The Enchanted Drawing is a silent film best known for containing the first animated sequences recorded on standard picture film, directed in 1900 by J. Stuart Blackton, who is because of that considered the father of American animation.
Contents
The film shows a man drawing a cartoon face on an easel. He draws a hat on the head and then a bottle of wine, a glass and a cigar. He then takes objects off the canvas and they go back into the image.
Technique
It is a combination of a silent film and stop motion animation.
See also
- List of American films of 1900
- J. Stuart Blackton
- Vitagraph Studios
External links
- The Enchanted Drawing at the Internet Movie Database
- The Enchanted Drawing at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Enchanted Drawing at the Library of Congress
- The Enchanted Drawing on YouTube
