While " animation " designates any style of illustrated images seen in rapid succession to give the impression of movement, the word " cartoon " is most often used in reference to TV programs and short films for children featuring anthropomorphized animals, superheroes, the adventures of child protagonists and related genres.

The relative sophistication of this piece was not followed up for some time, with subsequent works in animation being limited to short, two or three frame effects, such as appeared in Edwin Porter's 1902 short " Fun in a Bakery Shop ", where a lump of dough was made to smile over the course of a three-frame sequence.

An example of a short GIF animation made with a digital camera.

One of the first applications of key frame animation was the award-wining 1974 animated short film, Hunger.

The 1940 animated film Fantasia, which is eight different animation sequences set to music, can be considered a silent film, with only one short scene involving dialogue.

Disney experimented with several stop motion techniques by hiring independent animator-director Mike Jittlov to do the first stop motion animation of Mickey Mouse toys ever produced for a short sequence called Mouse Mania, part of a TV special commemorating Mickey Mouse's 50th Anniversary called Mickey's 50th in 1978.

While still taking classes there around the age of fifteen, Soderbergh enrolled in the university's film animation class and began making short 16 mm films with secondhand equipment.

* The Sandman ( 1991 film ), a short horror stop-motion animation film

Several very popular series of short films were made using stop-motion animation, including The Clangers, Noggin the Nog, and Ivor the Engine.

As a preteen, Burton would make short films in his backyard on Evergreen Street using crude stop motion animation techniques or shoot them on 8 mm film without sound.

The success of his short film Stalk of the Celery Monster attracted the attention of Walt Disney Productions ' animation studio, who offered young Burton an animator's apprenticeship at their studio.

Furthermore, Jack Warner, who had little regard for his company's short film product, reputedly was so ignorant of his animation division that he was mistakenly convinced that the unit produced cartoons of Mickey Mouse, rival company Walt Disney Pictures ' flagship character.

Furthermore, he sold off the unit's pre-1948 library for a mere $ 3000 each, which proved a short sighted transaction in light of the considerable long term value that the company's animation product proved to have.

Akiko composed the music for the film My Neighbors the Yamadas, and created and performed the sound effects using only her voice for two short films Yadosagashi and Mizugumo Monmon by animation director, Hayao Miyazaki.

The program is known for its educational content, and creativity communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, animation, short films, humor, and cultural references.

From its first episode, Sesame Street has structured its format by using " a strong visual style, fast-moving action, humor, and music ", as well as animation and live-action short films.

* The Tournament of the African Lady is a short animation that recreates the jousting tournament held by King James lV of Scotland on the 31st May 1508.

* Badger Badger Badger or Badgers, a short animation by Jonti Picking

In 1975 he narrated The Remarkable Rocket, a short animation based on a story by Oscar Wilde.

With a limited budget and a short production schedule O ' Brien chose to leave the animation work to his assistant and asked the studio not to credit him on the project.

* Olivier Cotte ( 2007 ) Secrets of Oscar-winning animation: Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations.

* MTV Video Music Awards 1997 short animation featuring Daria ( September 4, 1997 ) Transcript

He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios.

In 1994 it was voted # 8 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field and in 2000 was deemed " culturally significant " by the United States Library of Congress, who has selected the short for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Not widely known, he also directed Angel Puss in this period which contains portrayals of African-Americans that are now considered offensive ; it is no longer available in any type of authorized release and is among the group of controversial cartoons known to animation buffs as the Censored Eleven.

He also appeared in three major TV specials: New York, New York ( 1966 ), The Julie Andrews ' Show ( 1965 ), and Jack and the Beanstalk ( 1967 ) a show he produced and directed which returned to a combination of cartoon animation with live dance, winning him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program.

The show's animation director was McCracken's former classmate Genndy Tartakovsky ( Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack ), who also directed many episodes himself.

The animation was apparently directed by Eric Goldberg.

Fire and Ice was the most action-oriented story Bakshi had directed, so he again used rotoscoping ; the realism of the design and rotoscoped animation replicated Frazetta's artwork.

After enrolling at CalArts in 1990 to study animation, Tartakovsky wrote, directed, animated, and produced two cartoon shorts that would become the basis for the series.

