My presentation on the history of animation.

1. HISTORY OF
ANIMATION

2. Animation
• Refers to the creation of a sequence of
images—drawn, painted, or produced by
other artistic methods—that change over time
to portray the illusion of motion.

3. Paleolithic Period
• Paleolithic cave paintings
• Early attempts to convey motion
• Animals with multiple sets of legs in
superimposed positions

4. The Magic Lantern
• c. 1650
• Consisted of a translucent oil painting, a
simple lens and a candle or oil lamp
• Earliest known example of projected
animation
• In a darkened room, the image would appear
projected onto an adjacent flat surface

5. Thaumatrope
• 1824
• A small disk with different pictures on each
side and is attached to two pieces of string
• When the strings are twirled quickly between
the fingers, the pictures appear to combine
into a single image

6. Phenakistoscope
• 1831
• It was invented simultaneously by the Belgian
Joseph Plateau and the Austrian Simon von
Stampfer
• A disk with a series of images
• The device would be placed in front of a
mirror and spun

7. Zoetrope
• 1834
• The concept was suggested by William George
Horner
• Cylindrical spinning device
• Frames of animation printed on a paper strip
placed around the interior circumference

8. Flip book
• 1868
• John Barnes Linnett patented the first flip
book in 1868 as the kineograph
• A small book with relatively springy pages,
each having one in a series of animation
images located near its unbound edge

9. Praxinoscope
• 1877
• The first known animated projection on a
screen
• Created in France by Charles-Émile Reynaud
• He projected the first animation in public,
Pauvre Pierrot

10. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
• 1906
• First entirely animated film
• Created by J. Stuart Blackton

11. Little Nemo
• Winsor McCay is the first to use a process
called Keyframe Animation in his film Little
Nemo

12. Gertie the Dinosaur
• 1914
• Another film by McCay
• First film to combine live action footage with
hand drawn animation

13. Felix the cat
• 1919
• First appears as a silent comedy
• Drawn and animated by Otto Mesmer

14. Steamboat Willie
• 1928
• The first Disney cartoon is released which
features synchronised sound effects

15. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• 1937
• The first ever cel-animated full length, full-
colour feature is released by Disney

16. Huckleberry Hound
• 1958
• Hanna – Barbera released Huckleberry Hound
• A blue dog with a relaxed and sweet
personality

17. Star Trek 2 – The Wrath of Khan
• 1980
• First film to use Fractal-Generated Landscapes
in its ‘Genesis Effect’ scene

18. Jurrasic Park
• 1993
• Directed by Steven Spielberg
• The film uses animatronics and CGI to create
realistic looking dinosaurs

19. Toy Story
• 1995
• Directed by John Lasseter
• Released by Disney Pixar
• First ever full-length CG feature film
• First theatrical film produced by Pixar

20. Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within
• 2001
• By Hironobu Sakaguchi
• The film is the first to attempt photo-realistic
synthetic humans in CG

21. AVATAR
• 2009
• James Camaron’s Avatar is released by 20th
Century Fox
• New camera technology is utilised which
allows the live acting and motion capture to
be viewed – superimposed with CG – in real
time

22. History of Indian animation
YEAR ANIMATION FILM DIRECTED BY
1974 Ek Anek Aur Ekta Vijaya Mulay
1986 Ghayab Aya Suddhasattwa Basu
1992
Ramayana: The Legend of Prince
Rama
Yugo Sako and Ram
Mohan
2005 Hanuman V.G. Samant

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