Computer Animation

Lumigraph

Oskar Fischinger's (1930s-1960s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scVtQOVy0Ww

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0IZw-y9i0E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz46qS38OgM

“Vertigo,” Alfred Hitchcock, 1958

“Motion Graphics”

John Whitney(1917-1995)

John and James Whitney with their mechanical analog computer animating device, modified from an M-5 Antiaircraft Gun Director

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John Whitneyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbV7loKp69s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7h0ppnUQhE

Analog Image Processing

Electronic Visualization Lab (1973-present)University of Illinois, Chicago

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=903505724E1445E3

Robert Abel & Associates

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNJongQT7Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiTrZURtSxk&feature=related

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“Star Wars,” 1976

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMeSw00n3Ac

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Aesthetic Computing

Larry Cuba, “Calculated Movements,” 1985

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eza0-Q9uz7E

Computer Graphics Laboratory (1974 to 1992)

New York Institute of Technology

“The Works,” 1979 to 1986 First attempt at animated feature

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18OSLeWJVJQ

Twyla Tharp’s “Catherine Wheel,” Rebecca Allen, 1982

Dance

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http://rebeccaallen.com/v2/work/work.php?isVideo=1&wNR=20&ord=alph&wLimit=3

Steven Lisberger, Dir.

Effects by:• Information International • MAGI• Robert Abel and Associates • Digital Effects

“Tron,” (Disney, 1982)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ODe9mqoDE

“Luxo, Jr.” Pixar, 1986

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http://www.pixar.com/shorts/ljr/theater/short_320.html

“Toy Story,” 1995

http://www.pixar.com/theater/trailers/ts/trailer_480.html

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“Steam,” Peter Gabriel Computer Graphics, Brad de Graf, 1992

Music Video

http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--8648527

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• Bill Viola, famous video/video installation artist– http://www.billviola.com/

Coda