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Animation – Grade 12
Quarter 1 – Module 11: History of Animation
First Edition, 2020

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History of Animation
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Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Animation 12 Self-Learning Module on History of Animation!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and
reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Animation Self-Learning Module on History of Animation!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills that

you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
A. Recognize and articulate on the foundation of Animation;
B. Appreciate how each era has contributed to the success of Animation;
C. Show the sequence of events through a timeline graphic organizer.

PRETEST
MATCHING TYPE: Match Column A with Column B. Write your answer on
the space provided.

A B
______ 1. 30,000 B.C. – 1500 A.D A. Silent Era
______ 2. 1600-1877 B. Golden Age of American Animation
______ 3. 1900-1930 C. American Television Era
______ 4. 1930-1950s D. Animation Before Film
______ 5. 1960-1980s E. Modern America Era
______ 6. 1980 - 2014 F. Early Ways of Showing Motion

RECAP

FILL IN THE BLANKS. Fill each blank with the correct answer. Write your
before the number.

______________ 1. A ________is used to help the keyframe animator describe the

action to in-between animators, and is usually seen between keys.
______________ 2. The drawings between the key drawings are called ________.
______________ 3. A _________ moment in an animated sequence, where the
motion is at its fullest.
______________ 4. A ________ is a drawing that corresponds to a key action
______________ 5. ______ is the drawing which can found at the beginning and
of an action.
 LESSON
Early Ways of Showing Motion seen as early as 30,000 B.C. – 1500 A.D. There
have been attempt to depict things in motion which can be proven by
archeological artifacts. The following are some notable examples from ancient
times, as well as an example from the European Renaissance:

30,000 B.C. 1500 A.D.

SHAHR-E SUKHTEH VITRUVIAN MAN
A bronze-age pottery bowl Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man
depicts goats leaping multiple angles implying movement
(Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran)

1600-1877 Animation Before Film. Experimentation with machines that would

make images appear to move came with the spread of the Industrial Revolution
in Europe and North America in the 18th and 19th centuries.

1603
MAGIC LANTERN
Using pictures on sheets of glass, this magic lantern has the ability to project
images. This was considered as the first example of projected animation since
some sheets contain moving parts,

1900-1930 The Silent Era. Theatrical showings of cartoons started in the early
20th century marks, especially in the United States and France. Several
professional animators, with New York-based Bray Studios being the most
opular of this period. Bray helped launch the cartoonists careers making
Mighty Mouse, Betty Boop, and Woody Woodpecker.
 1906
HUMOROUS PHASES OF FUNNY FACES
Using stop-motion photography to create
action this marks the first entirely animated
film.

1908
FANSTASMAGORIE
Considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon for the reason
that it is the first animated film using hand-drawn animation.

1914
GERTIE THE DINOSAUR
Considered the first cartoon to feature an
appealing character.

1919
FELIX THE CAT
Felix the Cat-often considered the first
animated movie star, was introduced by
Musical Mews and Feline Follies.

1928
STEAMBOAT WILLIE
Considered as the first notable
success for Walt Disney Studios,
founded in Los Angeles in 1923. This
features Mickey Mouse—becomes the
first cartoon with the sound printed
on the film.
 1930-1950s The Golden Age of American Animation. Theatrical cartoons
became an integral part of popular culture during what many consider to be
the “Golden Age” of animation,. These years are defined by the rise of Walt
Disney (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Silly Symphonies), Warner
Brothers, MGM, and Fleischer (Betty Boop, Popeye).

1930 1937
MERRIE MELODIES SNOW WHITE
Warner Brother Walt Disney
Cartoons founder releases Snow
created Merrie White and the
Melodies series. Seven Dwarfs,
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the first ever
animate picture
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drawn animation.

1960-1980s The American Television Era. The animation industry started to

adapt to the fact that television as the entertainment medium of choice for
American families continued its growth. Studios produced many TV cartoons,
using a style of "tiny animation." In the mid-eighties, cartoons became popular
on TV with support from cable networks like The Disney Channel and
Nickelodeon.

1960
FLINTSTONES
The first animated series on prime-time
television Hanna-Barbera released
“The Flintstones”.
 1961
YOGI BEAR
Another Hanna-Barbera production, The
Yogi Bear Show, a spin-off of Huckleberry
Hound, debuted on national TV.

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1964
THE PINK PHINK
The Academy Award for Best Short Film was won by
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises for The PinkPhink (of
the Pink Panther series) and continued to create
shorts for theatrical release.

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1980 – 2014. Modern America Era. The CGI (Computer Generated Imagery)
revolutionized animation. A principal distinction between CGI animation and
traditional animation is that drawing is replaced by 3D modeling, much like a
virtual stop-motion version. A type of animation combining the two and using
2D computer drawing can be regarded as computer-aided animation.

1984
THE ADVENTURES OF ANDREI & WALLY B
This short film was the first fully CGI-
animated film, created by the precursor to
Pixar, The Graphics Group,.

1987
THE SIMPSONS
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Groening. It is America's longest running comedy,
America's longest running animated show and in 2009
it surpassed Gunsmoke as America's longest running
scripted primetime TV series.
 FIRST FULLY COMPUTER ANIMATED FEATURE

1995 2014
TOY STORY BIG HERO 6
The first The first
Fully Disney
computer animated film
animated to feature
film was Marvel
released. Comics
Characters

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ACTIVITIES
THEN-AND-NOW: After knowing the history of animation, let us try to
compare how animation evolved by drawing the first notable example of
motion, and the first fully computer-animated film.
TIME-AFTER-TIME: Show the sequence of events by filling in the timeline
graphic organizer, with either the date or event.

1500
1906
A.D.
3000 B.C.
SHAHR-E VITRUVIAN MAN
SUKHTEH

FELIX THE CAT

1937

YOGI BEAR

1995
TOY STORY

WRAP-UP

Let us summarize what we have discussed today. Enumerate the 6 Animation

Era. Write your answer in chronological order, on the space provided.
1. __________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________
 VALUING

Now that you have learned the History of Animation, what era/s had
contributed to where animation is right now? Defend your answer.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

POSTTEST

TRUE OR FALSE: Write T if the statement is True, and F if false. Write your
answer on the space provided.
_________ 1. Modern American Era started in 1980.
_________ 2. Flintstones was released in 1950.
_________ 3. The Adventures of Andre & Wally B is the first fully CGI-animated
film.
_________ 4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first animated film
feature to use hand-drawn animation.
_________ 5. Big Hero 6 was released by Pixar.
 KEY TO CORRECTION

6. E
F 5. Key Drawing 5. 5. C
T 4. Keyframe 4. 4. B
T 3. Key 3. 3. A
F 2. In-between 2. 2. D
T 1. Breakdown 1. 1. F
POSTTEST RECAP PRETEST

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