Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby pictures are created or manipulated and then played in rapid sequence to create the illusion of moving images. An early mechanical antecedent was Joseph Plateau's 1833 phenakistiscope, which introduced the principle of stroboscopic animation later applied in the zoetrope.
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MediumA rapid succession of images that minimally differ from each other, producing a stroboscopic illusion of continuous movement, whether drawn, puppeted, or computer-generated 1 Signature TechniquePictures are created or manipulated and then played in sequence to create the illusion of moving images. 1 Place of OriginFrance, with Emile Cohl's hand-drawn Fantasmagorie (1908), following American J. Stuart Blackton's stop-motion film The Haunted Hotel (1907) the year before. 1 Notable ExampleEmile Cohl's Fantasmagorie (1908), regarded as the oldest known complete traditional hand-drawn animation on standard cinematographic film. 1 Connections
Associated With
claymation is a technique of the animation art form.
Comics, Art Forms Comics and animation share a lineage in sequential visual storytelling, and many creators have worked across both forms (e.g. comic strips adapted into animated cartoons).
rotoscoping is a technique of the animation art form.
stop motion animation is a technique of the animation art form.
Practitioners
Salvador Dali, Artists Dali collaborated with Walt Disney on the animated short Destino, storyboarded 1945-46 and completed 2003.
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Wikimedia FoundationAnimation, General overview section and Before cinematography section
Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby pictures are created or manipulated and then played in sequence to create the illusion of moving images...In 1833, Joseph Plateau's phenakistiscope introduced the principle of stroboscopic animation, which would later be applied in the zoetrope.
Animation, General overview section
The illusion of motion caused by a rapid succession of images that minimally differ from each other, with unnoticeable interruptions, is a stroboscopic effect.
Animation, Silent Era section, Fantasmagorie
The Haunted Hotel (1907) by J. Stuart Blackton popularised stop motion and reportedly inspired Emile Cohl to create Fantasmagorie (1908), regarded as the oldest known example of a complete traditional (hand-drawn) animation on standard cinematographic film.
Animation, General overview section, definition
pictures are created or manipulated and then played in sequence to create the illusion of moving images
Practitioners: Salvador Dali, Destino (film) article, lead section, first sentence
Destino is a 2003 animated surrealist short film
Associated With: Film, Animation, lead section
Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby pictures are created or manipulated and then played in sequence to create the illusion of moving images.
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