Top 7 Inspirational Animated Movies You Need to Watch Before You Start Career in Animation

Animation is all about making people believe in it

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What is An Animation?

Animation is a sequence of still images which makes us believe it’s moving.

Basically an art which lures our mind to believe something which doesn’t even exist.

In today’s era everybody is familiar with animation. We see it on a day to day basis. We see it in movies, Advertisements, social media, in whatsapp, in office , even in our books. No no, I haven't gone mad. Yes, we see animation in books. Do you remember when we used to draw on the edge of pages in our school books & flip those pages, yes my friend that’s an animation. Now we put fancy words to call that as in flip book animation.

There are several types of animation,

• 2D Animation

• 3D Animation

• 2.5 D Animation

• Explainer Videos

• Motion Graphics

• Claymation

• Stop Motion

List goes on but the key point is anything that moves & makes you believe is some sort of an animation.

In this blog,

we will cover which movies you should watch before you start your career in animation. You will learn to

Know what mistakes you shouldn’t do

• How animation can be educational yet entertaining

• How to apply 12 principals of animation

• Learn the history of animation

• Why sound is important

And much more, so let the take you to old school

1) The Little Island

1958 ‧ Short/Animation ‧ 33 mins

Is about dreams, ideas, and struggles of the three men who settle on a tiny island each one of them represent "truth," "beauty," and "good".

First Animated movie by the famous animator Who Framed Roger Babbit - Richard Williams. This movie won several international awards while, Richard Williams was in his initial days of learning animation.

2) The Charge of The Light Brigade

1968 ‧ DFM ‧ 2h 19m

Features 9:49 min animation by one & only Richard Williams

The drawing, colors & sounds are still most Astonishing

The Movie features people's attitudes to the war. had really changed since the Victorian era, but the animations are based on real political cartoons and illustrations from the time, especially how England was depicted at that time and how they thought of themselves.

3) Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

1906 ‧ Short/Silent ‧ 3 mins

First movie with the combination of drawings & photography featuring 3000 hand drawn sketches. It’s a movie about drawings coming to life.

4) The Sinking of The Lusitania

1918 ‧ Short/Silent ‧ 12 mins

This movie was a huge step forward in realism & drama. It took 2 years to make the movie featuring 25,000 drawings & was the longest animated movie till its time.

5) Steamboat Willie

1928 ‧ Comedy/Short ‧ 8 mins

This was very first movie of our all time favorite cartoon character - Mickey Mouse. This was the first animated which features synchronized sound. This was the turning point for the future of Walt Disney Animation Studio.

6) The Skeleton Dance

1929 ‧ Short/Animation ‧ 6 mins

This was the first ever proper musical featuring 100% animation. The skeletons' actions were the most sophisticated actions till that time yet this animation was so engaging & entertaining that it still holds the hearts of the viewers.

7) Flowers & Trees

1932 ‧ Comedy/Short ‧ 8 mins

This was the first ever movie featuring coloured animation. Beautiful work by Walt Disney. This was so believable, enterating, fascinating that people came crawling out of the room.An oscar winning movie which recently won National Film Preservation Board, in USA 2021

Bonus Notes

- Did you know?

Three Little Pigs was the first ever movie which features fully developed “Personality” animation whereas, the famous Disney Princess - Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs was world’s first fully animated full length movie.

Conclusion

Hope you enjoyed reading our blog as much as you enjoyed watching these blockbusters.

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