How has animation developed since animations were first produced?

1832- The Phenakistoscope


1906- Humorous Phases of Funny Faces


1914- Gertie the Dinosaur by Winsor McCay


1926- Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince Achmed


1928- Steamboat Willie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4


1937- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


1914- Norman Mclaren joins the NFB
Norman Mclaren had a very experimental approach towards animation. He created animations without a camera, but instead by drawing directly onto 35mm movie film with ordinary pen and ink. In order to create a soundtrack, he scratched the sound strip on the movie film.

1988- First episode of The Simpsons


1989- Wallace and Gromit


1991- Beauty and the Beast


1993- Nightmare before Xmas


1995- Toy Story


2001- Spirited Away


2002- Lord of the Rings - Gollum


2006- A Scanner Darkly


2009- Avatar


2010- Up


Animations have seen huge developments since they were first produced, this is widely down to the advances in technology. Many early animations have no sound and have been produced in black and white, whereas now-a-days the majority of animations feature quite complex soundtracks or dialogue, and are regularly in full colour. Characters are now much more detailed and complex, and often more life-like and 'realistic'. The process of producing animations has also altered, with many new techniques such as CGI Technology.