History Of Animation

  • The Start of it all

    The Start of it all
    On 1887, a man names H.W. Goodwin invented some sort of a celluloid film which could hold images.
  • An early moving-picture production

    An early moving-picture production
    In France there was a man named Emil Reynaud who invented a moving picture thing called the Praxinoscope, It used turning mirrors to reflect images and produced a 10 to 15 minute moving picture.
  • Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope

    Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope
    Edison was able to produce moving film pictures on the wall, putting pictures close together and make it seem like they are moving.
  • First official animated film

    First official animated film
    A frenchman named Emile Cohol made a fim called 'Fantasmagori" it was a major success and it is know as the very firs true animated film
  • Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur
    In 1914 Windsor McCay made a short animation that became popular really quick.
  • Felix the Cat

    Felix the Cat
    A man named Otto Messer created a character named Felix the Cat, It became very successful and ended up including dolls and watches.
  • Laugh-O-Grams

    Laugh-O-Grams
    At 20 years old, Walt Disney began his first film studio but it didn't last long because shortly after it ended up failing.
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie
    In 1928, Walt Disney released a short film that would show up in the beginnings of short or long animation films.Featuring Mickey Mouse using sound for the first time, and it was an instant hit.
  • New Technologies

    New Technologies
    In 1932, Walt Disney developed a 3-strip Technicolor animation, in 1935, Len created a method of painting directly on film strips and used it in his film called "Color Box"
  • Iconic characters glow

    Iconic characters glow
    The next decade brought several new popular characters to life. This Included Woody Woodpecker, Tom and Jerry, and Mighty Mouse.
  • Computer Generated Movies

    Computer Generated Movies
    At the University of Utah a man named Ed Catmull Developed a method of crating computer generated movies using scripting language.
  • 3-D and Beyond

    3-D and Beyond
    Apple computer company produced a method from vrating 3-D films, and 1995 Toy Story was released as the first full-length 3-D film.