A Glimpse of Animation History

A Glimpse of Animation History

“Le Voyage Dans La Lune” by George Melies 1902

 

“Gertie The Dinosaur” by Winsor McCay 1914 – first keyframe animation, character with emotion and thought

https://youtu.be/TGXC8gXOPoU

 

“Alice’s Wonderland” 1923

 

“Steamboat Willie” 1928

 

Ub Iwerks “Silly Symphony – Skeleton Dance” 1929

 

“Three Little Pigs” 1933

 

“The Old Man Of The Mountain” Betty Boop 1933 Cab Calloway – Max Fleischer

https://youtu.be/SoJkxNa6v14

 

“Betty Boop’s Snow White” Koko the Clown sings St. James Infirmary Blues

 

Max Fleischer – Popeye, Betty Boop, Koko the Clown

“Stereoscopic Rotary Process – Popular Science”

https://youtu.be/qmUsSN0tdo8

 

“Mickey Mouse Moving Day (edited)” 1936

https://youtu.be/TCkadWJQymI

 

“Clock Cleaner” Mickey Mouse Cartoon 1937

 

“Old Mill” Academy Award 1937

https://youtu.be/5ncfXue1cxA

 

Oskar Fischinger “An Optical Poem” 1938

 

“Why We Owe A Lot To Animator Norman McLaren”

 

“Dots” by Norman McLaren 1940

 

“Sorcerer’s Apprentice” Fantasia 1940

 

“Night on Bald Mountain” animated by Bill Tytler 1940

 

“Pinocchio” Stromboli animated by Bill Tytler 1940

 

“Dumbo” Pink elephants on parade 1941

 

“Red Hot Riding Hood” by Tex Avery 1943

https://youtu.be/V5SF-h0GnBQ

 

“The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Intro)” 1949

 

 

“Gerald McBoing-Boing” UPA 1950

 

“Rooty Toot Toot” by John Hubley UPA 1951

 

“Neighbours” by Norman McLaren 1952

 

“The Little House”

Animation by Marc Davis, Les Clark, Clair Weeks 1952

 

“The Tell Tale Heart” UPA Production 1953

 

“The Unicorn in the Garden” UPA Production 1953

 

“What’s Opera Doc” by Chuck Jones 1957

 

“Walt Disney’s Multiplane Camera” Walt Disney explains how it works 1957

 

MoonBird” by John and Faith Hubley 1959

 

Ray Harryhausen interview – stop motion in the 1960’s movies

 

Paying homage to the pioneer of computer animation

“John Whitney demonstrates his analog computer”

 

“An Afternoon with John Whitney”

 

“Catalog” by John Whitney 1961

 

“Matrix III” by John Whitney 1972

 

“Mister Magoos Christmas Carol” UPA Productions1962

 

Jim Blinn and Ed Catmull “CS292 Class 01 Intro” at Berkeley 1981

 

“Crac” by Frederic Bach 1981

 

“Vincent” by Tim Burton 1982

 

“Take On Me” (rotoscope technique) by a-ha 1985

 

“Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel 1986

 

“The Man Who Planted Trees” by Frederic Bach 1987

https://youtu.be/KTvYh8ar3tc

 

“Street of Crocodile” Brothers Quay 1987

https://youtu.be/UIGEjEu0bn4

 

“Akira” by Katsuhiro Otomo 1988

https://youtu.be/bHZ_aAuRolY

 

“Creature Comfort” by Nick Park 1989

 

“The Two Sisters” by Caroline Leaf 1990

https://youtu.be/oeizQismg2o

 

“The Making Of – The Nightmare Before Christmas” 1993

 

“Disney Family Album #5 – Milt Kahl”

https://youtu.be/PV9PlBZ5TUM

 

“Disney Family Album Part 1 – Frank Thomas”

 

“Disney Family Album #15 – Ollie Johnston”

https://youtu.be/5XxTZJRr3iE

 

“Disney Family Album #17 – Marc Davis”

https://youtu.be/pVf6DdqkpjU

 

“Disney Family Album Part 1 – Woolie Reitherman”

 

“Disney Family Album Part 1 – Eric Larson”

https://youtu.be/RqkMbJWtO7g

 

“Disney Family Album Part 1 – Ward Kimball”

 

“Les Clark Animation”

 

 

“John Lounsbery Animation”

 

“Snow White And The Nine Old Men” – Good introductory of the Nine Old Men

 

“Disney Family Album #7 – Disney Designers”

https://youtu.be/W5l-vDOL7vE

 

“Disney Family Album Part 1 – Ken Anderson”

 

Bill Peet – story development on “Dumbo”

Bill Peet: Disney Animation Process

 

Joe Grant – story on “Dumbo”

Joe Ranft – story at Pixar

“Two Guys Named Joe”

 

The tools that help me reach inside my drawings – Glen Keane on drawing

 

Animator Eric Goldberg in conversation with Wacom

 

Hayao Miyazaki: What defines good animation

 

Hayao Miyazaki in Conversation with Roland Kelts

 

John Lasseter – A Day in a Life – Full Length Documentary

https://youtu.be/m5HN3-l_f-U

 

James Baxter on “The Lion King” and Milt Kahl

 

60 Minutes – Nick Park interview (Wallace & Gromit) 1996

https://youtu.be/U0PUvul9QGc

 

Henry Sellick interview on “Coraline”

 

Tim Burton: A Life in Pictures

 

Pete Docter | In Conversation With… | TIFF 2015

 

Lee Unkrich: Toy Story 3 and Telling Stories That Matter

 

Mel Blanc – voice of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Twittie Pie, Duffy Duck, Elmer Fud, Yosemite Sam, Barnie Rubble 1981

 

 

June Forary – voice of Rocky, Natasha on “Rocky and Bullwinkle”

 

Bill Scott – voice of Bullwinkle

 

Ed Catmull on Creativity Inc. 2013

 

“The Making of Snow White – DisneyAvenue.com”

 

“The Making of Beauty And The Beast”

https://youtu.be/boFEksyRWAg

 

“The Making of 101 Dalmatians”

 

“The Making of The Jungle Book”

 

“The Making of Sleeping Beauty”

 

“The Making of Dumbo”