Animation 1900 - 1930/ Founding Fathers

Animation within 1900 to the 1930's really took off with animators such as George Melies, Willis O'Brien and Lotte Reiniger, these were also the main Founding Fathers of Animation who really made animating take off.

George Melies made a famous animation known as trip to the moon in 1902 and the film is recorded at 16 frames per second. The film is based on two novels which are, from the earth to the moon and the first men in the moon. 

Willis O'Brien was a stop motion animation pioneer who has been responsible for some of the images within cinema history, he has worked on films such as King Kong (1933), The lost World (1925) and mighty Joe Young (1949).

Lotte Reiniger was an animator who released the first animated feature, The Adventures of Prince Achmed in 1926 and is the oldest surviving feature film along side two others. Lotte created silhouette animation which is used within the adventures of prince achmed which is done by using cardboard and thin sheets of lead under a camera.