History of Animation

By vivianbergeron

  • Praxinoscope

    Praxinoscope
    Emile Reynaud invented the praxinoscope, an animation device. The praxinoscope used a strip of pictures and mirros placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder. Reynaud opened a theatre in France using this device.

  • Kinetoscope

    Kinetoscope
    Thomas Edison and William Dickson invented the kinetoscope. This animation device allowed you to view through a peephole and see pictures moving. In 1894, the kinetoscope was publicly exhibited on Broadway, New York.

  • The First Animated Film

    The First Animated Film
    Emíle Cohl animated the first film known as Fantasmagorie. The animation consisted of more than 700 drawings shot onto negative film. Fantasmagorie became known as the first stop-motion animated cartoon

  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie
    Walt Disney created Steamboat Willie, the first animated film to be released with synchronized sound. The animation, starring Mickey Mouse, was a huge sensation and kicked off Walt Disney's career.

  • King Kong

    King Kong
    King Kong is considered to be one of the greatest animated films of all time.It included the most advanced stop-motion animated characters seen yet. This was an evolution in animation history.

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    Snow white was the first ever full length animated feature film, created by Walt Disney. The popularity of the animation has led to its being re-released theatrically many times, until its home video release in the 1990s. Snow White is still popular today, 82 years later!

  • Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park
    This movie mixed animatronics, stop motion, and CGI to create the most animated-realistic dinosaurs. The visual effects studio took a year to create only 4 minutes of computer generated dinosaurs.

  • Motion Capture and CGI

    Motion Capture and CGI
    Lord of the Rings and Avatar are two of the earliest movies to use motion capture and CGI. A fully computer generated character could appear alongside actors making it feel so real. This was a big step in animation history.