History of Animation

By hunterdrennan

  • First Stop-Motion Animation

    First Stop-Motion Animation
    The Humpty Dumpty Circus was the first ever stop motion animation. The film consisted of the day in a life of a toy circus.

  • First Ever Animation

    First Ever Animation
    'The Enchanted Drawing' was made as a 'silent film'. First animated sequence recorded on standard film. Made by a man named James Stuart Blackton, he now is known as the father of animation.

  • First Classic Hand-Drawn Cartoon

    First Classic Hand-Drawn Cartoon
    The first classic hand-drawn cartoon animation was made by Émile Cohl. He called this 2 minute cartoon 'Fantasmagorie'. The film had over 700 drawings, each of them being double-exposed(animated "on twos".

  • First Cel animation

    First Cel animation
    'Gertie The Dinosaur' was the first film to use animation techniques such as keyframes, registration marks, tracing paper, the Mutoscope action viewer, and animation loops. First animated film to feature a dinosaur.

  • First Claymation Film

    First Claymation Film
    'Long Live The Bull' was the first ever claymation film. To create a 30 minute movie, you'd need about 21,600 stops. Though this film was only about 15 minutes, it's still a lot of work.

  • First Cartoon With Sound

    First Cartoon With Sound
    First cartoon with synchronized sound, as well as the first cartoon to feature a fully post-produced soundtrack was 'Steamboat Willie'. First time Mickey Mouse was introduced as a character.

  • Betty Boop

    Betty Boop
    Famous for being the first film in which Betty Boob appears. This film contained anthropomorphism, which means giving an animal (dog, cat, gorilla, etc.) human characteristics and behavior. Released in the 1990s as Betty Boop - The Definitive Collection laserdisc set.

  • Full-Length Animation Feature Film

    Full-Length Animation Feature Film
    Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs was the first ever full length animation feature film. Is known as the 'foundation' to Disney as an animation company

  • First Ever Prime-Time Show

    First Ever Prime-Time Show
    'The Flintstones' was the first ever. -Fun Fact- Fred and Wilma were the first ever married couple to be shown together in bed on TV.

  • First Full-Feature Film To Use Xerography

    First Full-Feature Film To Use Xerography
    '101 Dalmatians' was the first film to use xerography. Xerography is a dry copying process in which black or colored powder adheres to parts of a surface remaining electrically charged after being exposed to light from an image of the document to be copied.

  • First 3D CGI Animation

    First 3D CGI Animation
    'Futureworld' was the first ever look at 3D animation (besides claymation). This featured a computer-generated hand and face created by then University of Utah graduate students Edwin Catmull and Fred Parke.

  • First Live-Action Animation

    First Live-Action Animation
    'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' was the first live-action film, which means there are cartoon characters in real life. This even included a scene where the animated character is holding onto one of the human characters