Events in 1896 in animation.
Events
- Date uncertain:
- William Harbutt developed plasticine in 1897. To promote his educational "Plastic Method" he made a handbook that included several photographs that displayed various stages of creative projects. The images suggest phases of motion or change, but the book probably did not have a direct influence on claymation films. Still, the plasticine product would become the favourite product for clay animators, as it did not dry and harden (unlike normal clay) and was much more malleable than its harder and greasier Italian predecessor plasteline.[1]
- The first use of time-lapse photography in a feature film was in Georges Méliès' motion picture Carrefour De L'Opera (1897).[2]
- By 1897, German toy manufacturer Gebrüder Bing had a first prototype of their toy "kinematograph". [3] It would later be used for traced pictures from live-action films (much like the later rotoscoping technique). [4][5]
Births
February
References
- ^ Frierson, Michael (1993). "The Invention of Plasticine and the Use of Clay in Early Motion Pictures". Film History. 5 (2): 142–157. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 27670717.
- ^ Weston, Chris (2015-12-22). Spanning Time: The Essential Guide to Time-lapse Photography. CRC Press. ISBN 9781317907466.
- ^ "Bing". www.zinnfiguren-bleifiguren.com (in German).
- ^ Litten, Frederick S. Animated Film in Japan until 1919. Western Animation and the Beginnings of Anime.
- ^ Litten, Frederick S. (17 June 2014). Japanese color animation from ca. 1907 to 1945 (PDF).