How Animation Has Changed

Through Time
Ollie Murphy
 The Beginning
• Animation begun with
very primitive
machine/toy called a
Thaumatrope, it is a
disc with one image
on each side when
you spin it an image
in animated. This is
called ‘two frame
animation’.
 20 Century
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In the 1910s Cel animation or hand drawing

animation was being used to make
animations. Even in current animation a
storyboard must be done for an animation
and the 20th century was no exception. First
the dialogue and script are made then later a
comic style storyboard is drawn. This would
have been re-drawn, switched round and
changed many times. A modern day
storyboard for a big animation takes upto 2
years. In the 20th century each frame was
drawn one at a time with pencil, each frame
was taken on a technical camera almost like
the modern day scanners we have today.
Drawing each frame then photographing it
properly so the animation is smooth is a very
long and hard process.
 Walt Disney
• The first cartoon with sound was by
Disney. It is called ‘Steamboat Willie’.
Steamboat Willie was made in 1928 it
was the third cartoon that Mickey
Mouse appeared in. The piece was
actually voiced by Walt Disney.

• The Disney company has now become

the largest media company in the
world. The company is best known for
Mickey Mouse and Snow White and
The Seven Dwarfs. The company
really became popular from 1934 to
1943 in the U.S .
 The Future Of Animation
• The future of animation lies with 3d
computer animation. I feel that Pixar
are definitely in the lead. Pixar is very
successful because they’re good at
targeting dual audiences for their
movies. When parents go see a movie
with their children and normally they
are not entertained but when they see
a Pixar movie there is a child like
character that kids can enjoy as well
as a great storyline that deals with a
subject close to the parents viewing
the movie. Also they use great
technology and put a lot of time and
care into what they do!