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J. Stuart Blackton
According to several sources, the father of American Animation is Blackton. He made the first film with animation in it known as "The Enchanted Drawing." The film shows a picture that changes as the Blackton interacts with it. -
humorous phases of funny faces
The first ever fully animated film. It was only 3 minutes, but without it, we would not have animation as it is today. It was made by taking multiple pictures of a chalk board. -
Earl Hurd
Hurd invented Cel Animation where people used several different layers to make animations. However, due to high flammability, this type of animation was scrapped. Although his work did help make the first few animations. -
Disney
Disney was founded in Los Angeles by Walt and Roy Disney. It only started with a bunch of short animations but soon escalated to a full on empire of entertainment and more importantly, animation. It would make an incredible mark on animation history. Speaking of which... -
Snow White
The first full feature, full sound, and full color hand drawn animated movie. This showed the true potential of animation. The movie was so beloved by everyone, it got one Oscar and seven smaller Oscars in it's honor. -
First Animated TV Series
Crusader rabbit makes it debut. This was the first ever animated TV series and would lead the way to inspire other TV businesses to embrace the idea. It also led the way for animation to thrive in the age of Television. Speaking of which... -
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera was founded by George Barbera, George Sidney, and William Hanna. Throughout the age of television, this would be the true animated TV guru. Many people who worked for Hanna-Barbera would splinter off to form their own cartoons. These people included Butch Hartman, and Seth Macfarlane -
The Flintstones
The Flintstones are aired onto Television. This is the first cartoon TV series that would make Hanna-Barbera a sensation. It led the way for other HB productions including Yogi Bear in 1961 and The Jetsons in 1962. -
Computer Animations
The first computer animations were made in the movie west world by Edwin Catmull and the first full short made completely from CGI was Adventures of Andre and Wally B. This would change everything for not just for animation, but for all of film, as it can allow anyone to make anything in their movies. CGI is still heavily utilized today. -
Live Action CGI
WestWorld releases, the first live action movie to use 2D CGI in its movie. It's sequel, FutureWorld was the first live action movie to use 3D CGI in 1976. Both of these movies showed that animation could help make anything possible in your movies, leading to them becoming an efficient alternative to practical effects. -
12 principles of animation
1Squash and Stretch
2Anticipation
3Staging
4Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
5Follow Through and Overlapping Action
6Slow In and Slow Out
7Arc
8Secondary Action
9Timing
10Exaggeration
11Solid drawing
12Appeal
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Toy Story
The debut of Pixar and the first full length movie made completely out of Computerized Generated Imagery (CGI). Pixar would later be one of the biggest companies in animation. They later made other important movies in animation like Monster Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles.
