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Magic Lantern
In Industrial Revolution in Europe and North America sparked the creation for machines that produced pictures that gave the illusion of movement. The Magic Lantern, or Laterna Magica, is an image projector that uses pictures on sheets of glass. Since some sheets contain moving parts, this is considered the first example of projected animation. -
Phenakistoscope
Phenakistoscope - Is drawings of stages were shown in quick succession, the human eye would perceive them as a continuous movement, sort of like a flip book.
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Zoetrope
Zoetrope - A rotating drum lined by a band of pictures that could be swapped out for different pictures.
Invented by William George Horner -
Theatre Optique
A French inverter named Émile Reynaud created the “Theatre Optique” an animated moving picture system. That gave over 12,800 shows to a total of more than 500,000 visitors at the Musée Grévin in Paris. -
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces was created by J. Stuart Blackton, which is noted as quite possibly the first film-based animation. In the same year, Blackton experimented with the idea of stop-motion animation, which involved taking a photograph of an object, moving its position slightly, photographing it again, and so forth, creating a moving animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGh6maN4l2I -
Fantasmagorie
Émile Cohl created Fantasmagorie the first animated film using hand-drawn animation, and film historians consider it to be the first animated cartoon. To make this film, Cohl placed each drawing on an illuminated glass plate, then traced the next drawing with variations on top until he had around 700 drawings. the first animated film using hand-drawn animation, and film historians consider it to be the first animated cartoon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEAObel8yIE -
Gertie the Dinosaur
Winsor McCay created Gertie the Dinosaur - the animated short film that took the next step in paving the road to a more fluid sense of movement. This technique gave Gertie the presence and personality of an individual with a life of her own. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32pzHWUTcPc -
Felix the Cat
Felix the Cat - Often considered the first animated movie star was created by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer during the silent film era. Felix the Cat is famously seen with hands behind his back, head down, and deep in thought. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HskWL82GeQ -
Steamboat Willie
Young Walt Disney was working at his Laugh-O-gram Films studio in Kansas City, Missouri. After making a few minor changes to his first major character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Then the character of Mickey Mouse was born. Disney made history when he produced Steamboat Willie, the first cartoon animation with synchronized sound.
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Toy Story
Toy story was the first computer animated film, produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Taking place in a world where toys come to life when humans are not present, the plot of Toy Story focuses on the relationship between an old-fashioned pull-string cowboy doll named Woody and a modern space cadet action figure, Buzz Lightyear, as Woody develops jealousy towards Buzz when he becomes their owner Andy's favorite toy.