Animation project AV

Stop Motion

1898

Created in a cinematographic technique whereby the camera is repeatedly stopped and started, for example to give animated figures the impression of movement.

Technicolor

1918

Motion-picture process using dye-transfer techniques to produce a colour print. The first film shot in color was "Cupid Angling" made in 1918 and Wizard of Oz followed later in 1939.

First Synchronized Sound & Dialogue

1924

in 1924 Max and Dave realesed oh Mabel it was the first animated film to have synced dialogue. it also used phono film to sync sound and footage. it was released four years before Disney's first cartoon.

The Multilane Camera

1937

Walt Disney devised a machine called the Multiplane camera. it is a series of glass planes with individuals elements printed on them. this created a three demential world in which elements in the foreground the would move separately from those in the background.

First Feature Length Cel-Animated Film

1937

Produced by Walt Disney, the film was a massive critical and commercial success. it was incredible for the film that so many thought would bankrupt Disney.

Xerography

1942

Chester Carlson developed an electrophotographic or dry photocopying which was later named xerography. In 1961 Disney created the classic One under and one Dalmatians that became the standard animation process at Disney until 1989.

First Primetime Animated Television Show

1960

from 1960 through 1966, Hanna-Barbara produced the Flinstones for ABC that was the first primetime animated show. it was the most financially successful animated franchise until the debut of the Simpsons. the flintiness had the perfect blend of Stone Age comedy and 1960's family life.

Computer Animation Production System (CAPS)

1970

The Computer Graphics Lab at NYIT first developed a scan and paint system for cel animation in the late 1970s. This was the beginning of a digital ink and paint program used to digitally color films in post production. The goal was to input an animator’s drawings into a computer. The computer would then recognize the individual lines, and allowed users to fill shapes with colors.

A Computer Animated Hand

1972

In 1972, University of Utah researchers Ed Catmull and Fred Parke developed a computer animated short of Catmull’s left hand. A Computer Animated Hand used 350 triangles and polygons to create a 3D model. The model was then animated in a program created by Catmull himself.

3D Animation

1976

It is the manipulation of 3D models or objects is carried out within 3D software for exporting picture sequences giving them the illusion of animation or movement. Animating objects in a three-dimensional space. 3D Animation can be rotated and moved like real objects. A example of this would be avatar

First Live-Action and Cartoon Animation Feature Film

1988

Who Framed Roger Rabbit was the first live action movie where a actor and an animated character would share the screen the entire time in a feature film. The film was produced on a 30 million dollar budget – which was the most expensive animated film ever green-lit at the time. The film used blue screen technology to capture the actors, and the animated characters were added in using traditional cell animation techniques.

First Computer Animated Feature Film

1995

Pixar animation studios aimed to meet their original goal of making the first full length computer animated film. In 1995 Toy Story was created With Ed Catmull’s technology and John Lasseter‘s art and storytelling.