Our Animation Project: UP Layp

Last semester, our class had to present a five-minute animation for our final plate. Together with my group mates - Paula, Joanne, Abby, and Sam, we thought of a romantic-comedy genre for our 2D animation clip entitled ‘UP Layp: The Beginning’.

The story is basically about an incoming freshman at the University of the Philippines (UP) named Agapito. Since he’s from a rural province, he went to the city (Manila) to take the Talent Determination Test for the College of Fine Arts in ignorance on the English language. And as he waits for the result, strange thoughts came to him after passing the test and coming to the university as a cool student.



2D animation is really harder than I thought, though. We were five in the group but it took us a month and a half in drawing every scene, and another half month in coloring and adding the final touches. Since we have a small span of time, we had to divide the scenes for everyone to draw, that’s why the characters in the film weren’t consistent at all.

We also had a problem in dubbing. We don’t have a male member for the male characters so pulling guys and forcing them to dub would be our only chance, but unfortunately everyone was busy at that time as well. At the end, we ended up as the ones who dubbed the male voices ourselves that turned out a bit awkward.

Even though it’s just a five-minute animation, we really got exhausted for the whole semester, and at the same time we developed a great friendship. Everything turned out well in the end. Though most of the scenes are really silly, and the drawings aren’t really for a professional side, it’s all worth it.