History of Animation

So one thing I found interesting is that so many people were involved in animation at such an early time, but yet they did not get the credit they deserved until many years later. It is ashamed that these men were ok with that and taking the secret to their graves. See with my generation we are thinking this whole time that Walt Disney was the father of animation, but it seems to have been founded about 20 years earlier, interesting! I remember watching so many Disney movies growing up as a kid; The Little Mermaid was my favorite. Animation has changed so much even since then. Personally, in my opinion, Disney movies just are not the same anymore in the sense that they just are not as good as they use to be; perhaps that is because Disney of the 90's and earlier is what I grew up on. One of the other thing that I found interesting is that Disney movies like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was made back in 1937; I had no idea that Disney had been around for so long! One thing I did like to hear was that Walt Disney himself did not just take total credit for his success, he said that his artist help him succeed too and gave them credit as whole. Unfortunately, not as individuals. Another interesting thing is how far animation has come as an artform and how far it has come for not only Disney but for Warner Brothers and MGM as well. I grew up watch things like Looney Tunes as well and I can see a change even in those characters and how far they have come . . . Bugs Bunny is looking a lot better these days! It seems that with time technology really has done animation some good! Technology really has helped speed up the pace of thing like productivity more and made it more streamline and crisp. If Windsor McCay would have made "Gertie the Dinosaur" in this day in time it would not have taken him a year to just draw it, that is how well technology has helped the world of animation. Mildstones been crossed by leaps and bounds for animation but I feel that there is still a lot more in store for animation and the future. Things could always be better for animation and many other things as well. There is always room for improvement!