''The Enchanted Drawing'' is a 1900 silent film directed by
J. Stuart Blackton
James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 – August 13, 1941) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to ...
. It is best known for containing the first
animated
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anim ...
sequences recorded on
standard picture film, which has led Blackton to be considered the father of American animation.
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.
Technique
It is a combination of a silent film and
stop motion
Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames i ...
animation.
See also
*
List of American films of 1900
A list of American films released in 1900.
See also
* 1900 in the United States
External links
* 1900 filmsat the Internet Movie Database
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References
External links
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''The Enchanted Drawing''at the
Library of Congress
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1900 films
1900 animated films
American films with live action and animation
American silent short films
Vitagraph Studios short films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton
1900 comedy films
Silent American comedy films
1900s animated short films
Articles containing video clips
American comedy short films
Films about wine
1900s American animated films
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