Jan Svankmjer

Georges Melies was a French film director during the 1900's. He was always interested in film and when the Lumiere Brothers presented their Cinematography to the public in 1895, Melies was part of the audience. This then inspired him to take a interest in moving pictures.

Melies built his own camera, then built his own glass-enclosed studio. He believed that there were more possibilities to Cinematography so, he made his own sets, wrote scripts, and used actors to film stories.

Because Melies had a history in being a magician he used this to his advantage. Melies exploited basic camera tricks such as, stop motion, slow motion, double exposure and more.

During his time in the film industry Melies "made more than 400 films" and he specialised in "depicting extreme physical transformations of the human body". However film didn't always work for him because the growth in the industry sent him out of business and he later died of poverty.

The Cat and Bear

Edward Muybridge

In the first week of animation we looked at a British photographer called Edward Muybridge. Muybridge was Born in England in April 1830 then passed away in May 1904. He was famous for his photographic work in motion. Muybridge was one of the first photographers to take pictures of moving animals in a sequence of shots.
Muybridge invented the Zoopraxiscope, this was a device that displayed motion pictures. It was considered to be the first movie projectors. 

Foxy and Doggo animation