top of page
Animation Introduction
Stop Motion - Filming using physical objects, taking photos for each frame and moving the puppets.
Kinematics - movement
Frame - Still images that make up animations
Zoetrope - A device that creates the illusion of movement with a spinning cylinder
​
​
​
​
`Otto Messmer
Otto Messmer was an American animator born in 1892 who is must well known for creating the 'Felix the Cat' character. This was the first globally successful animated series. The character was very popular and mass merchandised. It was one of the first animations that used visual gag tropes like altering gravity and perspective and characters transforming into weapons or tools.
bottom of page