History of animation

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History of animation series.

Animation Before Hollywood: The Silent Period

The history of film animation begins with the earliest days of silent film and continues through the present day.

The first animated cartoon was from French �mile Reynaud, that created praxynoscope, animation system of 12 pictures, and films of about 500 pictures, projected on its own th�atre optique, system near from modern film projector, at Mus�e Gr�vin in Paris, France, on october 28, 1892.

The first animated cartoon on standard picture film was Fantasmagorie by the French director �mile Courtet (also called �mile Cohl), projected for the first time August 17, 1908 at 'Th��tre du Gymnase', in Paris. �mile Courtet went to Fort Lee, New Jersey near New York City in 1912, where he worked for French studio �clair and spread its technique in the US.

The first animated feature-length film was El Ap�stol (1917) from Argentine Quirino Cristiani, shown in Argentina.

The second animated feature film was The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) from German Lotte Reiniger and French/Hungarian Berthold Bartosch.

Table of contents

1 Americas

1.1 History of Argentinian animation
1.2 History of Canadian animation
1.3 History of Cuban animation
1.4 Animation history of the United States

2 Europe

2.1 History of French animation
2.2 History of Italian animation
2.3 History of Russian animation
2.4 History of animation in the former Yugoslavia

3 Asia

3.1 History of Chinese animation
3.2 History of Japanese animation

Americas

History of Argentinian animation

First Long feature film animated cartoon from Quirino Cristiani

History of Canadian animation

Early Work
Contributions of the National Film Board of Canada's animation department
Early commercial productions
- Contributions of canadian voice actor recordings
The 1980s- of rise of the major indigenous industry

History of Cuban animation

Animation history of the United States

Beginning of industrial production of animated cartoon.

Because the history of Hollywood animation as an art form has undergone many changes in its hundred-year history, Wikipedia presents four separate chapters in the development of its animation:

Animation Before Hollywood: The Silent Period (1900s through 1920s)

The beginnings of theatricathe earliestl animated cartoons in the era of silent film, ranging from the works of Winsor McCay through Koko the Clown and Felix the Cat

The Bray Studios was the first and foremost cartoon studio, housed in New York City. Many aspiring cartoonists started their careers at Bray, including Paul Terry of "Mighty Mouse" fame, Max Fleischer of "Betty Boop" fame, as well as Walter Lantz of "Woody Woodpecker" fame. The cartoon studio operated from circa 1915 to until 1928. Some of the first cartoon stars from the Bray studios were Farmer Alfalfa (by Paul Terry), Bobby Bumps (by Earl Hurd), etc.

Hollywood Animation: The Golden Age (1930s and 1940s)

The dominance of Walt Disney throughout the 1930s
The rise of Warner Bros. and MGM
The departure from realism, and UPA

Hollywood Animation: The TV Era (1950s through 1980s)

The emergence of TV animated series from Hanna-Barbera Productions
The decline of theatrical cartoons and feature films
Saturday morning cartoons
The attempts at reviving animated features through the 1960s and 1970s
The onslaught of commercial cartoons in the 1980s

Hollywood Animation: The Renaissance (1990s to present)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the return of Disney
Steven Spielberg's collaborations with Warner Bros.
A flood of newer, bolder animation studios
The Simpsons, South Park, and animation for adults
The mainstream popularization of anime
The rise of computer animation
The decline of Saturday morning cartoons, the rise of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network

Europe

Animation before film in XIXe century.

History of French animation

1908-1925, Work of �mile Courtet:

The first animated cartoon (1908), and most animation techniques: (morphing (1909), puppet animation and color animated cartoon (1910), pixilation (1911), first animated series (Le chien Flambeau, 1917).