Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Introduction to Animation - Week 01, February 2nd

Emile Cohl - Fantasmagorie, 1908

Fantasmagorie, an animated film by Émile Cohl is believed to be the first animated cartoon. Cohl placed each hand drawing on an illuminated glass plate and then traced the next drawing with variations on top of it until he had some 700 drawings. Considering this animation was created in 1908 it is well structured and thought-out, has a complete, if primitive, plot and amazingly well executed morphing of one image into another!

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