TVL 1A

ANIMATION 1 | Quarter 1

Name of Learner: _______________________________________________

Grade Level: ______ Section: ______________ Strand: ______________

Teacher:
 TVL 1A-Animation 1

This subject is designed to develop and enhance the knowledge, skills and
attitudes of students on competencies leading to Animation NC II. This subject
provides the competencies that are most important to animators which are
aligned to the standards set by the Department of Education for the senior
high school level.

About this learning module:

 This module consists of lesson objectives, lesson discussion and
task questions. Each task will contain instructions.
 Your teacher will give you instructions on how your answers or
outputs should be submitted.

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Lesson 1 Introduction to and Developing Personal
Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECs)
Lesson Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
 Develop one’s character into PECs in town.
 Identify the core competencies of an animator.
 Identify opportunities for business or career as an animator.

Lesson Discussion:

PERSONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES (PECs)

To learn what PECs are, let us define significant terms so we can better
understand PECs in layman’s terms.
ENTREPRENEUR - is one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a
business or enterprise. (Merriam-Webster)
COMPETENT – having the necessary ability or skills: able to do something well or
well enough to meet a standard. (Merriam-Webster)
ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCY – is a concept of a collective set of abilities
and/or skills sufficient enough to organize manage and assume the risk of a
business or enterprise (Merriam-Webster).
To become a successful entrepreneur, we should possess these
entrepreneurial competencies that can be found not only in entrepreneurs but
also in other successful professionals. Entrepreneurial competencies are
presented in three clusters namely, achievement, planning, and power.

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 Table 1- Summary of Entrepreneurial Competencies
Achievement Planning Power
-Opportunity seeking -Goal Setting -Persuasion and
-Persistent -Information Seeking networking
-Commitment to work -Systematic planning -Self confidence
contract and monitoring
-Risk-taking
-Demand for efficiency
and quality

PECs –Achievement DESCRIPTION

Cluster
-is observant and always on the lookout for any opportunity to
OPPORTUNITY create a profitable business.
SEEKER (innovative, inventive)
-Being steadfast in his/her decisions.
PERSISTENT -Cannot be easily discouraged when face with difficulties.
- Honors what he/she says, only makes promises when
he/she can keep.
COMMITMENT TO - knows what to when he/she cannot fulfill the promises.
WORK CONTRACT -Apologizes sincerely when he/she cannot fulfill the
promise.
- Weighs and carefully chooses alternatives to avoid losing
money.
RISK TAKER -Careful in assessing situations, finds out the effect or
consequence
- Ask advice from experts or plan for contingency plan or
options.

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DEMAND FOR -demand good and better quality of products and
EFFICIENCY AND services.
QUALITY

PECs –Planning DESCRIPTION

Cluster
GOAL SETTER -Goals are planned and implemented in a specific,
measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound manner.
- Accomplishing well-defined tasks by dividing them into
short-term and long-term goals.
- Is always keen about information and always strives to seek
information about the market, competition and customers.
INFORMATION - Looking for sources of assistance
SEEKER - Researching about current trends, reading newspapers,
conducting surveys and attending conferences, clubs and
business organizations.
SYSTEMATIC - Accomplishing desired goals in a logical and systematic
PLANNING AND manner.
MONITORING - Indicates priorities and monitors accomplishments

PECs –Power DESCRIPTION

Cluster
- Has to power to convince or influence others to do what
PERSUASIVE he/she wants them to do.
- Making people believe in you and making them spread the
word for you.
- Believes he/she could make things happen.
SELF-CONFIDENCE - Takes care of his physical appearance to feel good and
look good.

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CORE COMPETENCIES IN ANIMATION

Now that you have identified your entrepreneurial competencies, you must be
able to identify the competencies that are expected of your chosen carrer, in this
case, ANIMATION.