A Corny Concerto ( 1943 ), a Warner Bros cartoon, directed by Bob Clampett with animation by Robert McKimson, features music that was composed by Johann Strauss, and is a parody of Walt Disney's 1940 Fantasia.

Comedies like the barn yard animation Babe ( 1995 ), directed by Chris Noonan ; Baz Lurhmann's Strictly Ballroom ( 1992 ); Rob Sitch's The Dish ( 2000 ); and Stephan Elliott's The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ( 1994 ) all feature in the top ten box-office list.

In 1961, the Czech director Karel Zeman directed Baron Prášil ( Baron Munchausen ), using his unique combination of animation and live actors, and starring Miloš Kopecký as the Baron.

With the help of graphics producer Steve Soffer and his company Studio Productions ( which had recently given face-lifts to the Paramount and Universal logos ), Burns directed that the new logo contain more detail and animation, so that the longer ( 21 second ) Fox fanfare with the " CinemaScope extension " could be used as the underscore.

is an original video animation series written by Yōji Enokido, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which included Gainax, Production I. G, and Starchild Records.

A 2006 computer animation version was made, directed and narrated by Scott Cawthon.

The series was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, animation directed by Charles A. Nichols, and written by Neal Barbera, Walter Black, Larz Bourne, Tom Dagenais, Bob Ogle, Larry Rhine, Richard Robbins, Joe Ruby and Ken Spears.

One of the first Looney Tunes shorts directed by Freleng during his second tenure at the studio was You Ought to Be in Pictures, a short which blended animation with live-action footage of the Warner Bros. studio ( and of Schlesinger veterans such as story man Michael Maltese and even " Leon " himself ).

Produced by the New York City-based animation studio owned by Pat Sullivan, the cartoon was directed by cartoonist and animator Otto Messmer.

It was directed by Hugh Harman, and first released on October 17, 1931 as part of the Looney Tunes series from the Leon Schlesinger animation studio and distributed by Warner Brothers.

* Gypnerotomahiya ( Гипнэротомахия, 1992 ) is an 8-minute Russian animation directed by Andrey Svislotskiy of Pilot Animation Studio made based on the novel of the same title.

The Big Bad Wolf, also known as Zeke Wolf or Br ' er Wolf, was a fictional character from Walt Disney's animation Three Little Pigs, directed by Burt Gillett and first released on May 27, 1933.

is a Japanese anime series directed by Takeshi Mori and created by Gonzo and Media Factory animation studios.

The animation staff were directed to populate the city with cars and crowds on the street level.

Dudley won the " Best Original Musical or Comedy Score " Oscar for her music ; The Gathering ( 2002 ) a Anthony Horowitz thriller directed by Brian Gilbert and starring Christina Ricci ; The Grotesque ( 1997 ) released in the US as Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets a British film starring Alan Bates, Theresa Russell and Sting ; Hollow Reed ( 1996 ) a drama directed by Angela Pope and set in Bath ; Knight Moves ( 1992 ) American thriller directed by Carl Schenkel and starring Christopher Lambert ; Lucky Break ( 2001 ) a British feelgood comedy starring James Nesbitt and based around a prison escape ; The Miracle Maker ( 2000 ) an animated feature film made for TV by BBC Wales with Russian model makers ; Monkeybone ( 2001 ) an American film combining live-action and stop-motion animation starring Brendan Fraser and Bridget Fonda ; Perfect Creature ( 2007 ) a New Zealand made horror / thriller film starring Leo Gregory ; Pushing Tin ( 1999 ) a comedy-drama film directed by Mike Newell based around air traffic controllers in New York ; The Pope Must Die ( 1991 ) a comedy film starring Robbie Coltrane the score was co-written with Jeff Beck ; Silence Like Glass ( Zwei Frauen ) ( 1989 ) German made but set in a cancer ward at a hospital in America ; Tristan & Isolde ( 2006 ) a Ridley Scott romantic drama based on the medieval romantic legend of Tristan and Iseult and starring James Franco and Sophia Myles ; The Walker ( 2007 ) a drama written and directed by Paul Schrader set in Washington, D. C .; Her TV music includes scores for all episodes of Jeeves and Wooster with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie ; Lynda La Plante's Above Suspicion ; Kavanagh QC with John Thaw and The Tenth Kingdom an American epic fantasy TV miniseries written by Simon Moore.