The History of Animation

1. The History of Animation

2. Koko the clown • Koko the Clown was an animated character created by animation pioneer Max Fleischer. The character originated when Max Fleisher invented the rotoscope. • At first koko the clown had no name know as ‘The Clown’ or Fleischer's clown until 1923 • Koko The Clown was animated using rotoscope.

3. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces is a silent. • It features a cartoonist drawing faces on a chalkboard, and the faces coming to life • is generally regarded by film historians as the first animated film • The film moves at 20 frames per second

4. Gertie the Dinosaur • Winsor McCay wrote the script for the movie. His comic strip work has influenced generations of artistsTheruntime is 12 minutes • Was released in September, 1914 • tagline for the film-The greatest animal act in the world!!!

5. Felix the cat • Felix the Cat first electronic broadcast began with Felix because he was built perfect for studio requirements at the time. By 1931 Felix the Cat became a turntable ,earlybroadcast consisted of objects like Felix the cat. • Felix had a humble begging as a curious and mischievous little cat conceived by New Jersey cartoonist Otto Menseemer. Felix’s black body, wide eyes and grin were instantly recognizable world wide

6. ` • His first appearance was in a short film in the early 1900's called "Feline Follies • King Features syndicated Felix in over 250 newspapers in a multitude of languages, reaching practically every corner of the globe.

7. Mickey mouse Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney He is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world and is the mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history. the first animated feature film produced in America. The first animation to be produced in full color, the first to be produced by Walt Disney.

9. Steamboat Willie t was the first cartoon to feature a fully post-produced soundtrack First debut of the character Mickey Mouse.

10. Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry has a worldwide audience that consists of children, teenagers and adults, and has also been recognized as one of the most famous and longest-lived rivalries in American cinema

11. South Park south Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor

12. Walt Disney Lift span -December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966 he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world

13. Emile Cohl was a French animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon" and "The Oldest Parisian".

14. Winsor McCay Winsor McCay is the animated cartoon who created Gertiethe Dinosaur, which he created in 1914

15. Max Fleischer as an American animator. He was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. He brought such animated characters as Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye, and Superman to the movie screen and was responsible for a number of technological innovations.

16. Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer who spent much of his life in the United States. He is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion which used multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible perforated film strip.

17. Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator. He created a brand of stop-motion model animation known as "Dynamation.

18. The Brothers Quay The Brothers Quay are American identical twin brothers better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers. They are influential stop-motion animators. They are the recipients of the 1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for their work on the play The Chairs.

19. Tim Burton Tim Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and for blockbusters such as Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Batman Returns, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland,

20. Aardman Aardmanis a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit. However, it successfully entered the computer animation market with Flushed Away (2006).

21. Pixar. s an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide It is best known for its CGI-animated feature films created with PhotoRealistic RenderMan, its own implementation of the industry-standard RenderMan image-rendering application programming interface used to generate high-quality images

22. Warner bros • Warner bros is an American producer of film and television entertainment. • One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank California and New York, New York. Warner Bros. has several subsidiary companies, including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, TheWB.com, and DC Comics. Warner owns half of The CW Television Network.

23. Terry Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor