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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"?—Precedingunsigned comment added by75.119.23.69 (talk)07:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is a question often asked in early animation studies class, and more specifically, what we should consideranimation. See J. S. Blackton'sLightning Sketches for another piece that makes defining the form difficult. However, the pieces in questiondo 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)[reply]

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.—Precedingunsigned comment added byDoctorHver (talk •contribs)18:10, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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, lookhere for guidance about how to do it.Esn (talk)07:01, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 (seehere). That user has only edited this page, and has made no other contributions to Wikipedia.Michitaro (talk)01:11, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 thatAnimated Minds deserves more inches, I would suggest creating a separate article. If it did win multiple awards, it might passWP:GNG.Michitaro (talk)04:26, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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