The Evolution of Cartoons: Part One – The Pre-History of Animation.

In this ongoing series I aim to chart the entire history of one of humankind’s most spectacular artforms – animation. In this first part, we’ll discover the early history of the artform – from prehistoric explorations of movement, ancient artworks, pre-cinema devices (such as Magic Lantern, Zoetrope, Praxinoscope), and the earliest projected stories (Emile Reynaud's Théâtre Optique / Optical Theatre).

Featured Media

FILMS
Fleischer’s Out of the Inkwell / Koko the Clown - Invisible Ink (1921)
The Bugs Bunny Show (1960)
Toy Story (1995)
The Horse in Motion (1878)
Walt Disney’s Disneyland - The Story of the Animated Drawing (1955) / Tricks of Our Trade (1957)
Felix the Cat - Film Flam Films (1927)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mickey Mouse - Steamboat Willie (1928)
Georges Méliès’ The House of Ghosts (La Maison ensorcelée) (1907)
James Stuart Blackton’s Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)
Georges Méliès’ La Siréne (1904)
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Émile Reynaud’s Pantomimes Lumineuses - Le Clown Et Son Chien (1910) / Pauvre Pierrot (1892) / Autour D’une Cabine (1894)
Lumière Brothers’ The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station (1896)
Georges Méliès’ Conjuring (Séance de prestidigitation) (1896)
Georges Méliès’ L’Homme à la tête en caoutchouch (The Man with the Rubber Head) (1901)

NEWSREELS AND DOCUMENTARIES
The Biography of the Motion Picture Camera

YOUTUBE VIDEOS
SUNIL TVM - Film Projector India 35mm
Newspeak - World’s First Animation / Trotting Horse Lamp
ICT Vision and Graphics La - The Parthenon (2004)
Ancient Athens 3D - The Parthenon 3D
Great Big Story - The Master of Shadow Puppets
Animation History Museum - Phenakistiscope
Noel Collection - Phenakistiscope
Bill Frankenberger - Praxinoscope: The Movie
The Henry Ford - The History of the Magic Lantern
Florencefst - Magic Lantern
Exoplanet - Early Cinema in 2 Minutes
BFI - Charles Dickens and the Magic Lantern
Mathieu Stern - Developing 120-Year-Old Photos found in a Time Capsule

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