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Political Cartoons in the American's Civel War
Cartoons were used extensively to comment on the issues and the progress of the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln was a favorite subject for cartoonists. Following the war, new magazines of wit such as Puck (founded in 1877) and Judge (founded in 1881) provided outlets for hundreds of cartoonists. -
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Animation Timeline
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Eadweard Muybridge - Stop Motion
Between 1878 and 1884, Muybridge perfected his method of horses in motion, proving that they do have all four hooves off the ground during their running stride. -
Thomas Nast - Political Cartoonest
Link to PictureThe greatest political cartoonist of the late 19th century was Thomas Nast. The Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey. -
Émile Cohl - Cartoon Animation
Emile Cohl, who first developed a method of the phantasmagoric (the character having a deceptive appearance, as from something from a dream or creativity,) containing 700 drawings on paper and then shot each frame onto a negative film to produce a film. It is considered to be the first animated cartoon in 1908, he is also known as "The Father of the Animated Cartoon". -
Winsor McCay - Drawn Animation
Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated short film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur. McCay's employer William Randolph Hearst later curtailed McCay's vaudeville activities, so McCay added a live-action introductory sequence for the film's theatrical release. -
Willis O’Brien Claymation Animation
One of the pioneers that portrayed the potential of claymation is Willis O’Brien, He was a motion picture special effects and stop-motion animator. He was well known for his work on the visual effects on movies such as ‘The Lost World’, ‘King Kong’ and ‘Mighty Joe Young’. Willis O’Brien’s work was influenced by Thomas A. Edison who is an inventor of phonography, the motion picture camera etc. -
Walk Disney's Steamboat Willie
Link To Video Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney. The cartoon is considered the debut of Mickey Mouse, and his girlfriend Minnie, but the characters had both appeared several months earlier in a test screening of Plane Crazy. Steamboat Willie was the third of Mickey's films to be produced, but was the first to be distributed. -
The Skeleton Dance - Drawn Animation
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The Skeleton Dance is a 1929 Silly Symphonies animated short subject produced and directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks. In the film, four human skeletons dance and make music around a spooky graveyard - a modern film example of medieval European imagery. It is the first entry in the Silly Symphonies series. -
Lotte Reiniger - Silhouette Animation
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Hansel and Gretal is a silhouette animation created Lotta Rainiger, Its a perfects example of layer use in animation and alos portrays many ways that silhoutte animetion can be used. -
Jan Švankmajer.- Stop motion, Pixilation and Live Actions
Link To Video Alice is a 1988 fantasy written and directed by Jan Švankmajer. Its original Czech title is Něco z Alenky, which means "Something from Alice". It is the first adaptation of Lewis Carroll's first Alice book. Alice is played by Kristýna Kohoutová. The film combines live action with stop motion animation, and is distinguished by its dark and uncompromising production design.
