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| LOTTE REINIGER |
Lotte Reiniger is a German film director who was born in 1899 in Berlin and died in 1981 in Dettenhausen. Through her life, she was interested in the Chinese arts of paper cutting and Reiniger discovered the art of silhouette animation. She actually cut a hole in her table and turned her house into an animation studio in order to pursue the silhouette animation! With her paper puppets, Reiniger tells beautiful fairy tales in her distinct style. Between 1918 and 1979 Reiniger created over 40 different films. Reiniger mostly used the technique of paper cutting to create dimple silhouettes The most famous films Reiniger was a part of include; Papageno (1935) and The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926).
Reiniger was a huge influence on animated films as she was one of the first to discover what one could do with animation. Her influence can be seen at the beginning of Fantasia (1940) and one of the Harry Potter film finales, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1- in The Tale of The Three Brothers.
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| MULTIPLANE CAMERA |
Alongside being the early 'pioneer' of animation and a director, Reiniger also invented the multiplane camera in 1923! This is the filmmaking technique where sheets of glass are held between layers under a camera to give the illusion of depth. This then became the animation technique Disney used/reinvented, where layers could be easily manipulated while maintaining a background or other features. This was a fantastic invention for animation, and is still used today! This was used for the first animated film: The Adventures of Prince Achmed- which was overshone by Disney's Snow White (1937) which has now become a mix up of Disney taking rights for the first animated film, when really, it was Reiniger.
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