Animation History

  • The phenakistoscope

    The phenakistoscope
    Created by Joseph Plateau.It was made by spinning cardboard. It was the first widespread animation. It came from a Greek word 'phenakisticos' which means to deceive.
  • Cut-Out Animations

    Cut-Out Animations
    Invented by Lotte Reiniger. Created with flat characters and props. It's unique by you have to change the movement for every frame.
  • Stop Motion Animation

    Stop Motion Animation
    Capturing one frame at a time.
  • Period: to

    Silent Age of Animation

    It was the earliest age of mainstream animation. One popular animation was Gertie the Dinosaur
  • The Enchanted Drawing

    The Enchanted Drawing
    It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton. It was drawn on an easel. It was a 1900 silent film. Known for the first animated sequence recorded.
  • Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur
    Created by Winsor McCay. He drew thousands of frames and put it together. He was first released in the movie theater.
  • Cel Animation

    Cel Animation
    It's where you draw each frame by hand. First created when Gertie the Dinosaur was created. Other examples are Spirited Away and Pinocchio
  • Warner Bros

    Warner Bros
  • Walt Disney

    Walt Disney
  • Bouncing Ball

    Bouncing Ball
    Max Fleischer created the bouncing ball.
  • Period: to

    Golden Age of Animation

    It was when Walt Disney and Warner Bros came out. Popular character like Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny.
  • Steamboat Wille

    Steamboat Wille
    Created by Walt Disney and Ub Iweks. It was made in black and white.Ub Iweks created the sounds himself. It's unique by the first animation to have sound.
  • Snow White

    Snow White
    Walt Disney Animation
  • Dumbo

    Dumbo
    Walt Disney Animation
  • Period: to

    Dark Age of Animation

    The unfortunate successor to the Golden Age. Clutch Cargo was a rock bottom animation.
  • Peter Pan

    Peter Pan
    Walt Disney Animation
  • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

    Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
    Warner Bros Animation
  • Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island

    Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
    Warner Bros Animation
  • Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

    Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
    Warner Bros Animation
  • Little Nemo

    Little Nemo
    Directed by Masami Hata and William Hurtz. Created with tons of screenwriters. It originally came from a comic strip created by Winsor McCay.
  • Fantastic Mr.Fox

    Fantastic Mr.Fox
    Stop Motion
  • Caroline

    Caroline
    Stop motion
  • Kubo and the two strings

    Kubo and the two strings
    Stop Motion