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The Enchanted Drawing
The Enchanted Drawing is a silent film that introduced stop motion animation on an easel. -
Gertie the Dinosaur
Claimed to be the first cartoon and the first animated piece to have an animated background. -
Steamboat Willie
The first animated film to popularize Mickey Mouse and the first animation to have sound/music. -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Was one of the first animations to include color and it incorporated multiplane cameras giving a rotating effect when the queen turns into a witch (cell animation). -
Dumbo
Was an animation that included water color to render the backgrounds of the animation. -
Cinderella
Was edited frame by frame based on movements from an actress the production team hired. (used live-action reference). -
The Flinstones
First prime time animated show. -
101 Dalmations
Included xerox photography of which a xerox camera transferred drawings by animators eliminating the inking process of the animation production. -
The Adventures of Mark Twain
The first feature length stop motion claymation film. -
Toy Story
The first entirely computer generated feature film. Full model articulation and motion-control coding. -
Avatar
Featured real actors in completely computer generated worlds. Advanced CGI and motion capture techniques -
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Was an animation where the CGI animation in the film adapted 70-year old comic techniques with the effects of old-fashioned multiplane cameras and a modern virtual reality environment.
