Animation Timeline

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  • Thaumatrope

    Thaumatrope
    What? A disk with a picture on each side is attached to two pieces of string.
    Who? John Ayrton Paris
    Where? France
    Significance? provide an illusion of motion when two stages of a figure in motion are depicted
    Video: https://youtu.be/46Mlr4hvW-E?t=8s
    Cite: "Thaumatrope." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2016.

  • Phénakisticope

    Phénakisticope
    What? first widespread animation device that created a fluent illusion of motion
    Who? Joseph Plateau
    Where? Belgium and Austria
    Significance? first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for the future motion picture and film industry
    Video: https://youtu.be/T0OA4k8IJXM
    Cite: "Phenakistoscope." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2016.

  • Zoetrope

    Zoetrope
    What? devices that produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion.
    Who?William George Horner
    Where? England
    Significance? zoetropes have seen occasional use for artwork, entertainment, and other media use, notably as linear zoetropes on subway lines, and from the early 21st century some 3D zoetropes.
    Video: https://youtu.be/-3yarT_h2ws?t=10s
    Cite: "Zoetrope." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.

  • Flip Book

    Flip Book
    What? A flip book is a small book with relatively springy pages, each having one in a series of animation images located near its unbound edge
    Who? John Barnes Linnett
    Where? England
    Significance? Early film animators cited flip books as their inspiration more often than the earlier devices
    Video: https://youtu.be/ud8dSDy5lB4
    Cite: "Flip Book." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.

  • Praxinoscope

    Praxinoscope
    What? used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder
    Who? Charles-Émile Reynaud
    Where? France
    Significance? praxinoscope improved on the zoetrope by replacing its narrow viewing slits with an inner circle of mirrors, placed so that the reflections of the pictures appeared more or less stationary in position as the wheel turned
    Video: https://youtu.be/Ez_UJAafRMs
    Cite: "Praxinoscope." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.

  • Enchanted Drawing

    Enchanted Drawing
    What?silent film directed by J. Stuart Blackton. It is best known for containing the first animated sequences recorded on standard picture film
    Who?J. Stuart Blackton, father of American animation
    Where? U. S.
    Significance? It is a combination of a silent film and stop motion animation
    Video: https://youtu.be/rYDmH2B9XJw
    Cite: "The Enchanted Drawing." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.

  • Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur
    What? animated short film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur.
    Who? Winsor McCay
    Where? US
    Significance? First to use keyframe technique
    Video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmVra1mW7LU&edufilter=4hd5xGOD87deUi2asytBSw&safe=active
    Cite: "Gertie the Dinosaur." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.

  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie
    What? American animated short film directed produced in black-and-white by Walt Disney Studios
    Who? Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks
    Where? U.S.
    Significance? first fully synchronized sound cartoon
    Video: https://youtu.be/BBgghnQF6E4
    Cite: "Steamboat Willie." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.

  • Disney's First Animated Movie

    Disney's First Animated Movie
    What? Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    Who? David Hand and Walt Disney
    Where? U. S.
    Significance? Started the run for Disney animated films
    Video: https://youtu.be/JtWcPgDjPrM
    Cite: "Snow White." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.

  • Pink Panther

    Pink Panther
    What? As a child in Lugash, Princess Dala receives a gift from her father, the Maharajah: the "Pink Panther," the largest diamond in the world.
    Who? Blake Edwards
    Where? United States
    Significance? first of the several animation movies involving him
    Video: https://youtu.be/G6ZLZQGydPc
    Cite: "The Pink Panther." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.

  • Mary Poppins

    Mary Poppins
    What? 1964 American musical fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney, with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers
    Who? Robert Stevenson
    Where? U.S
    Significance? Movie included animation and real people
    Video: https://youtu.be/tRFHXMQP-QU
    Cite: "Mary Poppins (film)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.

  • Pixar's First Animated Movie

    Pixar's First Animated Movie
    What? a cowboy doll belongs to a young boy named Andy, but when his parents buy him a Buzz Lightyear action figure he is afraid he will be replaces. Even worse, the arrogant Buzz thinks he's a real spaceman on a mission to return to his home planet
    Who? John Lasseter
    Where? U. S.
    Significance? first feature-length computer-animated film and the first theatrical film produced by Pixar
    Video: https://youtu.be/LJnlmJ4lqik
    Cite: "Toy Story." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.

  • Dreamwork's First Animated Movie

    Dreamwork's First Animated Movie
    What? Antz
    Who? Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson, written by Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz and Todd Alcott
    Where? U. S.
    Significance? resulted in a controversial public feud, between DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Steve Jobs and John Lasseter of Pixar
    Video: https://youtu.be/6kqGO1c70ak
    Cite: "Antz." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2016.