The Golden Age Of Animation

Animation To start with it would be needed to know what animation is. The dictionary definition of animation is “A technique used in motion pictures or video production, produced frame by frame, in which inanimate objects, such as cartoon drawings or puppets, appear to move of their own accord” , which is an overcomplicated way of saying making it look like a drawing is moving. Animation in the past half-century has made leaps and bounds in terms of improvement to reach where it is today. Such as the techniques and equipment used to make them. It has also made new opportunities and chances of employment in the world. Animation has given us an opportunity to see things that we could only imagine. When thinking of the earliest instances of animation one would likely think of Walt Disney, or looney tunes. However animation has roots that stretch as far back to 5,200 years ago. Some time ago a bowl was “found in Iran’s Burnt City in the 1970s features a series of five images that researchers have only recently identified as being sequential, much like those in a zoetrope.” Upon further closer inspection it was found that …show more content…
The period began with Steamboat Willie and ended “when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing ground to the new medium of television animation.” Before the golden era animation was a dying art type, due to the low demand for them. Even with the concept dying artist still experimented with animation, such as lip synching and sound synchronization. A month before the release of Steamboat Willie, Paul Terry incorporated sound within the release of Dinner Time however since the sound was added post-production it lacked appeal and believability. Terry was encouraged by Amadee Van Beuren to continue producing sound animation, but he rejected and was immediately fired. With this Walt Disney was given the advantage he needed to progress in the