INTRODUCTION

Animation is a whole new field in our world.

One can get into as a profession, and this is
available in the strand Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) –
Animation. But first of all, what is
animation? DeSalvo (n.d.) stated,
“Animation is simply bringing inanimate
objects to life on a screen. Animators make
the characters both believable and larger
than life”. Animation is a form of art using
multiple still images, putting them together
in order to create an illusion of movement,
while the animation subject is where
students of Information and Communication
(ICT) learn and develop their skills in
drawing and next in animation. In foreign
countries such as Japan, animation is a
universal form of art which can be seen
everywhere in their country, it is creating
movement using two-dimensional or three-
dimensional images. What most students
expect from Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) though is
mostly subjects related to technology. The
unexpected inclusion of animation for most interest, and concerns, they will be more
students has caused their performance and likely to value it, and thus more motivated to
grades to suffer. But those who have passion invest time and effort such as students who
in arts have no problem dealing with the actually chose ICT-Animation not as a way
subject. The research aims to see if truly to get to college, but as a passion and
having such passions has a great effect on interest for the sake of the student’s future.
the student’s grades in animation. According The animation that is being implemented in
to Schumacher (2018), One of the major the University of the Cordilleras is
challenges of the Philippine animation traditional animation. Traditional animation,
industry is the lack of large animation from the word traditional, it usually refers to
companies capable of supporting and animation hand-drawn on paper which is
fulfilling large international clients. quite challenging for animation students
Animation in foreign countries has a big nowadays. According to Mathews (2018), in
influence to whatever is happening in the traditional animation, animators draw
country, such as Disney animated movies individual frames for each scene. The large
bringing massive amounts of money to their numbers of drawing and the photography
economy, whilst also providing a great time required in completing a production
source of entertainment increasing the consumes schedules and can result in delays.
overall happiness of the population But despite this, the performance of the
students still depends on their passion and
interest in the subject.
Passion has a significant affect to what
people are doing. Life is too short to waste
time doing something you’re not passionate The benefits of this research apply to
about (Wong, 2018). Having this sort of present and most importantly, future
mindset can lead a student from dropping students who are planning on choosing ICT
out from school if the student chose a course – animation as a chosen strand or course.
the student is not passionate about, this The research can help by granting students
research aims to give more insight to this as of all ages a deeper understanding of the
well. Because there are cases in which importance of choosing a course in which
students failed to comply their requirements the student is most passionate in. It allows a
in a certain subject where they are not student to avoid wasting money from future
interested. According to Fisher (2018), investments such as paying tuition for
Knowing your passion in life gives you education or precious time that may prove to
something to build the rest of your life be severely difficult and lack the benefit that
around. Students may lose interest to work can sustain the person or student in terms of
on particular tasks if they do not feel that academic and finance. This research also let
there will be a payoff for their time and the students or people become aware about
effort. However, if the students clearly see what the animation subject is all about,
how the work connects to their goals, preparing the students on what activities the
students might possibly do in which that can
improve themselves in other academic
subject under ICT – animation especially in
drawing. In that case, the students will soon
become excellent artist or animators in
which could elevate or upgrade our
country’s entertainment industry or
economy.

The researchers are aiming to prevent future

students who are going to take ICT-
ANIMATION from giving up in the midst
of the semester and for them to be fully
oriented on what they are going to face by
creating a medium for information that can
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perspective and be understanding that not Traditional Animation. Retrieved from
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who takes animation subject are interested in and-the-filipino/
drawing. The researchers believe that this
can and will help teachers encourage those
students be confident and be interested in
drawing.