Summary of key competencies in animation:

1. Principles of Animation- refer to skills, processes, techniques, and styles in
creating animation materials. (e.g. drawing skill, compositing through
computer graphics, coloring, storyboarding, creating animation effects,
and etc.)
2. Principles of Cinematography of Film-making- refer to skills, processes, and
techniques in creating motion pictures or movie. (e.g. staging and blocking
of characters, Lighting and angles, shot construction and character
performance)

OPPORTUNITIES IN ANIMATION
After you have assessed and aligned your PECs and decide to start up your own
animation business, the following are the sample action plan to give you an
idea on how to start your business.
1. Identify and decide the kind of work or service you want to do.
2. Build a team
3. Create a working name
4. Create a business plan

TASK 1

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 Opportunity Seeker Setting high Systematic Planning
standards of quality and monitoring
Persistence
and efficiency

Commitment to Information Seeker Persuasive

work contract
Goal Setter
Risk taker Self Confidence

Instruction: Shown above are the characteristics of a competent entrepreneur.

Match the characteristics on the statements by writing it in the blank provided.
________________ 1. When I am faced with difficult problem, I spend a lot of
time trying to find a solution
________________ 2. When planning a large project, I break it down into
smaller tasks
________________ 3. I like to think about the future.
________________ 4. I try several times to get people to do what I would like
them to do.
________________ 5. When trying something challenging, I feel positive that I
will succeed
________________ 6. I must be firm, strong-willed, and stick or follow what I
believe is good.
________________ 7. I have a clear plan for my life.
________________ 8. I do things even if I know that there is a possibility that I
may be in danger.
________________ 9. I try things that are very new and different what I have
done before.

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________________ 10. I go to several resources to get information for tasks or
projects.
________________ 11. I am able to get people who have strong opinions or
ideas to change their minds.
________________ 12. I stick with my decisions even if others strongly disagree
with me.
________________ 13. When starting a new task or project, I gather a great
deal of information before going ahead.
________________ 14. I get others to support my recommendations.
_________________15. I put myself in my client’s shoes and be sensitive about
their comments.

TASK 2
INSTRUCTIONS: Using pencil, crayons or colored pen, Answer the questions by
creating Word Art Design on each corresponding box. Your answers can be a word
or a phrase.

1. What are my best traits or strengths?

2. What are my weaknesses?
3. Who Influences my decisions?
4. What are my guiding principles?
5. How do people judge my actions?
6. Where do I see myself 10 years from now?

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TASK 3:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Give 5 PECs do you think you possess after reading the contents. Why?

TASK 4:

INSTRUCTIONS: The following entrepreneur has interesting and

valuable information about his success in business. READ his interview
and ENCIRCLE the words and phrases that indicate personal
characteristics you believe would be most important in owning and
operating a business.

JOVEN GUTIERREZ (RESTAURANT OWNER)

I started working at a restaurant in another town. I waited on tables,
cooked, did purchasing and bookkeeping, and picked up a basic
understanding of business. Later, I spent some time at two other
restaurants in town learning about managing a restaurant. Most
people thing if they are good cooks they can open a restaurant. It is
not that simple! You’ve got to know every area of the food business,
such as purchasing, advertising, cooking, managing employees, and
customer relations.

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 Young people come to me and say, “I want to learn about operating a
restaurant from you so I can open my own”. I tell them,
“That’s okay with me. I’ll have you cook, bartend, wait on and clean up
tables.” The say, “You don’t understand. I want to learn how to
manage.” Well, I believe that you’ve got to “feel the business from the
ground up before you can run it.
I enjoy the freedom of being in business. I like being my own boss. I
have 12 employees, and it gives me a good feeling when they ask me
for advice. It would be difficult for me to work for somebody else.
But I might become an employee in the future. I’m only 28 years old,
and my career could take many turns. I hope if I did have to work for
someone else, I could pretty much do what I wanted. I like making decisions
and being a leader.

TASK 5:
Answer the following questions based on the interview. 3 pts -
content, 2 pts - grammar
QUESTION ANSWER
1. What traits does he possess `
the enabled him to overcome
challenges and pursue the
business?
2. What traits do you think you
have in common with the
entrepreneur? Why?

