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October 5, 2013 9:37 AM

How Are Animated Cartoons Made? A 1919 silent film explains! (9:53)
posted by The Whelk (5 comments total)

Animation technology has come a long way since then - the Bray studio was possibly THE first commercial enterprise of its kind - but nothing has really changed. Well, except for the fact that everyone uses bottom pegs if they're still drawing on paper now.

Oh, and if anyone's wondering why they don't mention using plastic cels in this film, that would be because those hadn't been invented yet. Earl Hurd and J.R. Bray would invent and patent the process at the Bray studios two years after this film was made.
posted by egypturnash at 10:15 AM on October 5, 2013 [8 favorites]

I love that the cartoonist is such a ham.
posted by immlass at 9:55 PM on October 5, 2013

I just assume all of them are made by Bugs Bunny.
posted by Fizz at 10:08 AM on October 6, 2013

This was wonderful. Cheers
posted by dng at 4:23 PM on October 6, 2013

Wow, they had to re-draw the background on each frame?
posted by Galaxor Nebulon at 11:19 AM on October 7, 2013