Editing Timeline of computer animation (section)

== 1950s ==
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| ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]''
|1958
|To create the spirals seen in the opening credit sequence of his film, [[Alfred Hitchcock]] hired [[John Whitney (animator)|John Whitney]], who used a WWII anti-aircraft targeting computer called "The M5 [[gun director]]" mounted on a rotating platform with a pendulum hanging above it that it tracked. Its scope was filmed to create the various spiral elements used in the opening sequence. The raw footage was curated with aid from graphic designer [[Saul Bass]], and the final near two minute long sequence became the first computer animation in a feature film.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.diyphotography.net/alfred-hitchcocks-vertigo-possibly-first-movie-use-computer-animation/ |title= Alfred hitchcock's vertigo possibly the first movie to use computer animation |website= DIYPhotography |date= 12 May 2013 |access-date= 17 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nfi.edu/what-is-cgi/ |title= What Is CGI? |website= Nashville Film Institute |date= 4 October 2021 |publisher= NFI|access-date= 17 July 2022 }}</ref>
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