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A Little Big History of Animation

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By Zayee Ajmera

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nimation

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a method in which figures are manipulated to appear as moving images

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Who created the first animation?

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The French artist Émile Cohl created the first animated film using what came to be known as traditional animation methods: the 1908 Fantasmagorie.

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The film largely consisted of a stick figure moving about and encountering all manner of morphing objects, such as a wine bottle that transforms into a flower.

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After a number of pioneers began creating animated shorts in the early 20th century (like 1914’s Gertie the Dinosaur), the very first feature-length animation was created using traditional methods entitled El Apóstol.

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Released in 1917 to a South American theatre audience, the 70-minute long movie – running at an impressive 14 frames per second – also holds the distinction of being the first commercially profitable animated movie ever made.

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According to those who saw it, the political satire was exceedingly good. Those who didn’t catch it the first time round will never have the chance to find out, however, since the only copy of the film was destroyed in a house fire.

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Georges Méliès accidentally invented the technique of shooting “stop-motion”. The point of this technique is that Méliès shot the scene then changed the next scene and shot again and etc. Then after quick- changing frames appeared the animation effect.

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Animated studios of the 60th-70th whose used computer technology were opened by scientists from universities and artists. First, researching/discoveries of computer graphics were in 1963 based on Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) when Ivan Edward Sutherland invented Sketchpad, an innovative program that influenced alternative forms of interaction with computers

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Today's progress in models of light and texture makes it possible to design more realistic people. At the end of the 20th century appeared new animation technology - motion capture. Motion capture objects some technical measuring equipment.

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The method of motion capture used in production CGI cartoons, and for creating special effects in films. It’s popular in video games production. Using this method in 2004 were created cartoons “Polar Express” (model - Tom Hanks), “Final Fantasy”, “The Lord of the Rings” model - (Andy Serkis). In 2006 - 2011 using this technology were created “Renaissance”, “Beowulf”, “Christmas Carol”, “Avatar” and ”Harry Potter”.

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DISNEY

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The very first animated short called Kansas City's Spring Clean-up was created in 1921 as a demo reel and is a two- second clip of an early Mickey Mouse. Other classic short animations include Mickey's Good Deed (1932) and The Night Before Christmas (1933)

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December 21st, 1937: Walt Disney Animation Studios released its first fully animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, pioneering a new form of family entertainment.

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