The Animal Movie

- Grant Munro, & Ron Tunis,
- 1966,
- 9 min 48 s

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Synopsis
Education

An animated cartoon to help children explore why and how animals move as they do. A little boy discovers that he cannot compete with a monkey, a snake or a horse by imitating the way they move. He can only outdistance them when he climbs into a vehicle that can travel in any environment, proving that while other animals are trapped by their environment, humans, the inventors, aren't.

Teaching Guides

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Educational purpose:

Use style of drawing in film to create a set of drawings (on a theme, in sequence, etc). Students could make line drawings into a flip book (animation). Use imitation technique for drama activities: animals, mirror, things in nature. Discuss why it is harder to imitate certain things.