International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1932)

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854 Opinions on the Cinema (Question 4). As has been noted, the proposal was to induce the young people to give with a word or some simple phrase a synthesis of the impressions awakened in them by the cinema. The following results were obtained : — Larce Centres : Small Centres : Boys Girls Boys Girls It is amusing 5932 3995 2145 1642 Instructive 4893 3729 2212 1637 Educative 1714 1521 615 389 It is a pastime 19 17 21 5 Pleasant and moving 32 58 18 3 It is boring 113 22 12 7 Provokes f :tigue : in the eyes 28 5 9 6 physically 12 1 4 2 to the brain 4 — I — Makes one sad 4 — — 2 Pictures don't reflect real life 2 — 1 — Little educative value or is immoral 15 6 4 7 Always danger of fire 3 1 — 1 Theatre much better 2 I 1 1 It is not possible to establish the number of the answers, because masculine and feminine relations expressed only one opinion while others gave more than one answer, while again others, while answering some points in the questionnaire were silent on this point. The most interesting replies from the psychological point of view {the pictures do not reflect real life and the theatre is much better) came from lads of 1 7 or more years, dwelling in the more populous centres. The charge of immorality, returned in 32 cases, was almost entirely framed by adolescents or youths of over 13 years (the young men over 17 only formulated this accusation four times) in great part girls coming from smaller centres, where in all probability the love of a simple life and respect for morality are especially high. The criticisms of fatigvfe, apart from that referring to brain tiredness, come for the greater part from children under 12. This phenomenon is only being touched on lightly in this examination for the reason that it has already formed the subject of a more ample and detailed inquiry by the Rome Institute. Among the replies in favour of the cinema those which insist with a great number of votes on the instructive and educational value of the cinema are worthy of being noticed. A general glance at the figures shows that this opinion is more prevalent in the smaller centres than in the large, and more among the girls than the boys. With regard to age, the educational value of the film is stressed especially by the age groups of 10-12 and 13-16 years. In the matter of categories, it was the children of the workmen, the agriculturists and the employees who most insisted on the educational and instructive value of the film.