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Flipbook Animation
The first flip book animation was created by John Barnes Linnett. It was patented under the name kineograph. -
Creation of the Praxinoscope
The praxinoscope was invented in 1877 by Charles- Emile Reynaud. It was made using strips of picture around the inside of a circle, and a set of mirrors on the other circle inside the original. If the wheel is turned the image appears to be moving. -
First Motion Picture Camera
Although the date for the first motion picture camera is unknown, the one made by Louis Le Prince was definitely one of the first. -
Stop Motion Animation
Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton were the first people to use stop motion animation in 1898 when they created the Humpty Dumpty Circus. -
Humorous phases of funny faces
This is one of the first films to use stop motion and is a silent film. -
Gertie the Dinosaur
-Gertie the Dinosaur was made by Winsor McCay
-Made using keyframe animation
-Running time of 12 minutes
-Considered first cartoon with a character having an appealing personality
-Actual date unknown. -
Alice’s Wonderland
-Alice’s wonderland was the first Disney film featuring Alice.
-Black and white film.
-Silent film.
-Runtime: 12 minutes and 29 seconds.
-Actual date unknown. -
Mickey Mouse is Introduced
-Mickey Mouse was introduced and voiced by Walt Disney in 1928 after he lost his character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
-Mickey’s first debut was in Plane Crazy.
-The first Mickey cartoon with sound was Steamboat Willie. -
Betty Boop Introduced
Betty Boop made her first appearance in 1930 in a cartoon called Dizzy Dishes.
-She was created by Max Fleischer with help from various animators.
-The Film series was produced by Fleischer Studios and then released by Paramount Pictures. -
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
In 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs became the first full-length animated movie. It was also the first produced in full colour and the first to be produced by Walt Disney.
