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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.
Mechanically animated figures, known as automata, have been created at least since antiquity. Early examples of attempts to capture the phenomenon of motion into a still drawing can be recognised in paleolithic cave paintings, for instance in the Cave of Altamira, where animals are sometimes depicted with multiple legs in superimposed positions.
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]
Originally a novelty, some early animated silents depicted magic acts or were strongly influenced by the comic strip. Later, they were distributed along with newsreels. Early animation films, like their live-action silent cousins, would come with a musical score to be played by an organist or even an orchestra in larger theatres. [2]
Video about making cutout animation, in Spanish with English subtitles. Cutout animation is a form of stop-motion animation using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or photographs. The props would be cut out and used as puppets for stop motion.
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 .
James Doohan, Canadian actor (voice of Scotty in Star Trek: The Animated Series), (d. 2005). [10] Ronald Searle, English illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (The Happiest Days of Your Life, Energetically Yours, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Monte Carlo or Bust!, and Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done), (d. 2011). [11]
Combines live-action with animation; Ptushko's last foray into animation. July 1, 1939 () Gulliver's Travels: United States: Dave Fleischer: Fleischer Studios: Traditional: The first American Technicolor animated feature film not to be made by Disney. Also first Technicolor animated feature film made in World War II.