| Fantoche | |
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Real Name |
Puppet |
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First Appearance |
Fantasmagorie (1908) |
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Original Publisher |
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont |
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Created by |
Émile Cohl |
Origin[]
Fantoche is a small stick clown who appears in the 1908 film, Fantasmagoire.
The film largely consists of a stick man moving about and encountering all manner of morphing objects, such as a wine bottle that transforms into a flower which becomes an elephant. There are also sections of live action where the animator's hands enter the scene. The main character is drawn by the artist's hand on camera, and the main characters are a clown and a gentleman. Other characters include a woman in a film theater wearing a large hat with gigantic feathers, and a strongman.
Public Domain Appearances[]
Public Domain Film Appearances[]
- Fantasmagorie (1908)
Notes[]
- Fantasmagorie is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.