Animation: Magic and Matter A symposium presented by the Centre for Humanities & the Department of Media & Culture Studies (Utrecht University) with the Holland Animation Film Festival on 27th March 2012 Welcome & Introduction: The Matter of Animation The event started with a welcome from Gerben Schermer of the Holland Animation Film Festival, which starts… Continue reading Animation: Magic and Matter
Category: pioneers
Charles-Èmile Reynauld’s Théâtre Optique, 1892
An interdiscplinary background in engineering, photography, sculpture and watercolours proved to be a fertile ground for the innovations in moving image technology developed by Charles-Èmile Reynauld, arguably the first person to create frame-by-frame animation in the classic form that we understand today. Deriving from a praxinoscope that he had invented in 1876, Reynauld’s patented a… Continue reading Charles-Èmile Reynauld’s Théâtre Optique, 1892