Timeline of Animation
1824
Peter Mark Roget researched
in University that you can with
still images you can create the
appearance of still images and
published a book which
presented that idea.
1832
Joseph Plateau developed
the phenakistiscope
1914
1995
Windsor McCay
produces perhaps the
first popular animation
‘Gertie the Dinosaur’
1917
John Bray patents
rotoscoping
1920’s
Otto Mesmer
creates ‘Felix the
Cat’
1928
Walt Disney releases
"Steamboat Willie"
1937
‘Snow White’ is
released at a cost
of $1.5 M
1930’s
Fleischer studios
create ‘Betty
Boop’ and
‘Popeye’
1993
‘Jurassic Park’ use
of CG for realistic
living creatures
‘Toy Story’ first
full-length 3D CG
feature film