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Animation is Flipped Into Action!
Flipbooks were pictures that were lined up into a stack and flipped at fast speeds to create the illusion of the pictures moving. This discovery was made by John Barnes Linett on September 1st, 1868. -
Mirror Movies
The praxinoscope was invented in 1877 by Charles- Emile Reynaud.It was made by using strips of picture around the inside of a circle, and a set of mirrors on another circle inside the original, and if the wheel is turned the image appears to be moving -
Stop the Movie!
Stop animation is when they take frame-by-frame shots of each movement of the object or thing and then string them together to make a movie. Claymation is an example of this, and very popular, too! Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton were the first people to use stop motion animation. -
Sherlock Holmes Sleuths Into the Mystery!
Arthur Marvin was the first person to use Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective character, Sherlock Holmes, in a short feature film. It is considered the first ever detective film of the mystery genre, even though it only lasted 30 secs! -
Fantasmagorie Fantasy!
This film was released in 1908 and was considered one of the first fully animated films ever made. It was made using 700 drawings and had a running time of only 2 minutes. -
Disneys Waltz into Business!
The Disney Brothers, Roy and Walt Disney, opened their studio in the era of silent films and animations, starting the comedy of Alice creations. -
To the Big Screen, Alice!
Walt Disney first realed the black and white version of Alice's Wonderland in 1923, though the specific date is unknown. It was a film lasting as of 12 minutes and 49 seconds, running with no sound! -
The Mouse in the House!
Mickey Mouse is introduced and voiced by Walt Disney in 1928 after he lost character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Mickey’s first debut was in Plane Crazy. The first Mickey cartoon with sound was steamboat Willie. -
Tom & Jerry Race to Chase!
The very first installment of the cartoon of Tom and Jerry was On August 1st, 1931 by Van Beuren, in which Tom and Jerry were actually two cartoon humans. In 1940, Joseph Barbrea and William Hanna re-created the series using a cat and a mouse -
Effective Star Wars!
Star Wars was written and directed by George Lucas, relying heavily on the computer for its special effects, but in the end came out with impressive results.
