Animation Timeline

By Nathan_Savitch

  • Flipbook

    Flipbook
    The first form of animation to use a linear sequence of images.

  • Walt Disney

    Walt Disney
    Created the Walt Disney Company which has gone on to become the leading animation and entertainment industry.

  • Rotoscope Animation

    Rotoscope Animation
    The process of tracing over a motion picture in order to create realistic, life-like animation.

  • Long Live the Bull

    Long Live the Bull
    The first claymation short film.

  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie
    Steamboat Willie was the first well-known, profitable cartoon to be synced with sound and music.

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    The first 2D full-length feature animated film.

  • Multiplane Camera

    Multiplane Camera
    A camera used in traditional 2D animation that moves multiple layers of drawings at various speeds in order to give the illusion of depth.

  • Flintstones

    Flintstones
    The first famous 2D animated cartoon series.

  • Toy Story

    Toy Story
    The first feature length 3D animated film which helped bring CGI animation into the spotlight.

  • Avatar

    Avatar
    The first block buster 3D animated film to gross over 2.5 billion dollars.