hi s t ory of a ni m at i on

THE FIRST STEPS

The interest in telling stories through
images dates back to Prehistory. This is
the case of the hunting scenes shown in
cave paintings, Romanesque altarpieces or
Egyptian frescoes, among many others.
However, the absence of physical means
that would make it possible to obtain
"moving images" prevented them from
being generated until the middle of the
19th century.

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 Century XIX
The history of
animation begins as
such at the end of the
The devices that made it
19th century. In those
possible to see moving
days, there was still no
images for the first time
cinema, nor, of course,
were mechanical devices
recorders or projectors
that worked on optical
principles. Incredibly
ingenious, to this day they
continue to arouse our
admiration and curiosity.

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 the first devices
In 1824, John Ayrton Paris invented the
device that would mark the first step in
this field: the thaumatrope. It is so
simple, that it is possible that on some
occasion you have even built one
yourself. This singular ingenuity was
followed by more complex devices,
increasingly similar to movie
projectors. . They all work on the
principle of "persistence of vision".

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 Animation in the 20s and 30s: the first
animated shorts
If there is a milestone in the history of animation, it is
undoubtedly the 1937 premiere of Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs, the extremely famous film from Disney
Studios. But just as important (and in a sense, even
more so) are the short films that animation pioneers
created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In 1914, Winsor McCay, father of the pioneering Little
Nemo in Slumberland comic and who had already
taken his first steps in animation in 1911, went one step
further. His short Gertie and the Dinosaur is the first to
combine animation and live action.

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 Animation in the 20s and 30s: the first
animated shorts
Without him, modern jewels such as Who Framed
Roger Rabbit or Blue & Malone itself would not have
been possible... From this moment on, works follow
one another, gaining in quality and enjoying the favor
of an audience that contemplates them in ecstasy. It is a
time of magnificent classics: Otto Mesmer and Pat
Sullivan's Felix the Cat (1920), the shorts from Laugh-
O-Gram Films (founded by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks
in 1922), Max Fleischer's Betty Boop (1930), Looney
Tunes and Merrie Melodies by Leon Schlesinger
Productions (1935)

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 Century XXI
The early days of
animation are amazing.
The 20th century
brought about a huge
change in lifestyle,
society and culture, as
well as bringing
spectacular
technological advances.

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 THANKS

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