- 1. The History of Cartoons
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- Ananimated cartoonis a short, hand-drawn film for the cinema,
television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or
plot
3. First Cartoons
- The first animated cartoon was"Fantasmagorie"produced in 1908
by the French director Emile Cohl.
- One of the first successful animated cartoons was Gertie the
Dinosaur produced by Winsor McCay
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- In the 1930s to 1960s, cartoons were produced in huge numbers,
and usually shown before a movie to keep audiences
entertained.
5. Sound Technology
- Original cartoons were black and white and included no
sound.
- The first cartoon with synchronized sound is Walt Disney's
- Steamboat Willie,starring
6. Sound Film
- With the advent of sound film, musical themes were now
included. Animated characters would perform an action in "loops",
were drawings were repeated over and over, synchronized with the
music.
- Disney produced the first full-color cartoon in Technicolor,
Flowers and Trees, in 1931
7. Todays Technology
- Today, animation is commonly produced with computers, giving
the animator new tools not available in hand-drawn traditional
animation.
- Professionals argue that todays computer generated films, are
not officially cartoons
8. Primetime
- Other networks tried to run cartoons in the primetime slot such
as,The Jetsons ,Top Cat , andThe Alvin Show , none of these
programs survived more than a year.
- The Flintstoneswas thefirst successful primetime animated
series in the United States, running from 1960-1966.
9. Saturday Morning Cartoons
- Networks moved these failed shows to Saturday morning. Reaching
smaller audiences with more demographic unityamong children
- the cartoons became popular and played for years!
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