The Enchanted Drawing
1900 film directed by J. Stuart Blackton
- November 16, 1900 (1900-11-16)
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The Enchanted Drawing is a 1900 silent trick film directed by J. Stuart Blackton. It is best known for containing the first animated sequences recorded on standard picture film, which has led Blackton to be considered the father of American animation.[1][2]
Contents
The film shows a man drawing a cartoon face on an easel. He draws a bottle of wine and a glass, then takes them off the paper and has a drink. He then gives the cartoon face a drink of wine, and the face breaks into a broad smile. He then draws a hat on the face's head, removes it, and puts it on. Next a cigar appears in the face's mouth, and the man removes it to the face's unhappiness. He then places all of the objects back into the image, and the face's eyes and grin grow wider in appreciation.[1]
Technique
It is a combination of a silent film and stop motion animation.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Lente, Fred Van (2020-12-09). Comic Book History of Animation #1. IDW Publishing.
- ^ Cámara, Sergi (2006). All about Techniques in Drawing for Animation Production. Barron's. ISBN 978-0-7641-5919-0.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Stuart Blackton.
- The Enchanted Drawing at IMDb
- The Enchanted Drawing at the Library of Congress
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Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton
- The Life of Moses (1909)
- The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
- Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
- The Judgment House (1917)
- Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917)
- Life's Greatest Problem (1918)
- The World for Sale (1918)
- The Common Cause (1919)
- My Husband's Other Wife (1920)
- Passers By (1920)
- The House of the Tolling Bell (1920)
- Respectable by Proxy (1920)
- Man and His Woman (1920)
- The Blood Barrier (1920)
- The Forbidden Valley (1920)
- The Glorious Adventure (1922)
- A Gipsy Cavalier (1922)
- The Virgin Queen (1923)
- On the Banks of the Wabash (1923)
- Between Friends (1924)
- Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924)
- The Beloved Brute (1924)
- The Clean Heart (1924)
- Behold This Woman (1924)
- The Happy Warrior (1925)
- The Redeeming Sin (1925)
- Tides of Passion (1925)
- Bride of the Storm (1926)
- Hell-Bent for Heaven (1926)
- The Gilded Highway (1926)
- The Passionate Quest (1926)
- The American (1927)
- The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898)
- The Enchanted Drawing (1900)
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
- Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)
- The Automobile Thieves (1906)
- The Haunted Hotel (1907)
- A Curious Dream (1907)
- Macbeth (1908)
- Romeo and Juliet (1908)
- Antony and Cleopatra (1908)
- Oliver Twist (1909)
- Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909)
- Les Misérables (1909)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
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