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The early history of animation covers the period up to 1888, when celluloid film base was developed, a technology that would become the foundation for over a century of film. Humans have probably attempted to depict motion long before the development of cinematography .
His 1914 film Gertie the Dinosaur featured an early example of character development in drawn animation. [13] It was also the first film to combine live-action footage with animation. Originally, McCay used the film in his vaudeville act: he would stand next to the screen and speak to Gertie who would respond with a series of gestures.
1905 – How Jones Lost His Roll, the first example of stop-motion animation in American film.; [114] The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog, early example of cutout animation [115] 1906 – Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, The House of Ghosts; 1907 – KatsudÅ Shashin, the oldest known work of animation from Japan.
John Whitney Sr. (1917–1995) was an American animator, composer and inventor, widely considered to be one of the fathers of computer animation. [1] In the 1940s and 1950s, he and his brother James created a series of experimental films made with a custom-built device based on old anti-aircraft analog computers (Kerrison Predictors) connected by servomechanisms to control the motion of lights ...
Animation also began on television during this period with Crusader Rabbit (the first animated series broadcast in 1948) and early versions of Rocky and Bullwinkle (1959), both from Jay Ward Productions. [11] The rise of television animation is often considered to be a factor that hastened the golden age's end. [1]
Only animation finished in 1930; not released with a soundtrack until 1937 1935: The New Gulliver: The first released puppet-animated feature. Includes scenes of animation combined with live-action footage 1931: Feature-length sound film: Peludópolis: Now considered lost 1932: Filmed in three-strip Technicolor: Flowers and Trees: Short film 1937
The silent age of American animation dates back to at least 1906 when Vitagraph released Humorous Phases of Funny Faces. [1] Although early animations were rudimentary, they rapidly became more sophisticated with such classics as Gertie the Dinosaur in 1914, Felix the Cat , Oswald the Lucky Rabbit , and Koko the Clown .
Traditional animation (or classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation) is an animation technique in which each frame is drawn by hand. The technique was the dominant form of animation of the 20th century, until there was a shift to computer animation in the industry, such as digital ink and paint and 3D computer animation .