Chapter 1
Magic tricks before the movie theater
Chapter 2
The era of ink and scissors
Chapter 3
Puppets, clay, and limited lines
Chapter 4
The pixels that learned to paint
YOUR GOAL
Master of How to make drawings run away
Ch 2 · The era of ink and scissors
disney Silhouette Animation
With cardboard, lead, and scissors in her hand, She brought the shadows to a moving land.
disney Sequential cartoon frames and stacked glass layers align under a massive vertical camera.
disney Delicate black paper silhouettes form intricate fantasy figures over a glowing lightbox.
Fun Fact
Silhouette master: Artist Lotte Reiniger cut out thousands of complex cardboard puppets with scissors without drawing them first.
Quiz
In which city did the Wan brothers create Asia's first animated feature film in 1941?
Quiz
Which country did Lotte Reiniger work in to create her 1926 silhouette masterpiece?
Quiz
What is the name of the oldest surviving feature-length animated film, completed in 1926?
Quiz
What is the term for tracing live-action film footage frame-by-frame to create realistic cartoon movement?
Quiz
What medium did J. Stuart Blackton use for his pioneering 1906 animation 'Humorous Phases of Funny Faces'?