What is the meaning of animation? An animation is the creation of an optical illusion giving life to inanimate objects or drawings. Examples include clocks, a mat or even a picture of a bear.
Within animation, there are different types that need to be taken into consideration, one of which is the use of computers and using softwares such as flash. Also stop motion and time lapse are other ways in which animations can be created.
To understand animation, having knowledge about the origins of this is vital. Animation originated from the Latin word 'anime' means to give life. 2.5 million years ago, the animation was seen in its rudimentary form through Paleolithic cave paintings, and as early as 70 BC there was evidence of a mechanism capable of projecting hand-drawn images into the screen.
History of animation
In 1887, a man called H.W. Goodwin came up with the idea of a celluloid film which was able to hold images, this was made up of gum cotton and gum camphor. Following from this invention, in 1893 Edison had produced a moving film picture on the walls, the way in which this had worked was by the movie moving over a series of wheels too, therefore, produce the image. 1900 was where James Stuart Blackton was able to use and manipulate animation techniques to produce a short film. Using the drawing process of characters and not showing the artist, this created the effect of the pictures just appearing out of nowhere. The first actual animation film was produced in 1908 by Emile Cohl, this movie was called 'Fantasmagorie' and was said to be a great hit.
Looney Tunes was intended to be a spin-off on the Silly Symphonies produced by Disney. However, being successful in doing that mean that it had become much more popular than it had seemed. This lead to the start-up of Warner Bros. Snow White and the seven dwarfs was said to be the first ever full-length film which added to the rise of Walt Disney's success (1937). Finally, in 1993, Apple produced a way of creating 3-D films which fueled the creating of Toy story in 1995 changing and bettering the animation industry.
Chinese Zoetropes
Chinese Zoetropes is the oldest form of animation and was invented by Ying Huan in 180 AD. This creation consisted of individual images showing a little progression of movement. The images are placed at an equal distance around a band of a card. Although Mr. Huan invented this, this creating was accredited to W.G. Horner in 1834.
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