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Persistance of vision
The theory on "the persistance of vision regarding moving objects," which dictated that the human eye retained and put, images that are shown in quick sucsession, together to create one image. -
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Animation History
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Zoetrope
Invented by William George Horner the zoetrope operates on the same principle as the phenakistoscope. It was a cylindrical spinning device with several frames of animation printed on a paper strip placed around the interior circumference. an observer can view the moving images on the opposite side when the cylinder spins -
Flip book
The first flip book was made by John Barnes Linnett. A flip book is just a book sthat has a series of images printed near the edge. A viewer bends the pages back and then flips them, creating a moving image -
Phenakistoscope invented
The Phenakistoscope created the first moving animation, created by spinnng a wheel with different pictures around the circumfrence. the pictures look like their moving because they are moving to fast for the eye to see -
Praxinoscope
This device was a more sophisticated version of the Zoetrope. It used the same basic principals but used mirorrs to reflect the imagersther than slits to look through. -
Kinetoscope
invented by Thomas Edison- projected a 50ft length of film in approximately 13 seconds. -
First animated Film
J. Stuart Blackton made the first animated film "Humorous phases of funny faces." He drew comical faces on a blackboard and filmed them. He would stop the film, erase one face to draw another, and then film the newly drawn face. -
Felix the cat
Felix the cat was the most popular character and series of this period, it was the first animation with a storyline and first animation to have merchandice. -
STEAMBOAT WILLIE
Steamboat Willie was the first successful sound animated film; it made Mickey an international star, and launched the Disney studio of today. -
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
Snow White was the first animated movie to use Technicolor cel animation -
The Flintstones
The Flintstones was first prime time TV series -
Toy Story
Toy Story was First full-length 3D CG feature film -
Shrek
Shrek was the firct CG animated movie that won the Academy Award for Best Animation -
Nemo
Nemo was the highest grossing animation of all time, beating out Beauty and the Beast. -
the Simpsons
the Simpsons, in its 16th season, became the longest running television comedy series ever made, surpassing The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, which tallied 15 seasons from 1952-66
