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Flip book
The first flip book was called the kineograph. It was made by John Barnes lLinnet. -
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History of Animation
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Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
J. Stuart Blackton makes the first animated film on a standard picture film. His animation features a series of funny faces and characters such as a clown with a dog jumping through a hoop. This is all done on a chalkboard. -
John Bray Studios
John bray opened up his studio company which changed how people made animation. One of his employees, Earl Hurd invented and patented the cel technique -
Walt Disney's "Alice in Wonderland"
This film was a silent film and was in black and white. -
Original Tom and Jerry
The first short film of Tom and Jerry was called "Wot a Night". Tom and Jerry were later created into a cat and mouse as the very popular tv show you know now. -
Snow White and the Seven dwarves
This was the first full length animated movie and it was of course produced by none other than Walt Disney. -
Puppet Animation
Elbert Tuganov, an Estonian animator, created his first puppet animation named "Little Peter's Dream" in 1958. -
Smurfs
Smurfs are small blue creatures that live in mushrom houses. The smurfs were originally created by Pierre Culliford in a Belgian comic strip, but later was turned into a show in english. -
Star Wars
George Lucas directs "Star Wars IV: A New Hope" which relies heavily on special effects. -
Jurassic Park Realeased
This was the first major breakthrough of using CGI with its realistic animals.