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The magic lantern
the magic lantern was a image projector that used pictures on glass. Some had moving parts making them the first projected animations. -
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pre-film
Many inventions were created during this time that made the illusion of movement. Some of these mechanisms were the Thaumatrope, Phenakitoscope, zoetrope and the Movieola. -
Humorous phases of funny faces
One of the first known animated shorts was made by J. Stuart Blackton in 1906. It was made using chalk, a chalkboard and a camera. -
Fantasmagore
A french short by Emile Cohl from 1908. First traditional (hand-drawn) animation. -
Felix the cat
Considered to be the first animated star. -
The tale of the fox
Movie made using puppets/ stop moition -
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the Golden age
Between the 30s and 50s is what people considered the golden age of animation, it's the time when animated features became part of pop culture and well known and loved companies started like Walt Disney, Warner brothers animation and fleischer. -
Snow white and the seven dwarfs
First full length animated film made by the Walt Disney company in 1937. It had over one million cels! -
the gumby show
First stop motion tv series -
colonel bleep
First tv series in colour -
The flintstones
Created by Hanna barbera, The flintstones was the first cartoon sitcom series to air on prime-time tv -
Fritz the cat
The first x rated animated film -
Rock and Rule
A Canadian hand drawn film, one of the first to contain computer generated imagery -
The adventures of Andre & Wally B
The first CG short made by the Graphics group (later Pixar) -
The adventures of Mark Twain
The first full length clay animated film -
Beauty and the Beast
The first animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. -
Toy Story
The first full length CG animated film made by Pixar. -
Shrek
Shrek was a CG animated film created by Dreamworks. It was the first film to win the academy award for best animated feature in 2002. -
Oscars introduce the best animated feature award
In 2002 the Oscars introduced the best animated picture to their roster for the movies from the year before (2001). The first nominations were Monsters inc, Shrek and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
