SELF-LEARNING HOME TASK (SLHT) IN ANIMATION 11

Subject _______________ Grade _____ Level ______ Quarter _________ Week ___

MELC Competency Code ________

Name __________________________ Section ________ Date ________

School __________________________ District __________________________

A. Readings/Discussions

PRE-TEST
1. It is the process wherein the remaining drawings are completed and inserted in
between two key drawings.
a. Clean-up b. In-betweening
c. Editing d. Enhancing
2. It represents the story through a series of drawings that depict the characters in their
location, the framing, the camera angles, and the movement for each and every scene.
a. Story Board b. Lay-out Drawing
c. Model Sheets d. Exposure Sheets
3. It is also known as the x-sheet and it is considered as the universal compass for
animators as it contains every piece of information needed to create a scene.
a. Model Sheets b. Key Animation Drawings
c. Exposure Sheets d. Layout Drawings
4. It is a detailed visual breakdown of each and every scene.
a. Director’s Instructions b. Model Sheets
c. Exposure Sheets d. Lay-out Drawing
5. It is the stage where the animators breathe life into the character designs by giving
them motion.
a. Soundtrack b. Layout Drawings
c. Key Animation Drawings d. Exposure Sheets
6. It is a recorded music, sound effects, and dialogue performed by voice actors.
a. Dubbed files b. Soundtrack
c. Sound Files d. Playlist
7. It is the given instructions by the animation director on the animation process during
the animation production.
a. Director’s Instruction b. Director’s List
b. Producer’s Instruction d. Producer’s List
8. It is a document used to help standardize the appearance, poses, and gestures of an
animated character.
a. Template Sheet b. Model Sheet
c. Reference Sheet d. Standard Sheet

IN-BETWEEN DRAWINGS
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betweening is the process wherein the remaining drawings are completed and inserted in
between two key drawings. This is done by the in-between artist or the inbetweener. In order to
begin this process, the in-between artist needs to be supplied with work contained in an
animation folder. In some production or studio set up, both the clean-up and in-betweening is
done by the same artist. It’s easier to monitor by doing the production this way.

Requirements for In-between drawings

I. Materials:
1. Animation Folder

It is considered as the source material. It contains the following:

a) Storyboard

It is the product of storyboarding, which is the process of translating

the script into pictures and converting the words into visual sensations. It represents the
story through a series of drawings that depict the characters in their location, the framing,
the camera angles, and the movement for each and every scene. It will help in visualizing
how the content chunks relate to each other and will help in shaping the direction of the
efforts as the project is created.
b) Layout drawings

It is a detailed visual breakdown of each scene. It provides a stage in which the animators
will animate the characters and effects.
c) Director’s Instructions

It is the given instructions by the animation director on the animation

process during the animation production. It includes the instruction on character design,
background animation, and other aspects of animation.
d) Model Sheets

It is a document used to help standardize the appearance, poses, and gestures of an

animated character. It helps maintain continuity in characters from scene to scene. It
contains illustrations of the characters and depicts the character’s
head and body as they appear at various angles. It shows sketches of the character’s
hands and feet, poses, and several basic facial expressions.
e) Exposure Sheets

It is also known as the x-sheet and it is the universal compass for animators as it is a
document that contains every piece of information needed to create the scene. It is
marked with horizontal lines and each line represents one frame
or one segment of time. It also contains vertical lines that are used to place the sound
reading (preferably with lip-sync shape instruction), animation instructions,
animation levels, camera instructions, and detailed requirements about treatment of the special
effects.

f) Soundtrack breakdown
It is a recorded music, sound effects, and dialogue performed by voice actors.
It includes a phonetic breakdown for dialogue and a beat breakdown
for music and sound effects if animation needs to sync to the soundtrack.
g) Key animation drawings

It is the stage where the animators breathe life into the character designs by giving them
motion. It is also referred to as the ‘key’ and it is the storytelling drawing that
shows what is happening in the shot. Example, if a sad man sees or hears something that
makes him happy; only two positions are needed to tell the story:
2. Animation Paper

It is a three-hole punched paper used for animation. It is attached to the light box using a
peg bar.
3. Colored Pencil

It is used to trace the outline of the roughly sketched key drawing.

4. Lead Pencil

It is used to trace the final details of the key drawing outline.

5. Pencil Eraser

It is used to rub out unwanted lines in the drawings.

II. Tools:
Peg Bar – It is used to hold the animation paper in place on the light box.
Pencil Sharpener – It is used to sharpen the pencil for drawing and tracing.
III. Equipment:
1. Light box

It is a back-lit frame with a translucent face of plastic or glass used

to transmit light through an image for the purpose of tracing and also
slide viewing.
Before animators proceed in doing the In-betweens, it is best to check if there are errors
on the clean-up key drawings/frames. The following is the guidelines for checking
animation breakdowns.

Clean-up Drawing Guidelines for Checking Animation Breakdowns against the x-

sheet or the exposure sheet
1. Check all animation breakdowns from animation folder.
2. Analyze all animation breakdowns using the exposure sheet.
3. Check all the clean-up drawings through the key frames from exposure
sheet.
 B. Exercises

TRUE or FALSE
Directions: Identify whether the following statements are correct or not. Write TRUE
if the statement is true or FALSE if it is not true. Write your answer on
the space provided
_____________1. Models sheet is also called the x-sheet
_____________2. Colored pencil is used to trace the final details of the key
drawing outline.
_____________3. The layout drawings provide a stage in which the animators will
animate the characters and effects.
_____________4. In-betweening is the process wherein the remaining drawings
are completed and inserted in between two key drawings.
_____________5. You may proceed to creating the in-between drawings without
checking the animation breakdowns.
C. Assessment/Application/Outputs (Please refer to DepEd Order No. 31, s. 2020)
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GUIDE

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