--- title: Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real», a lesson of the biology course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. 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How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/0/) — In a nature film a tiny ant marches across a leaf with loud crunchy footsteps, and an eagle swoops down with a fierce scream. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/1/) — Both sounds were probably added later: the ant was too quiet to hear, and a real bald eagle's call is a weak, high chatter. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/2/) — Even true documentaries are made, not just recorded. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/3/) — Sound artists add noises, music tells you how to feel, and editors join the best moments, sometimes from several animals, into one story. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/4/) — A good film tells you when it does this. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/5/) — Cartoons go much further. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/6/) — Tom and Jerry talk, a cartoon bear wears a hat and walks upright, and a cartoon fox raises its eyebrows and smiles, so we can read its feelings like a person's. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/7/) — Real animals show feelings with ears, tails, fur and body shape instead. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/8/) — The trick is to keep asking: who made this, what was added, and does the animal behave as scientists and books say? - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/9/) — Then you can enjoy a cartoon and still know the real animal. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/10/) — Many sounds in nature films are added later by sound artists, because the camera is often far away and its microphone hears wind rather than the animal. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/12/) — The real bald eagle has a weak, high chattering call, so films often use the scream of the red-tailed hawk instead, and so many films do this that most people think eagles really scream that way. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/13/) — Music in nature films is chosen to make you feel something, but the animals cannot hear it, and the same scene with different music can feel completely different. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/14/) — Some films join shots of several similar animals to tell the story of one, because it is hard to follow one wild animal everywhere for a year; good films tell you when they do. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/15/) — Films choose the most exciting moments, so animals seem busier than they really are. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/16/) — Some scenes are filmed in zoos or wildlife parks, such as polar bear cubs in a den, because filming inside a wild den would harm the animals; people argued whether this should have been said during the show. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/17/) — Cartoon animals have big eyes, eyebrows and smiles so we can read their feelings, while real animals show feelings with ears, tails, fur and body shape. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/18/) — Animals communicate with sounds, smells and body movements, but not with words; scientists are studying whale clicks and other sounds with computers, but no animal has been shown to use a language like ours. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/19/) — Real bears stand on two legs only to look or sniff; they can walk a few steps upright, but it is slow and awkward, and they walk on four legs. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/20/) — To check a nature video, look for who made it, whether scientists and places are named, and whether the animal behaves as books say; short online clips are sometimes faked, staged or made with computer programs. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/21/) — Cartoonists often draw four fingers because it is quicker and looks neater, while a real cat has five toes on each front paw and four on each back paw, eighteen in all. - ← previous: [How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, drones and years of waiting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting/) - next →: [Cartoon animals put right: Scooby-Doo, Garfield, Sonic, Winnie the Pooh and Woody Woodpecker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/)