Pioneers

Joseph Plateau

Plateau created anorthoscopic discs, two discs which created the effect of movement. These were the first illusions if moving images ever created. This is known as the phenakistoscope.








William Horner

In 1834, Horner created the zoetrope- a cylinder with slits cut in the sides in which the viewer looks through as the cylinder spins to create a moving image.










Emile Reynaud

Emile Reynaud created the first projected animation of a cartoon, known as the praxinoscope, in 1877.