"Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics" (short), 1911. A cartoonist undertakes to make a film of moving drawings.
Directed by Winsor McCay & J. Stuart Blackton. Written by and starring McCay.
Concept: 4/4 (Great). Kind of a big deal.
Story: 1/4 (Bad)
Characters: 0/4 (Terrible)
Dialog: n/a
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good). Hard to judge. They hadn't worked out any of the tricks of animation (apart from the basic flip-book concept); the result is a strange combination of impressive and awkward.
Acting: 1/4 (Bad)
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 5/10 (Indifferent, 2/4). Like most of these early films, it's of purely historical interest. In this case, there is plenty of historical interest indeed. Very fascinating.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.0/4 (Indifferent)
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