History of 2D Animation

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  • silent age of animation
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    silent age of animation

    before the golden age, earliest age of mainstream animation known to man
  • when was steamboat willie made
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    when was steamboat willie made

    November 18, 1928
  • who made steamboat willie
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    who made steamboat willie

    Walt Disney Studios (Walt Disney- direction/provided the finances, Ub Iwerks- animator/director, and Carl Stalling- who composed the score)
  • when was the silent age of animation
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    when was the silent age of animation

    early 1900s to the late 1920s
  • how was steamboat willie made?
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    how was steamboat willie made?

    standard (hand-drawn cel) animation, music produced via a metronome, creating a chart to be tested out with 17 piece orchestra and 3 sound effect me, failed, added a bouncing ball to give the conductor tempo, second recording successful
  • unique about steamboat willie
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    unique about steamboat willie

    first sound animation
  • when was Gertie the dinosaur made
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    when was Gertie the dinosaur made

    February 8, 1914
  • who made Gertie the dinosaur
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    who made Gertie the dinosaur

    Winsor McCay
  • how was Gertie the dinosaur made
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    how was Gertie the dinosaur made

    used cel (traditional) animation
  • unique about Gertie the dinosaur
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    unique about Gertie the dinosaur

    first keyframe animation cartoon and the earliest to feature a dinosaur
  • when was the phenakistoscope made
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    when was the phenakistoscope made

    1841
  • who made the phenakistoscope
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    who made the phenakistoscope

    Joseph Plateau
  • how was the phenakistoscope made
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    how was the phenakistoscope made

    used a spinning disc attached vertically to a handle and was operated by spinning the cardboard disc, viewing the reflection of the image in a mirror through a series of moving slits, through the distortion and flicker, the disc created the illusion that the image was moving.
  • unique about phenakistoscope
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    unique about phenakistoscope

    first widespread animation device that created a fluid illusion of motion also is regarded as one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for the future motion picture and film industry
  • when was little Nemo made
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    when was little Nemo made

    April 8, 1911
  • who made little Nemo
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    who made little Nemo

    Winsor McCay
  • how was little Nemo made
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    how was little Nemo made

    made 4k drawings on rice paper, create live animation
  • unique about little nemo
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    unique about little nemo

    first true animation ever created
  • when was the enchanted drawing made
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    when was the enchanted drawing made

    November 16, 1900
  • who made the enchanted drawing
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    who made the enchanted drawing

    J. Stuart Blackton
  • how was the enchanted drawing made
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    how was the enchanted drawing made

    stop motion animation
  • unique about the enchanted drawing
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    unique about the enchanted drawing

    first animated sequences recorded on a standard picture film
  • when were cut-out animations made
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    when were cut-out animations made

    1926
  • who made cut out animation
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    who made cut out animation

    Lotte Reiniger
  • how was cut out animation made
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    how was cut out animation made

    form of stop-motion animation using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or even photographs
  • first person to create a 2d animation
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    first person to create a 2d animation

    Emile Cohl
  • when was the golden age of animation
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    when was the golden age of animation

    November 18th, 1928- late 50's/ early 60's
  • when was the dark age of animation
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    when was the dark age of animation

    late 1950s till the mid 80s
  • example of the golden age of animation
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    example of the golden age of animation

  • example of golden age of animation
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    example of golden age of animation

  • example of the silent age of animation
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    example of the silent age of animation

    Gertie the dinosaur
  • dark age of animation
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    dark age of animation

    after the golden age of animation, theatrical short died off and cartoons slowly faded into tv, primary target was children
  • examples of the dark age of animation
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    examples of the dark age of animation

  • who pioneered the bouncing ball
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    who pioneered the bouncing ball

    Max Fleischer
  • when was the bouncing ball pioneered
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    when was the bouncing ball pioneered

    1924
  • unique about cut out animation
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    unique about cut out animation

    2d/3d, can be done by hand, another form of animation
  • walt disney studios founded
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    walt disney studios founded

    October 16, 1923
  • first Walt Disney animated featured film
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    first Walt Disney animated featured film

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • walt Disney's first animated film
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    walt Disney's first animated film

  • Warner brothers started
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    Warner brothers started

    April 4, 1923
  • Warner brothers first cartoon
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    Warner brothers first cartoon

    1930-69
    Looney Tunes
  • second Warner brothers cartoon released
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    second Warner brothers cartoon released

    1931-69
    Merrie Melodies
  • major difference between walt Disney and Warner brothers
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    major difference between walt Disney and Warner brothers

    Walt Disney is more successful (also due to its theme parks)
  • cel animation
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    cel animation

    1915, an animation technique in which each frame is drawn by hand on a physical medium. The technique was the dominant form of animation in cinema until the advent of computer animation.
  • example of cel animation
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    example of cel animation

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • example of cel animation
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    example of cel animation

    Dumbo
  • example of cel animation
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    example of cel animation

    Bambi
  • stop motion animation
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    stop motion animation

    1898, an animated-film making technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion when the series of frames is played back as a fast sequence.
  • first stop motion animation
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    first stop motion animation

    1898, The Humpty Dumpty Circus
  • example of stop motion animation
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    example of stop motion animation

    Chicken Run
  • example of stop motion animation
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    example of stop motion animation

    The Nightmare before Christmas
  • second featured movie made by walt disney
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    second featured movie made by walt disney

    Pinocchio
  • golden age of animation
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    golden age of animation

    is a period in animation history that is generally agreed to have begun with the release of Steamboat Willie, and cemented with with Fleischer's, Warner's and MGM's rise to prominence in the years following. It faded out in the late-50s / early-1960s when theatrical animated shorts lost ground to the new (and far lower budget) medium of television animation.
  • Warner Bros' first film

    Warner Bros' first film

    My Four Years in Germany