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The brief history of

animation

Created by: Gergő Tajti and Dóra Árpás


Early Animation Silent Age of Animation Golden Age of Animation
until the early 1920s from the early 1900s to the from the late 1920s to the
late 1920s late 1950s

THE MAIN
ERAS:

Dark age of animation Renaissance Age of Millenium Age of Animation


from the late 1950s to the from the Animation
mid 1980s to the early since the early 2000s
middle 1980s 2000s
Early Animation:
- What does ”persistence of vision” mean?
- What were the first devices which depicted
animation?

→ thaumatrope thaumatrope
→ phenakistoscope
→ zoetrope
phenakistoscope

- When did early animation culminate?

in 1892
Reynaud’s Theatre
Optique

zoetrope
The Silent Age of Animation:
- What are the main inventions in this era?

photograpic film motion picture camera

- What is the first cartoon?

Fantasmagorie - 1908

- Who is Gertie the Dinosaur?

- Are there any other iconic characters?

- What were the animations based on?


→ comic strips
→ speech bubbles
from L-R, top down: Fantasmagorie,
→ written out sound
Felix the Cat, Koko the Clown,
effects Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and Gertie
the Dinosaur
The Golden Age of Animation:
- How did the quality of animation increase? Walter Elias Disney

the first fully-in-color cartoon sound animation began


appeared

- How did Walt Disney make a difference?


→ invented techniques for making
motion smoother
→ hired professsional artists

- What is the first animated feature


film?
Snow White an the
Seven Dwarfs
Who were the most important
characters of this era? What impacts had World War II
on the future of animation?

Americans started to favor


television watching, due to
this creators began
producing tv shows as well

Mickey Mouse, Peter Pan, Betty Boop,


Pinocchio, Maugli, Casper,
Bambi, Cinderella, Bugs Bunny, etc…
The Dark Age of Animation:
snychro-vox
- What does ”limited animation” refer to?

reusing previous frames, the focus is on the


limiting movement dialogues

- What kind of characteristics did the art style have?


→ angular shapes
→ thick outlines it resulted in low-quality
→ exaggerated details animation

- Who were the new target audience?

children new genre: Edutainment

- What do we call Japanese animation?

anime
Astro Boy
In contrast: heyday of animation behind the
Iron Curtain
Last but not least, what are some
memorable animations from this era in
Hungary?

Vuk, Macskafogó, The


Mézga Family, Ludas
Matyi, Hungarian
Folk Tales, etc…
The Renaissance Age of Animation:
- What were the first cartoons based on toys called? - Which are the new studios of this
era?
- Why is the Batman series special? DreamWorks Nickelodeon
more serious Cartoon Network
theme

- What does adult animation stand for?

Strawberry Shortcake, The Beauty and


the Beast, South Park, Transformers,
Aladdin, Toy Story, SpongeBob
Squarepants, Family Guy, Mulan
- Which iconic animes appeared in this era?

Adobe Flash

- What was the first CGI feature film called?

- Why did Adobe Flash and Maya bear with a huge importance?

- When did the Renaissance Age of Animation end?

Maya
Thank you for your attention! :)

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