Animation

History of Animation

By gregluke574

  • Phenakistiscope

    Phenakistiscope
    The first widescreen animation device that created fluid illusion of motion. It was invented by Joseph Plateau

  • Flipbook/Kineograph

    Flipbook/Kineograph
    Patented by John Barnes. Flipping through pages made it look like pictures were moving.

  • Praxinoscope/Theatre Optique

    Praxinoscope/Theatre Optique
    Created by Charles-Emilie Reynaud. Praxinoscope used strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder and then projected on a screen. It was made in 1877 but the Theatre Optique was the further enhancement of the Praxinoscope. It was an animated moving picture system.

  • First Animated Projection/Screening

    First Animated Projection/Screening
    Charles-Emilie Reynaud created Pauvre Pierro in France, the first animated short. It consisted of 500 painted images.

  • First Entirely Animated Film Using Stop Motion Photography

    First Entirely Animated Film Using Stop Motion Photography
    The film was called Humorous Phases of Funny Faces and it was a silent film. It was created by James Stuart Blackton

  • First Animated Movie Star

    First Animated Movie Star
    Felix the Cat appeared in Feline Follies in 1919. It was created by Osso Messmer.

  • First Animated Cartoon With Sound

    First Animated Cartoon With Sound
    Steamboat Willie was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced by Walt Disney Studios and was released by Celebrity Productions. It featured Mickey Mouse which the debut for him in cartoons.

  • First Animation With Sound and Colour

    First Animation With Sound and Colour
    The animated short was called Flip the Frog: Fiddlesticks and was directed by Ub Iwerks. At this time he was no longer working with Walt Disney Studios.

  • First Animated Feature Film Using Hand-Drawn Animation

    First Animated Feature Film Using Hand-Drawn Animation
    The movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released by Walt Disney and was also the first colour animated film.

  • First Animated Series on Prime-time T.V.

    First Animated Series on Prime-time T.V.
    The Flintstones was released by WIlliam Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It was the most financially successful network animated franchise for 3 decades.

  • First Short Film Fully CGI Animated

    First Short Film Fully CGI Animated
    Adventures of Andre and Wally B was created by The Graphics Group, which led to become Pixar.

  • First Object to Shed Light and Shadows

    First Object to Shed Light and Shadows
    Pixar created the animated short film Luxo Jr. It was a breakthrough in the field of CGI since the lamp moved in a lifelike manner and it also showed emotional realism. It was the first computer animated film to win an academy award.

  • Longest Running Animated Program

    Longest Running Animated Program
    The Simpsons was also Americas longest running Sitcom. It was created by Matt Groening.

  • First Fully Computer Animated Feature Film

    First Fully Computer Animated Feature Film
    Toy Story used advanced CGI animations to bring the toys to life. It was the first feature film produced by Pixar for Walt Disney Pictures.

  • First Wide-Release Feature Film With Open-Source Linux Operating System

    First Wide-Release Feature Film With Open-Source Linux Operating System
    Titanic was a big hit in the late 90's. People don't even realize it has a lot of animations ahead of it's time like the boat sinking, and rendering of flowing water.

  • Reflectance Field Over Human Face

    Reflectance Field Over Human Face
    A team led by Paul Debevec captured and simulated the reflectance field over the human face using simple light stages. They were able to make digital look-alikes of actors.

  • First use of Universal Capture

    First use of Universal Capture
    The Matrix Reloaded used a combination of dense motion capture, per-frame texture capture, and optical flow of pixels. This led to fully virtual cinematography being possible.

  • First Full-Length Movie Using Photo Realistic 3D Characters/World

    First Full-Length Movie Using Photo Realistic 3D Characters/World
    The movie Avatar used performance capture to create photo realistic 3D characters and to feature a fully CG 3D photo realists world. It was directed by James Cameron and it's also the worlds highest-grossing film of all time.