Talk:Animated documentary

Evolution and Theory of Relativity: Animated?
I watched the Fleischer movies "Evolution" and "Theory of Relativity." I wouldn't really call them animated. They are a montage of photos and live action clips with text. Don't take my word for it: they are posted on Youtube. So: can something that isn't animated be called an "animated documentary"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.119.23.69 (talk) 07:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


 * This is a question often asked in early animation studies class, and more specifically, what we should consider animation. See J. S. Blackton's Lightning Sketches for another piece that makes defining the form difficult. However, the pieces in question do feature animation as part of their documentary format. Evolution (1923) has a sequence showing two triceratops brawling, for example. So, rather than questioning "can something that isn't animated be called an animated documentary?", we should consider to what constitutes animated documentary - does it need to be entirely animated, or mainly?
 * In this case, it's likely that this piece was originally included purely based on who made it, and their place in animation history. However, it does play a role in the history of the animated documentary, and so we should consider framing it with that in mind. Gwilsen (talk) 18:32, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Documentary about animation history
There is a differece between animation documenataries thats deals with the world and documenatries that deels with animation history as This articel is only about the former. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DoctorHver (talk • contribs) 18:10, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The latter would be called an "animation documentary" or a "documentary about animation", not an "animated documentary". If you wanted to make an article about such documentaries, look here for guidance about how to do it. Esn (talk) 07:01, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Mosaic Films
This section strikes me as promotional in tone and should be either cut or severely edited. It was created by the user Amandascott147, and it seems that there is an Amanda Scott who works at Mosaic Films (see here). That user has only edited this page, and has made no other contributions to Wikipedia. Michitaro (talk) 01:11, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Since there were no objections, I have edited down the section, eliminating puffery and promotional language, as well as excess detail. I also cut out the unnecessary external links and awards, leaving only the major award with a clear reference. I then inserted the section into the main body. If some feel that Animated Minds deserves more inches, I would suggest creating a separate article. If it did win multiple awards, it might pass WP:GNG. Michitaro (talk) 04:26, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

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