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The praxinoscope
in the year 1877 a french science teacher named Charles-Émile Reynaud created the first animation, the praxinoscope. The praxinoscope was this spinning cylinder that would be surround by this strip of paper. The paper had images that a different movement in each image. once spun it would create the illusion of movement -
the first film animation
jump forward three decades and a man named James Stuart blackton creates the film "Humorous phases of funny faces". during this time called the silent era there were many cartoons from France and America. the animation was a stop motion that lasted three minutes. -
Krazy the Kat
In the year 1914 a comic strip showed up called Krazy Kat got its own animation just two years later. the animation went on till 1944 when the author of the comic strip died. -
Steamboat Willie
its 1928 and Walt Disney wants to join the animation train so he teams up with Ub Lwerks. they eventually create a animation called Steamboat willy later known as Mickey mouse. this was also the first animation to take advantage of noise for their animation. -
Animation unlocked: color
Walt Disney created another animation but with color and sound and that animation was Snow white and the seven dwarfs. this was also the first animation with hand-drawn animation. -
The Disney strike of 1941
in 1941 the animators who help create the snow white movie didnt get their bonuses or raises after wards. at the time the world war was in play and was isolated from the other animators. the people who did see him worked into the night -
the start of the tv era
in 1960 the first televison show was the Flintstones. the series lasted six years and ended on April 1, 1966. it had six seasons, 166 episodes, and originally aired on ABC -
movies take a change from hand drawn
in 1972 the university of Utah created a movie using a computer. the computer generated movie used scripting language to run the animation. this method was made by a man named Ed Catmull to create movies on the computer. -
The Simsons
its 1987 and the Simsons have showed up as an American sitcom. the simsons was created by Matt Groening for the fox broadcasting studio. the show became the longest running show when it surpassed Gunsmoke in 2009. -
3D animation
animation takes a turn and becomes 3D. The first full length animation was toy story. now most animations are 3D animated -
Fantasia
in 2000 Disney's fantasia is shown in the IMAX theaters. the movie was suppose to be 35mm and was blown up to 70mm for the theater. the film was also the first to be blown up -
BigHero 6
BigHero 6 was the first animation to feature marvel characters. Disney used a comic from marvel to create the movie. this was the first time they got together to make an animation
