Answer the following question in 3-4 complete sentences. List a brief timeline of animation between 1872 and 1928.

Answer:

In 1872, Eadweard Muybridge began photographing a horse in motion, helping reveal how movement could be studied frame by frame. In 1906, J. Stuart Blackton released *Humorous Phases of Funny Faces*, and in 1908 Émile Cohl created *Fantasmagorie*, an early hand-drawn animated film. Winsor McCay’s *Gertie the Dinosaur* appeared in 1914. In 1928, *Steamboat Willie* helped popularize animation synchronized with sound.