Thursday 27 September 2012

Pioneers of Animation



George Melies 

George Melies was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.He was very innovative in the use of special effects. He accidentally discovered the stop trick, or substitution, in 1896, and was one of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, dissolves, and hand-painted colour in his films.



Winsor McCay

 Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator, best known for the comic strip Little Nemo and the animated cartoon Gertie the Dinosaur.



Lotte Reiniger

Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger  was a German silhouette animator and film director. She was well known for her cut out silhouette animation. 




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