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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 .
Pat Sullivan, the studio head, took all of the credit for Felix, a common practice in the early days of studio animation. [26] Felix the Cat was distributed by Paramount Studios and attracted a large audience, [27] eventually becoming one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history. Felix was the first cartoon to be merchandised.
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 ...
First animated feature to earn $1.25 billion worldwide: Frozen: 2016: First R-rated 3D computer-animated film: Sausage Party: 2017 First fully-painted animated feature film Loving Vincent: 75% of animated using paint and brush to canvas in present after van Gogh's death, while the other 25% also animated using paint and brush through ...
Traditional animation (also called cel animation or hand-drawn animation) is the process that was used for most animated films of the 20th century. [59] The individual frames of a traditionally animated film are photographs of drawings, first drawn on paper. [ 60 ]
His studio was known for being an early adapter in producing colored animation with shorts such as Goofy Goat (1931, which used Multicolor) and The Snowman (1933, which used Technicolor). Eshbaugh would also produce an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which was also planned to be a full series.
An early use of real-time computer graphics or "digital puppetry" to create a character in a motion picture. [36] The Rescuers Down Under: First 2-D animated film to be produced with solely digital ink and paint . First fully digital feature film. Backdraft: 1991 First use of photorealistic CGI fire in a motion picture. [36]