Around 1930s - 1950s Animation

Norman McLaren:

He created videos such as Dots, Neighbors and A phantasy in Colors.

This is an example of Normans video "Dots". It was a new experiment/creation where Norman just spilt dots of paint and colors onto the film and added music on top. This was made in 1940.

This is another example of Norman Mclarens videos called "Neighbors". This included real life actors and cardboard cutouts. Norman used models in parts of the movie such as the houses and flower. And real actors for the 2 men. Norman made the men look like they are flying by having them jump continuously and then taking a picture whilst in mid air. This was made in 1952.







Walt Disney:

This company is still extremely famous to this day. In the 1930s to 50s they created videos and animations such as Steamboat Willie, Snow White and more.

This animation took 3 years to create. It was made up of 25 images per second. So by the end thousands of drawings had been created. This animation had voices in which showed a development. With the voices they needed to make the drawings and animations lip sync which would have took even more time.

This is another of Walt Disney's creations called Steamboat Willie. This was created in 1928 so it was in black and white. Lip syncing was not invented at this time so there was no talking. The animation was what made Steamboat Willie famous.










Tom & Jerry:

Tom & Jerry have made thousands of chapters and scenes throughout their career. The animation is a comedy and is still famous and popular to this day. Many new Tom & Jerry scenes have been created with more modern technology. For example when the first ever series came out they did not include computers because they were not invented.

This is an example from 1956 of one of the first Tom & Jerry. It was created from a company named Hanna Barbera. As you can see it included sound and colour even at this early stage.

This is a more modern version of Tom & Jerry (2012) it shows the better quality and how the main characters have developed. As you can see the animation moves alot better and smoother.












Max Fleischer:

This was a company named the Fleischer Brothers. They made classical animations such as Popeye and Betty Boop. These were famous for years but in the later stage of the Fleischer Brothers careers they went out of business. Some f the designers managed to get a job working and designing for Walt Disney.

This was created by Max Fleischer in 1936. The movie included sound over the top like a soundtrack. The video shows colour but is not a very good quality.

This was another one of Max Fleischers classics "Popeye" in 1934. This was just animated drawings in black and white. It had sound but not really and clear voices. Since that day Popeye has been modernized and made with sound and colour etc.










There are many others in this development of the Animation Era. From the 1950s the animations continued to develop making them better sound, movement and quality.