-Autour d une cabine-Emile Reynaud-1894-

[Hunorrrr]

Yes ... this is 1894! TRUE!

[josemartR]

He de reconocer que no conocía esta faceta de Emile Reynaud. Gracias

[arrafatter]

wasnt avatar maded back in 1890s ???

[MRKWTZ]

It's beautiful for 1894 and even for now.

[3bk65]

<3

thank's a lot

[CFSCOMPANY]

The first 30 seconds dont' belong to the original short.

[TheRussellicious]

it can't be 1894

[Seanime]

@TheRussellicious Yeah that's what I'm like! huh? 1894? it couldn't have been that early!

[Seanime]

@TheRussellicious yup it was, the Phenakistoscope machine was invented by Joseph Plateau back in 1832 apparently!

[entropious88]

What a find!

Animations roots.

Thanks!

[bacalaoescarchado]

What a great film! Does somebody know something about the music? I read that it's by someone called Gason Paulin but not much more. Thank you!

[CTNYNJ809]

It is weird that this cartoon was made in color when it was first released. And about the length of the film, I just don't understand because all films that were made in 1894 lasted about less than half of a minute. But still this is an excellent cartoon.

[julesj0]

This is not film. Reynaud created animations by developing the praxinoscope toy he had already marketed. The background was projected separately and the moving figures were painted on individual cells, then mounted into a paper and leather band and projected using a large praxinoscope (which operated using mirrors. The band was manipulated by hand. The operator could move back wares and forwards to repeat actions or speed or slow up a scene. The music was live.

[apartmentstory]

The device he used to project this animation was called the Théätre Optique. There was no interest in his invention so he started his own shows which he called ' Pantomimes Lumineuses'. Hos films could last up to 15 minutes

[apartmentstory]

That is Théâtre ofcourse not théätre :).

In the first years his shows were popular but around 1900 the Musée Grévin cancelled his shows because film became more and more popular.

Reynaud got depressed destroyed his Théâtre Optique and threw all of his movies in the river Seine (exept for two).

The quality of his projections were far better then the movies that were projected in that periode.

[julesj0]

The reason that they could last up to 15 minutes was that the system allowed for the operator to move back and forth between sets of cells, so that certain actions (such as dance steps etc.. ) could be extended into a longer sequence. The image bands themselves were generally about 550 images long.

There are reconstructed examples of the equipment at the Brussels Cinema Museum, the Cinemateque in Paris and there used to be one at the now defunct MoMI in London. The system is a joy to operate!

[scollign]

@julesj0 Just one small comment, cells hadn't been invented yet, tt's all painted on glass frames.

[YAPANYASHIRO]

@julesj0 Actually he didn't developed his animation on the praxinoscope, he used his thétre-optique

[julesj0]

@YAPANYASHIRO my point was that the Téatre Optique was a development of the projection praxinoscope toy, it is in effect a large-scale praxinoscope

[julesj0]

@YAPANYASHIRO my point was that the Théatre Optique was a development of the projection praxinoscope toy, it is in effect a large-scale praxinoscope

[RayPointer]

Scroll down for the information you want.

[Kartoonkid95]

I saw an edited/black-and-white version of this on the 1955 "Disneyland" episode, "The Story of the Animated Drawing".

[CTNYNJ809]

The quality is to good for 1894!

[PonzioPilato87]

Mr1920 is designed not filmed!

[lWasNotHere]

La musique me fait peur, je ne peux pas croire qu'ils ont 116 ans d'animation!

[soylentgreen666]

0:39 did that guy kick that lady to the ground? lmao

[CTNYNJ809]

Actually, the dog made her fall to the ground.

[animaldan]

@soylentgreen666 Not on purpose... shall we consider...

[Mr1920s]

Is this colorized?? I thought color didnt come out 'till 1913

[RayPointer]

The fact is that Reynaud predated McCay and Cohl since his work was done a decade before the invention of motion picture film. Accordingly, it should be made clear that there was no "film" of the Theatre Optique. What we have is a recreation of it on film.

These were the first concepts of projected motion pictures, and were the basic principal that was later applied to what became modern movies.

[RayPointer]

The fact that these were done long before the invention of motion picture film, all that survives is recreations. To my knowledge, only two of these are known to be represented,

Pauvre Pierrot and Autour d une cabine. This one, along with Cohl's FANTASMAGORIE are seen in the DVD, BEFORE WALT, which celebrates the centennial of animation, which has been with us the past two years. gelatin slides mounted on a type of sprocket belt

[herpybobo]

A lot of stuff came before Walt, what is more notable is that these came before McKay.

[jacobleereed]

The very first animated cartoon if I ever saw one!!!!

[marzan56130]

génial!

[avcdigital]

I would like to know where can i get a better copy or where can find more of Reynaud work´s... awsome material... congratulations

[gokibuti]

i think this is the only "complete" animation that survived, save another incomplete version. supposedly, my animation teacher told me this so if i'm wrong dont flame me, reynaud got mad and threw his stuff in the river. the only one left was this one because it was in shipment to somewhere to be played.

[josemlopes]

My teacher told me that too, also that this was the real "birth" of cinema and not the brothers Lumiere thing

[wellam22]

pure pwnage

[pythonfan1]

There is another animated short that Reynaud produced entitled Pauvre Pierrot (Poor Pete). I hope that surfaces because I would really love to see that one.

[Saturnome]

There is some versions without backgrounds I think on the internet, but I have it complete on a DVD (french documentary about Georges Méliès), I have no idea how to put it on Youtube though.

[therealredkite]

Reynaud was a true pioneer of animation filmmaking even before film was invented. You can read more on his sad but inspiring life story in Donald Crafton's wonderful book "Before Mickey" from 1982.

[fantasmavagabundo]

thanks!! i luv this vid!!

[Chickenpainter111]

I purpose a restoration, as this is a work of animation that should be prized. I read in The History of Animation that Emile Reynuad was depressed with the fact that most of the public forgot him over Emile Cohl and Blackton, and threw his equipment and most of his films into the Sile river. This should be restored because it seems to me that it is a very rare example of his work.

[Videoman66]

"It is legitimate to consider cinema as a particular kind of animation, a sort of cheap, industrial substitute; which was destined to replace the creative work of an artist such as Emile Reynaud, with photography of human models 'in movement'."

From the book "Cartoons: One hundred years of cinema animation"(Bendazzi)

[RayPointer]

@Videoman66 The real significance of this piece it that it represents the first projected motion pictures. Since it predates the invention of the motion picture camera, drawn images were the medium of display. As such, the "animated cartoon" was the father of movies.

[merlinadada]

espectacular aporte!!!

[ecopsher]

Absolutely amazing. Thanks for putting this up. Do you have any theatre optique footage? or Magic Lantern?