History of Animation 2016-17: Lesson 6 – Videos

Pierre Jaquet-Droz, the writing automaton (1774)

Reconstruction of movement as suggested by some Paleolithic cave paintings

The “wheel of life”, a magic lantern slide (1871)

Pauvre Pierrot (Èmile Reynaud, 1892)

Autour d’une cabine (Èmile Reynaud, 1893)

A reconstruction of Reynaud’s show

The Haunted Hotel; or, The Strange Adventures of a Traveler (Vitagraph of America, James Stuart Blackton, 1907)

L’Auberge ensorcelée (Georges Méliès, 1897)

L’Auberge du bon repos (Georges Méliès, 1903)

El hotel eléctrico (Segundo de Chomón, 1908)

The enchanted drawing (James Stuart Blackton, 1900)

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (James Stuart Blackton, 1906)

Lighting Sketches (James Stuart Blackton, 1907)