2. Read and listen to the text. Match headings a–d with paragraphs 1–4.
(Đọc và nghe văn bản. Ghép các tiêu đề a – d với các đoạn từ 1–4.)
a. Stop-motion animation
b. Computer animation
c. Early animation
d. Hand-drawn animation
THE HISTORY OF ANIMATION
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In the 1880s, Eadweard Muybridge invented the zoopraxiscope. This machine took photographs of moving things. This was the earliest form of animation.
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In 1895, the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph. Early film-makers used it to make stop-motion animation. With this technique, they made King Kong in 1933.
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In the 1920s, Walt Disney began to use 'handdrawn animation'. Artists drew the pictures onto transparent pieces of plastic, or cels. The film-makers put the cels on painted backgrounds and photographed them one at a time. In 1928, Disney studios introduced the character of Mickey Mouse in the first cartoon with sound, Steamboat Willie.
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In the 1960s, people started using computer animation. At first, computers could only make simple stick figures move on films, but by the 1990s, studios used realistic computer-generated imagery (CGI) for special effects. Soon, they were producing completely computer-animated films; Toy Story (1995) was the first fully CGI cartoon.
