Animation History

  • Peter Roget

    Peter Roget
    Peter Roget presented his paper 'The persistence of vision with regard to moving objects' to the British Royal Society.
  • phenakitstoscope

    phenakitstoscope
    Dr. Joseph Antoine Plateau and Dr. Simon Rittrer constructed a machine called a phenakitstoscope. This machine produced an illusion of movement by allowing a viewer to gaze at a rotating disk containing small windows; behind the windows was another disk containing a sequence of images. When the disks were rotated at the correct speed, the synchronization of the windows with the images created an animated effect.
  • cinematograph

    cinematograph
    Louis and Augustine Lumiere issued a patent for a device called a cinematograph capable of projecting moving pictures.
  • Humorous phases of funny faces

    Humorous phases of funny faces
    J. Stuart Blackton made the first animated film which he called "Humorous phases of funny faces." His method was to draw comical faces on a blackboard and film them. He would stop the film, erase one face to draw another, and then film the newly drawn face. The stop-motion provided a starting effect as the facial expressions changed be fore the viewers eyes.
  • Alice's Wonderland

    Alice's Wonderland
    Walt Disney extended Max Fleischer's technique of combining live action with cartoon characters in the film "Alice's Wonderland".
  • Steam Boat Willie

    Steam Boat Willie
    Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced in black-and-white by Walt Disney Studios and was released by Celebrity Productions
  • Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park
    Jurassic Park use of CG for realistic living creatures
  • Toy Story

    Toy Story
    Toy Story first full-length 3D CG feature film
  • Paddington

    Paddington
    Paddington is the first film that Framestore has worked on with a computer-animated animal as the lead character
  • Avengers Infinity War

    Avengers Infinity War
    Marvel announced that the new avengers will be shot entirely by IMAX cameras. The first movie to do this.