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The Phenakistoscope
Artist: Joseph Plateau
How it was made: it was a spinning disc attached vertically to a handle
Unique: This was the first widespread animation device that created the fluent illusion to motion. It is regarded as one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for the future of moving pictures and animation as a film concept. -
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Silent Age of Animation
Description: This is the earliest age of animation lasting from the early 1900s to the late 1920s. Without any access to properly record sounds many animations during this time period didn't have sound effects to go with the movement appearing on screen. However, this didn't hold back the progression of animation.
Example: The earliest cartoon that we know of being a French short film known as Phantasmagorie by Emile Coal in 1908. -
The Enchanted Drawing
Artist: J. Stuart Blackton
How it was made: It was recorded on a standard picture film
Unique: This was an early example of animation containing the first animated sequences of moving pictures. The film received critical acclaim leading Blackton to be considered the father of animation. -
Little Nemo
Artist: Winsor McClay
How it was made: Little Nemo was a fictional character created by American animator and cartoonist Winsor McClay.
Unique: There were many adaptations to McClay's original character and comic strip including an animated film in Japan called: Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland released on July 15, 1989 in Japan and August 21,1992 in the U.S. -
Cel Animation
What: The film was created by drawing each Frame on a paper and then shooting each frame on to negative film, which gave the picture a blackboard look.
3 Examples: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Bambi (1942), Alice in Wonderland (1951) -
Gerdie the Dinosaur
Artist: Winsor McClay
How it was made: Gertie the Dinosaur was an American animated short film
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Cut-Out Animations
Artist: The world's earliest known animated feature films were cutout animations (made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani),
How they were made: This is a form of sap motion animation using flat characters on a flat surfaces, using props and backgrounds made out of paper, stiff fabric or photographs.
Unique: Today, the cut-out style is produced using computers, with scanned images or vector graphics taking the place of physical materials. -
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Walt Disney Animation
3 Examples: Steamboat Willie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Bamb -
The Bouncing Ball
Pioneered by Max Fleischer. -
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Golden Age of Animation
Description: This was a period of Animation History that is said to have begun with the release of Steamboat Willie, and cemented with the release of Fleischer's, Warner's and MGM's rise to prominence in the years following.
Example: Feature length animations also started appearing with the first animated film: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1938. -
Steamboat Willie
Artist: Walt Disney
How it was made: animation by Walt Disney
Unique: Steamboat Willie is notable for being the first Disney cartoon with sound effects to go with the movement and animation. -
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Dark Age of Animation
Description: During this time period a trope started to form among animations, this being limited animation. Its start coincided with the fall of the studio system in Hollywood, The theatrical short slowly died of, and cartoons started to move to television, as the primary audience for cartoons became children. Originally the limited animation was just a stylistic choice, but soon people found out it was also a way to save money, so it started to become the norm for many cartoons. -
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Stop Motion Animation
What: Stop Motion Animation is a technique that physically manipulates an object to appear as though it is moving on it's own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played at a fast sequences.
3 Examples: Coraline (2009) Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) -
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Warner Bros. Animation
3 Examples: Looney Tunes, Batman: Mask of the Phantom, Space Jam
