History Of Animation

 If you can dream it, you can do it. – WALT DISNEY –                                                          created in 1928 by Walt Disney 1. Introduction: What is Animation? Definition: Animation is the process of creating the illusion of motion and change by displaying a sequence of static images. Earliest Techniques: Shadow puppetry, magic lanterns (from the 17th century), and other pre-film animation devices like zoetropes. Reference: History of early optical toys like the zoetrope, phenakistoscope, and flipbooks. 2. The Beginning of Modern Animation Pioneers: Émile Reynaud: Creator of the Praxinoscope (1877) and the first animated films. Émile Cohl: Known for the first fully animated film, Fantasmagorie (1908). Winsor McCay: Creator of Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). Techniques: Early animation was hand-drawn, frame-by-frame, requiring laborious work. 3. The Golden Age of Animation (1920s–1950s) Introduction of Sound and Color: Walt Disney revolutionized animation with Steamboat Wil