ANIMATION - IS THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE ILLUSION OF MOTION OR SHAPE CHANGE BY MEANS OF
THE RAPID DISPLAY OF SEQUENCE OF STATIC IMAGES THAT ARE MINIMALLY DIFFERENT FROM ONE
ANOTHER.
FILIPINO ANIMATORS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF SOME OF THE BEST-LOVED AND
TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING-ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS PRODUCED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. AMONG
THESE ARE TOY STORY, UP, THE INCREDIBLES, MONSTER UNIVERSITY, KUNG FU PANDA, CARS, FINDING
NEMO AND MUCH MORE.
ANIMATION COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES (ACPI) - IS A NON-STOCK, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT
AIMS TO CREATE AN IDENTITY FOR PHILIPPINES WITHIN THE ANIMATION INDUSTRY, MAKING IT ONE OF
THE PREFERRED SOURCES FOR ANIMATION SERVICES WORLDWIDE.
ANIMATION COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES (ACPI) - IS THE ORGANIZATION WORKS HAND AND HAND WITH
PARTICIPATING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (TESDA) AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO DEVELOP
ANIMATION AS A PROMISING CAREER OPTION FOR FILIPINOS.
ANIMAHENASYON – AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL AND COMPETITION FEATURING THE WORKS OF FILIPINO
ANIMATORS.
- IN 2013, TESDA AND ACPI BEGAN OFFERING 2D AND 3D ANIMATION SCHOLARSHIPS TO INTERESTED
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-45.
- ACPI GRANTS THE ANNUAL “OUTSTANDING EMERGING ARTIST IN ANIMATION AWARD”, FOR THE
OUTSTANDING YOUNG AND FAST-RISING CARTOONIST AND ANIMATORS IN THE COUNTRY.
-It also confers the Animahenasyon “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” on notable animators and other
contributors to the Philippine Animation Industry.
PHILIPPINE ANIMATION STUDIO INC. (PASI) - WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1991 AND HAS SINCE COLLABORATED
ON NUMEROUS ANIMATION PROJECTS AND SERIES WITH THE FOREIGN PARTNERS, like the creations of
the ff. - CAPTAIN FLAMINGO, PRODUCING PARKER, GROOVE HIGH, SPACE HEROES UNIVERSE
-PASI WAS TAPPED BY A CHILREN’S ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY BASED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA AND WENT
ON TO WIN THE BEST ANIMATION CATEGORY IN THE 2012 PIXEL AWARDS.
PHILIPPINE ANIMATION INDUSTRY CREATED THE FOLLOWING
1. URDUJA (2008) FIRST FULLY ANIMATED FILIPINO FILM – HANDRAWN WITH 3D EFFECTS, CREATED
BY ALL FILIPINO ANIMATORS.
2. DAYO: SA MUNDO NG ELEMENTALIA (2008) IS SAID TO BE THE COUNTRY’S FIRST ALL-DIGITAL FULL
LENGTH ANIMATED FILM. INVOLVED OVER 500 LOCAL ANIMATORS AND FEATURED A “TRADIGITAL” TECHNIQUE. IT RENDERED IN 2D AND 3D ANIMATION.
3. 3. RPG METANOIA (2010) THE FIRST FILIPINO FULL 3D ANIMATED FILM. CO-PRODUCED BY
AMBIENT MEDIA, THAUMATROPE ANIMATION, AND STAR CINEMA.
PROCESSING QUESTIONS:
a. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ANIMATION INDUSTRY IN THE PHILIPPINESBOTH FOR FOREIGN ANIMATED FILMS AND CARTOON SERIES?
b. WHAT ROLE DOES THE ANIMATION COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES INC. (ACPI) PLAY IN EQUIPPING
YOUNG FILIPINO FOR A CAREER IN ANIMATION?
c. HOW HAS THE PHILIPPINE ANIMATION STUDIO INC. (PASI) HELPED GAIN RECOGNITION FOR
FILIPINO ANIMATORS IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S CARTOONS?
d. BASED ON THE EXAMPLES PRESENTED, FOR WHAT AUDIENCE ARE OUR LOCAL ANIMATORS
CREATING THEIR WORKS?
e. IN GENERRAL, WHAT THEMES AND SUBJECT MATTER HAVE OUR LOCAL ANIMATORS BEEN FOCUSIG
ON IN RECENT YEARS?
PRINT MEDIA- - IT INCLUDES LARGE-SCALE PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES,
JOURNALS, BOOKS OF ALL KINDS, AS WELL AS SMALLER-SCALE POSTERS, BROCHURES, FLAYERS,
MENUS, AND THE LIKE. OF COURSE, ALL OF THESE NOW HAVE THEIR DIGITAL COUNTERPARTS THAT
MAY BE ACCESSED AND READ ON THE INTERNET.
- ONE MAJOR FIELD STILL RELIES HEAVILY ON THE PRINT MEDIA IS ADVERTIZING.
COMIC BOOKS OR KOMIKS WAS FIRST PUBLISHED ON 1920’s, IN Liwayway magazine
TONY VELASQUEZ, KNOWN AS THE “FATHER OF FILIPINO COMICS”
INFLUENCE OF U.S. COMICS
KOMIKS CREATORS INTRODUCED PHILIPPINE FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY, AND HISTORY
COMIC SERIES REFLECTING OR COMMENTING ON CURRENT POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES OR ON
FILIPINO CHARACTER IN A HUMOROUS WAY.
COMIC SERIES REFLECTING OR COMMENTING ON CURRENT POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES OR ON
FILIPINO CHARACTER IN A HUMOROUS WAY