International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jul-Dec 1929)

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Mile Jung makes the following comments: The girls prefer comical scenes; the boys prefer current events. Enjoyment of comical scenes decreases with the boys from the age of 10 to 1 8 years; interest in current events, on the contrary, increases with age; this is mainly due to the fact that they are interested in the events of the war. Travel comes next after comical scenes and current events; drama ranks fourth. We have seen already that the girls are fond enough of going to the cinema because it is amusing; the fact that more girls than boys returned this answer suggests that they are sincere in this. By reducing the headings of the preceding table to four, we obtain the following results: Girls Boys Total i. Instructive, (travel, geography, historical films, etc.) 967 1070 2037 2. Comical scenes 674 723 1397 3. Topical scenes 511 739 1250 4. Drama 389 521 910 Total 2541 3053 5594 nth. Question. Do you re-act at home the scenes you have watched ? We have been unable to tabulate the answers to this question for statistical purposes, since some of the children interpreted the word « repeter » (literally « repeat ») as meaning imitating or re-acting, and others as meaning recounting. On the whole, the children are inclined to recount what they have seen, but not to re-act it. In addition to all the « Yeses » and « Noes », the meaning of which is not altogether clear, we find such answers as the following: « Yes, I re-act what I have seen, and my parents are obliged to tell me to be quiet » ; « I love to have others share the hatred and admiration that I feel »; « yes, when I am in a good temper » ; «yes, when there is a poor man who become a millionaire)); «it amuses our neighbour's children)); « mamma calls me her guignoh)', and so on. One child declares that he is clever at — 646