Some History of Disney Cartoon Animation

Hey everyone,

Today I'm going to share with you all some of the techniques used in the beginning with cartoon animation

Disney in the Start

The Process in 1936

Disney's invention of the multiplane camera was a groundbreaking achievement in film, enhancing the feeling of depth in traditional animation. This video showcases Walt's explanation of how the camera works from the "Tricks of Our Trade" episode of Disneyland, which aired February 13, 1957.

This Technique was used for 70 years by Disney! Here is a boat load of examples of their work.

The amount of work they use to do for a 10min bit is amazing compared to what tools we have available today to use. 

They could have 300 people working on one cartoon.

Technology has now made is so much easier too create animation with powerful computers and software. While there are still a lot of "hand drawn" aspects in there animation today. Disney did shut down there hand drawn production section. 

Here is Why

Here is an example of production of "Moana" 

A cartoon animation by Disney from 2016, 80 years later.

Here is a bonus video explaining the 5 types animation types there is!