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Animation on film was only possible because of invention of photography in 1827 by Joseph Niépce.
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America’s premier inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, developed a motion picture camera (the kinetograph) and a projector (the kinetoscope) in 1891.
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America’s premier inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, developed a motion picture camera (the kinetograph) and a projector (the kinetoscope) in 1891.
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In 1902, Georges Méliès made his most famous film, “A Trip to the Moon.” The film included the celebrated scene in which a spaceship hits the man in the moon in the eye. It was loosely based on works by Jules Verne and H. G. Wells.
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In 1903, the landmark silent movie “The Great Train Robbery” debuted. Image retrif
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. In 1908, Cohl created “Fantasmagorie.” This animation was created using an illuminated glass plate for his table while drawing black lines on paper. The end result was printed in negative to intentionally give the feel of a chalkboard
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In 1914, McCay brought “Gertie the Dinosaur” to life on film. It was included in his vaudeville act along with camera tricks where McCay appeared on screen with Gertie.
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Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope; a machine that allowed an artist to trace over the live action from a movie film
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In 1929, he used an entire symphony orchestra for the background music in “The Skeleton Dance.” This was the first cartoon in his series of “Silly Symphonies.”
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This device was created in 1827 by English physician John Ayerton Paris which has two different drawings on opposite sides of a disk. When the disk is spun, the images merge into one.