1609
With a machine that can play pictures quickly. The earliest animation appeared. Through the rapid succession of images, people can create the illusion that they are looking at something that is really moving.
1800
Draw different patterns on both sides of a round sign. After turning it quickly, you can see that the patterns are connected together to form a complete pattern. The revolving lantern appeared.
1900
The camera appeared, and the images drawn by hand could be photographed and turned into animation works.
1914
Gertie the dinosaur, the earliest animation in the world, appeared. This is the first film to use animation techniques such as keyframe registration mark tracing paper, mutoscope action viewer and animation loops, and it has also influenced the next generation of animators.
1928
Mickey mouse, by UB Iwerks appears. This is the first cartoon with synchronized sound and the first cartoon featuring a fully post-production soundtrack.
1929
The financial crisis appeared and many people lost their jobs. More and more cartoons are appearing in movie theaters.
1937
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” appeared. This is the first full-length traditional animated feature film and the first Disney animated feature film. Some scenes of Snow White and the prince are directly traced from real-life footage. And began to use different layers to superimpose into a picture. And the character design is also very popular.
Especially the seven dwarfs, each dwarf has a very distinct personality.
FPX —— Frame’s Per Second
25Fpx is enough to make the continuous pictures fool your brain and make them think it is a continuous animation.
1970
The students started watching cartoons at home. There are many different kinds of animations appearing at this time.
The computer appears, and you can use the computer to make animations. Pixar appeared.
1986
Founded by Edwin Catmull Alvy Ray Smith and Steve Jobs.
CGI——Computer Generated Imagery
Cgi is an application of computer graphics, and most commonly used to refer to the creation of characters, scenes and special effects in movies and TV. 3d computer graphics are described as cgi animation.
Clay animation is a stop motion animation. Each animation work is variable, regardless of the character or background, and is made of malleable material. Usually plasticine. Every object or character is sculpted around a wire skeleton with clay or other flexible materials like plasticine. On the arrangement set. First take a shot, then gently move it with your hand, and prepare for the next shot, and so on, until the animator reaches the required amount of film.
1995
The rise of Japanese anime. And the rise of Pixar-based cg animation. Toy Story is the first fully computer-animated film.
2009
“Avatar” is a 2009 American real-time science fiction film, directed by James Cameron, screenwriter, production and co-editing. The success of this movie has also prompted electronics manufacturers to release 3D TVs, which has led to the increasing popularity of 3D movies. This movie is a complete live action shot, combining a mixture of computer-generated characters and live environment. Cameron used his virtual camera system, which is a new method of directing motion capture film production.
2015
CG animation is very popular, and there are many excellent CG animations.
Modern Japanese animation is also very popular. Japanese anime has many manga adapted from Japan.