Animation technology

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Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Animation Technology History

  1. Thomas Edison:              first camera - 1889
  2. Stuart Blackton:              first animated film technique - used many 1of faces
  3. Emile Cohl:                      first animated scene - used cut-outs made of 2                                       
  4. Walt Disney:                   
  • first talking colour film - 1928 - used 3 slides                                                                     
  • first full-length colour film - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - 1937

Pixar Animation Studios

  1. Origins:                                              graphics group
  2. Earnings:                                          Over 4$ worldwide
  3. Famous films:                  
  • 1995 - Toy Story - first computer-animated film                                                                                                                           
  • 2001 - Monsters, Inc. -included 5 as a new animation feature                                                                 
  • Finding Nemo - new techniques in 6                                                                                                                 
  • The Incredibles - believable simulations of people and 7 

Future developments:

  • Digital humans: focusing particularly on skin and 8
  • Speed: companies producing 9 will help
  • Colour: aim to preserve vibrancy
  • Styles of animation: a move from 10 to new concepts