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1st ever Animated film- Humorous Phases of funny faces
Was a silent cartoon by J. Stuart Blackton in 1906. Regarded as the 1st animated film recorded on standard picture film. -
Gertie the Dinosaur
One of the 1st very successful animated cartoons. Created by Winsor McCay and is considered the 1st example of true character Animation. -
Laugh-O-Gram
Walt Disney's (20years old) first animation studio. Failed quickly then in 1928 returned with a short film called Steamboat Willie ft. Mickey Mouse, Was a instant hit -
Warner Bros
They created The Looney Tunes inspired by Disney's Silly Symphonies. Became very popular. -
New Techniques
Walt Disney developed the 3 strip technique animation. 3 years later Len Lye created the color box which allowed him to paint film strips -
first full length animated movie
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first full length animated movie. -
Cinderella
Walt Disney Produced another hit "Cinderella". Made $10,000,000 -
Frosty the Snowman
Released 1969 as a 30minute Christmas special on tv. -
Computers
Ed Catmull develops a new method to create animated movies on a computer. This made production quicker. -
3D movies
Toy Story became the 1st full length 3D animated movie. Followed by many classic like a bugs life, tarzan,toy story 2, Ghost in the Shell and many more. -
2000s
The 2000s produced films like Shrek 1-3, Up WALL-E, Ice Age and many more. Shrek 2 being the highest grossing followed by Ice Sage : Dawn of the dinosaurs. -
2010s
The 2010s created movies like Frozen, Finding Dory,Toy Story 3 and the incredibles 2. Incredibles 2 became the highest grossing animated film of all time in 2018.