We all know that "a picture paints a thousand words." In movies, the dialogue supports the image. Images are more meaningful when easily recognized, allowing the audience to use their imagination and recall a common experience. Used appropriately in learning, it can ratchet up the engagement factor.
From comic book legend Stan Lee (chairman emeritus of Marvel Enterprises and chief creative officer of POW! Entertainment) . . . "When I was in the Army I wrote training films and I wrote training
manuals. One of my jobs was to take subjects that the troops were
having trouble learning and rewrite the manuals so they could absorb
that knowledge faster. And what I did was I used more illustrations. I
came as close to the comic strip format as I could. I also added a bit
of humor, which helps tremendously. And we were able to speed up the
training processes in a lot of areas."
