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The Very First Known ANIMATION – Émile Cohl’s ‘Fantasmagorie’ (1908) It’s FUNNY! (VIDEO)

Posted on June 4, 2019March 8, 2025 By Writers Nexus No Comments on The Very First Known ANIMATION – Émile Cohl’s ‘Fantasmagorie’ (1908) It’s FUNNY! (VIDEO)

I love knowing pieces of entertainment industry history and this is a special one.

French caricaturist, cartoonist and animator Émile Cohl, created the first known animated film, Fantasmagorie.

Available in the public domain here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/emile-cohls-fantasmagorie-1908/

One of the earliest examples of hand-drawn animation is Fantasmagorie and widely considered the very first animated cartoon.

The animation may look like it was created on a blackboard, but it’s not. It’s written on paper. The blackboard effect was achieved by shooting each of the 700 drawings onto negative film.

The title is a reference to the “fantasmograph”, a mid-19th century variant of the magic lantern that projected ghostly images on to surrounding walls.

I hope you enjoy this bit of entertainment history.

 


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