Can we measure how much "animation" is in a film?

Over the past couple of weeks we have questioned which films could be considered animation and which could not.  My group thought of creating a basic scale of one to ten, one being fully live action with no CGI, and 10 being a fully animated with CGI, stop motion, cels or otherwise.  Albeit this way of measuring animation in a film is very opinionated, but it may be a good start at seeing how people define animation.  Some may see the "hyper hybrid" films such as The Avengers as mainly live action, while others may take into account that CGI makes up a majority of the movie and consider it a mixed blend of both live action and animation.  I personally see Marvel movies with the latter view, maybe ranging around a 5/10, seeing as the movies wouldn't be possible without the VFX added to them.  Perhaps a sampling could be taken to see how viewers of film rate how "animated" it is.  The results of the test are then averaged to get a general concensus (I know its a crazy idea, but we can dream).  The process is very rudimentary and obviously has flaws, but I believe most films have a degree of animation to them, usually in effects.  If there are any other methods in which you all judge the amount of animation in films, please share!

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  1. UnknownOctober 16, 2018 at 3:42 PM

    I know that we thought of this idea, but I don't think that the scale would work. Because like you said Marvel movies are plastered with CGI and VFX. I think that it is safe to say that the majority of the shots that are used in Marvel movies have some sort of VFX and CGI in it. So if we used the scale then Marvel movies would be placed more on the animation side. And like we discussed with Professor Harrington Marvel is defiantly a live action film. I feel like there can be something like a scale, but not something as simple as a scale from 1-10

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