3D animation is always defined within the parameters of its immediate science

3D animation is always defined within the parameters of its immediate science. In terms of technology that may pertain to the inherent logic and order of the process and how it is able to perform under the guidance of efficiency. If you google it the definition, one might encounter this definition;

"The creation of moving pictures in a three-dimensional digital environment. This is done by sequencing consecutive images, or "frames", that simulate motion by each image showing the next in a gradual progression of steps, filmed by a virtual "camera" and then output to video by a rendering engine. The eye can be "fooled" into perceiving motion when these consecutive images are shown at a rate of 24 frames per second or faster."


But this definition tend to be out of place when 2D computer animation is able to display, despite of the hard work behind it, 3D qualities wherein one can argue that 2D animation, when treated properly, can deploy the illussion that moving pictures are created in a three dimesional environment... perhaps digital as well.

Bottomline, the inclusion of computer technology tend to make the boundary that separates 2D from 3D almost invisible. For one thing, both 2D and 3D share the same animation principles. Yet, when we talk about the technological discipline, one can say that it is largely different.

Getting hold of a firm definition is not an easy task. Technological difference, in my opinion, is not enough to make the distinction. When ask what is the artistic difference... technology soon melts behind the perplexing question.

It puzzles me when someone tells me that this material is for 3D and this material is for 2D. If there is such a distinction, then what is the artistic explanation? Technology, for sure, can not give a concrete answer to a question that is basically answerable by artistic merits.

To complicate matters, qualifying the word "Filipino" distracts the whole construct and we are left scratching our heads. To be truthful, pondering on the need to spread our culture through animation is not a walk in the park. For one thing, what is a Filipino? I mean, we know that we are Filipinos but what makes us Filipinos. Is it the way we look? Is it the way we act? Is it the soul or the mind?

Designing a 3D computer animation feature using the Filipino template is an elusive muse. Somehow, we are near yet we are so far in understanding the whole equation the will yield an accurate account of the essence behing this culture we fondly call Pinoy.

I feel, at this point, as animation professionals, we should trust our inner voices. I feel that being a Filipino is best served if we just express ourselves and be "Pinoys" in our own ways. What is important that we are given the choice to express, choice to supress choice to progress or even choice to regress.

3D Computer Animation is a technology that we use in order to create animated images that are constantly validated by our inherent talents and skills to express ourselves through a compelling material that defines our essence, not as Filipinos, but as human beings