Senior High School Specialized Subject: Animation

Animation is one of the specialized subjects under the technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) career track. Some examples of the things that you will learn from taking this subject include:

 

• Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECS)
  • Assessment of personal competencies and skills
• Environment and Market
  • Key concepts of market
  • Players in the market
  • Products and services available in the market
  • Consumer analysis
• Hand Tools, Equipment, and Paraphernalia
  • Safety procedures in using hand tools and equipment
  • Common malfunction in hand tools, equipment, and paraphernalia
  • Reporting to property custodian
• Mensuration and Calculation
  • Types of components and objects to be measured
  • Correct specifications of the relevant sources
  • Conversion and calculation
• Preparation and Interpretation of Technical Drawings
  • Basic symbols
  • Basic elements
  • Flowchart interpretation
• Practice Occupational Health and Safety Procedures
  • Hazards and risks control
  • Maintenance of OHS procedures awareness
• Producing Cleaned-up and In-betweened Drawings
  • Design standards
  • Clean-up requirements for drawing (cartoon-simple)
  • Requirements for in-between (cartoon-regular)
  • Requirements for producing clean-up drawings(realistic)
  • Types of model sheets
  • Models for clean-up drawings
  • Key drawings and animation breakdowns
  • Animation workflow
  • Drawing animals and props
  • Principles and concept of animation
  • Concepts of character design
  • Materials and equipment for animation
  • Production of clean-up drawings (cartoon –simple)
  • Clean-up drawing preparations (cartoon-simple)
  • Clean-up procedures
  • Cleaned-up key drawings for (cartoon – regular )
  • Animator keys
  • Familiarization with Line-test hardware and software
  • Procedures for character posing
  • Techniques for refining line quality
  • Procedures for pegging and unpegging
  • Similarities and differences of clean-up and in-between drawings
  • Production constraints
  • Details of exposure sheets
  • Different special effects for producing drawing
  • Procedures and policies in records keeping

While studying, you will also be asked to demonstrate what you have learned by participating in class activities that may include the following:

• Recognizing PECs needed in animation
• Recognizing and understand the market and potential market in animation
• Preparing hand tools and equipment in animation
• Inspecting hand tools and equipment received in animation
• Using and maintaining hand tools, measuring instrument, and equipment
• Performing basic mensuration
• Carrying out mensuration and calculation
• Identifying different kinds of technical drawings
• Evaluating hazards and risks
• Controlling hazards and risks
• Producing clean-up drawings for actual scene folders (cartoon, simple)
• Identifying requirements for in-between drawings in actual scene folders (cartoon, regular)
• Developing a product/service in animation
• Developing a brand for the product

These examples only cover the scope of the specialized subjects under the technical-vocational livelihood career track. For the scope of the core and contextualized subjects under the senior high school curriculum, please refer to their respective lists.