Download Assignment 3_History of Animation Timeline

Name: _________________________
Date: _______________
History of Animation: A Timeline
1824: Peter Mark Roget discovered that a succession of still images could create the appearance of motion.
1832: Joseph Plateau developed the phenakistoscope.
1889: Emile Reynaud patents the praxinoscope which is a device that used mirrors to project a sequence of images
(along with a fixed background) onto a screen.
1895: Movie camera and projector begins.
1914: Windsor McCay produces the first popular animation “Gertie the Dinosaur”.
1917: John Cray patents rotoscoping.
1928: Walt Disney releases “Steamboat Willie” – an early cartoon with sound. Cartoons are now seen as entertainment.
1930’s: Warner Bros. create Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny
1937: Snow White is released.
1972: Ed Catmull develops an animation scripting language and creates an animation of a smooth shaded hand
1972: Fred Parke (colleague of Catmull) creates first computer generated facial animation
1974: National Research Council of Canada released a film featuring interactive keyframing techniques.
1982: Tron movie with Computer Graphics (CG) premise.
1984: The Last Starfighter was made where Computer Graphics were used in place of models.
1985: Ken Perlin shared information on noise functions for texture. He later applied this technique to add realism to
character animation.
1987: The basic traditional animation principles were established by John Lasseter.
1988: Willow uses morphing in live action film.
1993: Jurassic Park uses Computer Graphics for realistic living creatures.
1995: Toy Story is the first full-length 3D Computer Graphics feature film.
Assignment 3:
Using the list of events provided (above), create an Animation timeline.
This timeline must highlight the important years and events in animation history. You should include some pictures in
your timeline to make it appealing for your audience.
*PLEASE ENSURE THERE ARE MULTIPLE PICTURES ON ONE PAGE BEFORE YOU PRINT!
**DO NOT PRINT IF THERE IS ONLY ONE PICTURE ON A PAGE!