In E. G. Lutz's 1920 Animated Cartoons, chapter XI, what does he count as an 'educational' animated film, and how does he separate instructional films from stories for children?
Lutz gives two senses of 'educational film'. The strict sense covers only instructional films. A broader sense, which he credits to unnamed 'enlightened opinion', also admits any theme or story for children, even with a touch of humour; his example of that second type is Lewis Carroll's Alice tales as drawn by Tenniel, and he adds that such a story needs correspondingly better drawing than the ordinary comic cartoon. The examples after the opening paragraphs are instructional (art methods, physics, machinery, history, physiology, evolution). The classification is Lutz's own 1920 usage; he gives no test of learning for either kind.
Lutz gives two senses of 'educational film'. The strict sense covers only instructional films. A broader sense, which he credits to unnamed 'enlightened opinion', also admits any theme or story for children, even with a touch of humour; his example of that second type is Lewis Carroll's Alice tales as drawn by Tenniel, and he adds that such a story needs correspondingly better drawing than the ordinary comic cartoon. The examples after the opening paragraphs are instructional (art methods, physics, machinery, history, physiology, evolution). The classification is Lutz's own 1920 usage; he gives no test of learning for either kind.
Curator qualifications: Strict vs broad definition; 'enlightened opinion' unattributed.
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