated-tv-series http://blog.honeyfeed.fm/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sazae-san-480x500.gif -
First Use of CGI in Live Action Film
The first use of 2D CGI in film was in the movie based off of Michael Crichton's "Westworld" under the same title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UPXqL_Vm5M http://www.amc.com/talk/2009/05/cgi-movie-milestones-1 https://retrenders.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/westworld-1973-poster.jpg -
First Use of 3D CGI in Film
The sequel to Westworld, which was the first movie to feature CGI, was the first film to include 3D CGI. Titled Futureworld, this movie was released three years after Westworld came out. https://youtu.be/QfRAfsK5cvU http://diffuser.fm/futureworld-movie/ http://images.moviepostershop.com/futureworld-movie-poster-1976-1020200835.jpg -
First Fully Computer Generated Animated Film.
Toy Story was the first movie to be completely animated using computer generating, as well as Pixar's first feature film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYz2wyBy3kc http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/toy-story-turns-20-changed-animated-films-forever/story?id=35281890 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YJij12XwV85dw3vLniZGfOOfD_GoMegiNTlBS34YW_sQYw06_OVsk2MJhIXq1vrYjsjl1UQ=s142 -
Zotz!
Zotz! was the first movie to feature the bullet time effect, but the term was first used in the creation of the Matrix. This effect gave the illusion of time slowing down, either for one object or for an entire scene. www.youtube.com/watch?v=faXNUHp6NcA http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/218827%7C0/Zotz.html https://www.asu.edu/courses/art345/2009/sullivan_r/web/bullettime/index.html https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Zotzposter.jpg/220px-Zotzposter.jpg
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