1888 in animation
Events in 1888 in animation.
Events
December 1: Charles-Émile Reynaud files a patent for his animated moving picture system Théâtre Optique. The patent was issued on 14 January 1889. Reynaud in the 1888 patent: "The aim of the apparatus is to obtain the illusion of motion, which is no longer limited to the repetition of the same poses at each turn of the instrument, as is necessary in all known apparatus, but Having, on the contrary, an indefinite variety and duration, and thus producing real scenes animated by unlimited development. Hence the name of Optical Theater given by the inventor to this apparatus".Date uncertain - Charles-Émile Reynaud creates the animated film Un bon bock. It consisted of 700 individually painted 6 x 6 cm pictures in a 50 meter long flexible strip. Reynaud manipulated the speed and repeated movements by moving the film back and forth through the projector to tell a visual story that lasted close to fifteen minutes. The film would not be exhibited to the public until 1892.
Births
January
January 22: Win Smith, Canadian-American animator and comics artist,.
February
February 1: Manuel Urda Marín, Spanish comics artist and animator,.
March
March 3: Seitarō Kitayama, Japanese animation director, credited with the first examples of commercial production of anime,,.March 12: Hall Johnson, American composer and choirmaster,.
April
April 6: Hans Richter, German film producer of animated films, painter, graphic artist, and art historian, .April 17: Gwen Williams, American actress,.
September
September 12: Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer,.
October
October 3: Claud Allister, English actor,.
December
December 24: Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky, Russian animator, cinematographer, film director, and screenwriter,,.