Следуй за прыгающим мячиком и пой с нами. К истории создания первой звуковой анимации
From following the bouncing ball and sing-alongs to the creation of the first sound animation

Summary/Abstract: With the invention of moving images, the creators sought to supplement their sound. Before the invention of cinema, E. Reynaud gave performances in the optical theatre, where the moving images were connected to the sound. It was a pre-cinema experience, and it represented the theatre model of the audio-visual show. Attempts to synchronize the dynamic image and the sound were taken by T. Edison, S. Meshes, L. Gaumont, O. Kellum, E. Tigerstedt, J. Engel, G. Phocht and J. Massol. But the systems of these inventors were not perfect. The appearance of the optical sound-of-film systems ”Phonofilm” by Lee de Forest was a step towards the sound film. In 1923, he was acquainted with brothers Fleischer – outstanding American animators. With the participation of H. Riesenfield and E. Fadiman, they formed Red Seal Pictures Corporation and began to shoot ”Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes”, a series of animated sing-along shorts (featuring the famous ”bouncing ball”).”Sing-along” shorts were produced in order for the audience to sing along their favorite songs before the session, reading the words from the screen. The animated ball bounced on the syllables helping the audience to follow the rhythm of the melody of a song. Films became the prototype for the modern karaoke and music animated show.

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