In 1911, Windsor McCay created his first cartoon, based on his comic strip Little Nemo. The silent animated short film with a running time of 10 minutes is one of the earliest ever made and its expressive character animation distinguished the film from the experiments of earlier animators.
Little Nemo, 1911.
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The response to the film was enthusiastic. An item in the trade publication Moving Picture World, which praised the film's "amazing and surprising stunts". McCay later claimed to have made the first ever-animated film. However, by the time McCay began making his first animated film other animators such as; Blackton, and Cohl were already well known to those following developments …show more content…
Little Nemo showed the potential of animation and suggested the artistry with which it could be done. Yet, animation at this time was still uncommon, and it was still regarded mostly as a novelty .
Meanwhile, the larger film world was dramatically changing. Moving pictures were becoming ever more popular with …show more content…
Few years later in the post-war Germany three abstract artists named Walter Ruttmann, Hans Richter and Viking Eggeling crested their history-making films, Opus I, Rhythm 21 and Diagonal symphony.
Their work reflected what Savage described as "the glistening bridge" from still images to moving art. The first abstract animated films were sometimes called "Pure Cinema", which was a respectful way artists called the art, even though it was still unknown to the general public.
The "New Art" only began to establish careers between 1920s and 30s. Artists worked on 35mm film that were usually sponsored by advertisers or government agencies, but were still seen as outsiders in the world of arts. After world war II ended the influential United Productions of America Studio (UPA) was created. The studio embraced modern art aesthetics and stylized limited animation techniques that were brought to television during the
Little Nemo, 1911.
https://alchetron.com/Little-Nemo-(1911-film)-45390-W
The response to the film was enthusiastic. An item in the trade publication Moving Picture World, which praised the film's "amazing and surprising stunts". McCay later claimed to have made the first ever-animated film. However, by the time McCay began making his first animated film other animators such as; Blackton, and Cohl were already well known to those following developments …show more content…
Little Nemo showed the potential of animation and suggested the artistry with which it could be done. Yet, animation at this time was still uncommon, and it was still regarded mostly as a novelty .
Meanwhile, the larger film world was dramatically changing. Moving pictures were becoming ever more popular with …show more content…
Few years later in the post-war Germany three abstract artists named Walter Ruttmann, Hans Richter and Viking Eggeling crested their history-making films, Opus I, Rhythm 21 and Diagonal symphony.
Their work reflected what Savage described as "the glistening bridge" from still images to moving art. The first abstract animated films were sometimes called "Pure Cinema", which was a respectful way artists called the art, even though it was still unknown to the general public.
The "New Art" only began to establish careers between 1920s and 30s. Artists worked on 35mm film that were usually sponsored by advertisers or government agencies, but were still seen as outsiders in the world of arts. After world war II ended the influential United Productions of America Studio (UPA) was created. The studio embraced modern art aesthetics and stylized limited animation techniques that were brought to television during the