History of Animation

By le182322

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    The first ever animated film was made in 1908. It was called Fantasmagorie. It was by a artist named Émile Cohl.

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    Gertie the Dinosaur was created in 1914. It was created by Windsor McCay. It was a short animation film that became very popular.

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    Oh Mabel was released in 1924. It was created by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer. It was the first animated film to have a talking character with synced dialogue.

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    Walt Disney developed the use of 3-strip Technicolor animation. In 1935, Len Lye created a never before seen method of painting directly on film strips. He then used it in his animated film "Color Box."

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    In 1942, Chester Carlson created an electrophotographic technique. It was later named Xerography. It was a new form of dry photocopying.

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    In 1957, Hanna-Barbera Productions was created. It was put together by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It was very significance because this company would go on to create some of the best animated films of all time.

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    1967 was an important year for K-animation since a number of works claiming “first” appeared in this year. The first full-length Korean-made animated work, Hong Gil-Dong, appeared in January. It was a huge box office success.

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    Computer generated movies came along in 1972. At the University of Utah, and man named Ed Catmull developed a method of creating computer generated movies. It used scripting language.

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    In 1988, the first live action actor and an animated character film was created. The film was Framed Roger Rabbit. The film used blue screen technology to capture the actors, and the animated characters were added in using traditional cell animation techniques.

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    In 1995 Toy Story was released. It was the first fully computer animated film. It was released through Disney making it a feature film.

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    The early 2000s was the Millennium Age of animation. It was the introduction of many kid friendly animated movies. Which were all mostly popular.

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    2010 was the year of animation. May animated fils were released this year all with the same goal. They all were racing for the title of the best animated film of the year.