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 3. What traits from the
entrepreneur that you want
to have? Why?

Lesson 2 ANIMATORS FUNDAMENTAL TOOLKIT

Lesson Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
 Learn the types of animation
 Enumerate the tools used in creating an animation.
 Understand the function of each tool in the animation process.

Lesson Discussion
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT IN ANIMATION
LIGHTBOX – the essential
feature of this equipment is
to have light shine through
different layers of paper for
tracing in-betweens.

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 PEG BAR – is made up of plastic where paper is attached where the paper
will not move as the animator is doing the artwork.

PAPER AND CEL

• There is no specific paper on which

animation should be drawn as long
as it is big enough to flip.
• The paper should be translucent
enough for you to see the next drawing.
• Once the drawing stage is done, you
will need to transfer your artwork
from paper onto cels, so they can be
painted and then placed against a separate background.
• Acetate of cel can be bought in various degrees of thickness.

GRATICULE OR 12” FIELD CHART

 It is a grid system used to accurately create field guides in the

layout. These guides are what the camera will see in the scene.
 There are traditionally two standard field sizes for animation (12
inches and 15 inches).

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 BAR SHEETS AND DOPE SHEETS

 It is a traditional animation
tool that enables an animator
to organize his/her thinking
and give instructions to the
cameraman on the shots
needed.
 Also known as x-sheet or
exposure sheet, it consists of
five sections and is usually A4
paper sized and every eight
line of an x-sheet is marked
thicker than the others
because it shows half-foot of
film.

 The director refers to the bar

sheets when he/she has given
some thought to the overall
timing of a film.
 Bar sheets have more detailed
timing and are much like music
manuscript paper with several
horizontal lines having spaces for
dialog, sound effects, music and
action.

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 PRODUCTION FOLDER – It is an essential for large-scale studio productions that
the dope sheet instructions for each scene be kept separate from each other.

DRAWING KIT
a. NON-PHOTO BLUE PENCILS – are great for initial sketches. The right
shade of pale blue tends to not show up on copies when transferred
from paper to clear cels.
b. DRAWING PENCILS – mechanical pencils may be used but for animation
work, a regular wooden pencil is best. 2B is usually the best hardness
and are good for making dark lines.
c. PAINT, BRUSH, PASTELS and WATERCOLORS – used mostly for the
background and the final stages of the process
ART GUM ERASER
These erasers are far superior to standard erasers because they rub out lead
cleanly without smudging away actual paper surface.
DIGITAL CAMERA AND VIDEO CAMERA
In professional studios, big heavy-duty camera facilities are readily available,
but for student or amateur, any standard camera with enough pixels will do.

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MAINTAINING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS
Good quality tools can be a big investment, but of you take good care of them,
they will last longer and return the favor. Making sure your tools are properly
stored, cleaned, and well maintained will save you time and money as well as
making you projects and jobs much easier.
When it comes to storing your tools you have to work with space that you have.
Maybe you hand them on a board or store them in storages boxes, bags or
maybe keep them in drawers.
Cleaning your tools is probably the last thing you want to do after a hard day’s
work, but it is essential for keeping your tools in good shape. It is a proves that
only takes a few seconds and is time well spent that will prevent you from having
to repair or replace tools. You can clean most of hand tools with a simple wipe
down using a rag.
Keeping all these tips in mind when storing and cleaning your tools will ensure
that you get the most out of your tools and they last as long as possible.

TASK 1:
INSTRUCTION:
Complete the table by filling out on how you maintain your drawing tools and
personal things or gadgets to last long.
DRAWING TOOL OR HOW YOU STORE HOW YOU CLEAN
PERSONAL
GADGET/THNGS
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TASK 2:
INSTRUCTION: Identify the name of the animation tools below by writing in the
blankprovided.

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REFERENCE:
Anonymous, (2016). RBS Animation Volume I Innovative Training
Works, Inc.. Quezon City. Rex Book Store, Inc., pg. 2-6, 11-15

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