Firsts in animation
This list provides an overview of animated productions that can be considered as milestones in the development of animation techniques or in artistic or commercial success.
| Year | Milestone | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | animation on standard celluloid film | The Enchanted Drawing | |
| 1917 | Feature film | El Apóstol | Created with cutout animation; now considered lost |
| 1926 | The Adventures of Prince Achmed | Oldest surviving animated feature film, cutout silhouette animation | |
| 1919 | Filmed in Rotoscope | The Clown's Pup | Short film |
| 1924 | Synchronized sound on film | Oh Mabel | Short film; used Lee de Forest's Phonofilm sound on film process, though none of the characters "speak" on screen |
| 1926 | Synchronized sound on film with animated dialogue | My Old Kentucky Home[1] | Short film; used Lee de Forest's Phonofilm sound on film process; a dog character mouths the words, "Follow the ball, and join in, everybody!" |
| 1930 | Filmed in Two-color Technicolor | King of Jazz[2] | Premiering in April 1930, a three-minute cartoon sequence produced by Walter Lantz appears in this full-length, live-action Technicolor feature film. |
| 1930 | Two-color Technicolor in a stand-alone cartoon | Fiddlesticks | Released in August 1930, this Ub Iwerks-produced short is the first standalone color cartoon. |
| 1930 | Feature-length puppet animated (stop-motion) film | The Tale of the Fox | |
| 1931 | Feature-length sound film | Peludópolis | |
| 1932 | Filmed in three-strip Technicolor | Flowers and Trees | Short film |
| 1937 | First film using Disney's multiplane camera | The Old Mill | Short film. A predecessor of the multiplane technique had already been used for The Adventures of Prince Achmed. Ub Iwerks had developed an early version of the multiplane camera in 1934 for his The Headless Horseman Comicolor Cartoon.[3] |
| Feature filmed in three-strip Technicolor | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | ||
| 1940 | Stereophonic sound | Fantasia | Recorded in Fantasound with 33 microphones on eight channels, but the reproduction of multi-channel Fantasound in theaters was eventually more limited than intended |
| 1942 | First film applying limited animation | The Dover Boys | Short film |
| 1951 | First animated 3-D films | Now is the time - To put on your glasses | Abstract dual-strip stereoscopic short films by Norman McLaren for the Festival of Britain[4] |
| Around is around | |||
| 1953 | First cartoon presented in widescreen format | Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom | Short film |
| 1955 | First animated feature in widescreen format | Lady and the Tramp | |
| First stop-motion television series | The Gumby Show[5] | ||
| 1956 | First US animated primetime TV series | CBS Cartoon Theatre | Compilation television series |
| 1957 | First animated TV series broadcast in color | Colonel Bleep | Television series |
| 1959 | Syncro-Vox | Clutch Cargo | Television series |
| 1960 | Xerography process (replacing hand inking) | Goliath II | Short film |
| First primetime animated sitcom | The Flintstones | Television series | |
| 1961 | Feature film using xerography process | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | |
| 1964 | First feature film based on a television show | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! | |
| 1969 | First animated feature deemed to be x-rated | A Thousand and One Nights | Japanese anime hit. Pornographic animations had already been made for the phénakisticope and the short film Buried Treasure featuring Eveready Harton (circa 1928) |
| 1978 | Animated feature to be presented in Dolby sound | Watership Down | |
| 1983 | 3D feature film - stereoscopic technique | Abra Cadabra | |
| Animated feature containing computer-generated imagery | Rock and Rule | ||
| Animated TV series to be recorded in Stereo sound | Inspector Gadget | ||
| 1985 | Feature-length clay-animated film | The Adventures of Mark Twain | |
| 1988 | First feature film to have live-action and cartoon animation share the screen for the entire film | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | |
| 1989 | TV cartoon to be broadcast in Dolby Surround sound. | Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration | |
| 1990 | First computer-animated feature (produced without a camera) Feature film using digital ink and paint | The Rescuers Down Under | First feature film completely produced with Disney's Computer Animation Production System |
| 1991 | First animated film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture | Beauty and the Beast | As of 2021 no animated film has won the Best Picture award. |
| 1994 | CGI-animated TV series | Insektors | |
| 1995 | First "3D" style (wire-frame) computer-animated feature G-rated CGI feature film | Toy Story | |
| Animated television series to be broadcast in Dolby Surround | Pinky and the Brain | ||
| 1997 | First animated series produced for the Internet[6] Flash-animated series | The Goddamn George Liquor Program | |
| 1999 | First animated IMAX feature | Fantasia 2000 | |
| 2001 | Motion-capture animation PG-13-rated CGI animated film | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | |
| First Academy Award for Best Animated Feature | Shrek | Monsters, Inc. and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius were also nominated. | |
| 2002 | Flash-animated television series | ¡Mucha Lucha! | |
| 2003 | First Flash-animated film | Wizards and Giants | |
| 2004 | Cel-shaded animation | Appleseed Steamboy | |
| First film animated entirely using motion capture. | The Polar Express | ||
| 2005 | Feature shot with digital still cameras | Corpse Bride | |
| 2007 | Feature digitally animated by one person | Flatland | |
| Presented in 7.1 surround sound | Ultimate Avengers | Blu-ray release | |
| 2008 | Feature film designed, created and released exclusively in 3D | Fly Me to the Moon | |
| 2009 | Stop-motion character animated using rapid prototyping | Coraline | |
| First feature film directly produced in stereoscopic 3D rather than converted in 3D after completion using InTru3D | Monsters vs. Aliens | ||
| 2010 | Animated feature film to earn more than $1,000,000,000 worldwide Feature film released theatrically in 7.1 surround sound | Toy Story 3 | |
| 2012 | Stop-motion film to use colour 3-D printing technology for models | ParaNorman | |
References
- Maltin, Leonard; Beck, Jerry (1980). Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-0703-9835-1.
- "Whiteman Film Due Tomorrow." Los Angeles Times 18 Apr. 1930: A9. Print.
- Pat Williams and Jim Denney (2004). How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life. HCI. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-7573-0231-2.
- "Around Is Around (1951)". BFI.
- Solomon, Charles (1989). Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation. New York: Random House, Inc. pp. 231–232. ISBN 978-0-394-54684-1.
- "27th Annual Annie Award Nominee Showcase: Goddamn George Liquor Program". AWM.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
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