The Pixar Touch Journal Entry # 2

5 comments

1.) I believe George Lucas made a mistake by getting rid of Pixar.
2.) If he kept Pixar he would be making a great deal of money because of Pixar's success.
3.) George Lucas could've made better computer animation films with Pixar.
4.) The recent computer animation of Star Wars had terrible graphics.
5.) In 1965 Dave Evans created system named Sketchpad.


4 questions


1.) What are the creators of Pixar working on in a garage?
2.) Why did George Lucas get rid of Pixar?
3.) Does George Lucas regret getting rid of Pixar?
4.) Would he ever be willing to buy it in the future?


3 vocabulary words


1.) Albeit - although; even if Pg. 17
2.) Undulating to have a wavy form or surface; bend with successive curves in alternate directions Pg. 15
3.) Bicubic - pertaining to math Pg. 15


2 literary techniques


1.) "This time turned out to be one of the most wonderful of my life." This is a hyperbole because it is an exaggeration about how moment in his life is. Pg 18
2.) "Smith, however, could never make sense of Shoup's notion of painting with a computer - it seemed like gibberish - and had always put him off." This is a simile because it uses "like" to explain the way the paintings are.


1 summarizing sentence


1.) The creators of Pixar worked diligently on establishing their ideas, even though they worked in a garage.

The Pixar Touch Journal Entry #1

5 comments

1.) Pixar is incorporated with Disney.
2.) The makers of Pixar were unemployed and made it to the top.
3.) Ed Catmull was an undergraduate in 1970.
4.) The creators of Pixar believed in 3-D computer animation when others thought it wasn't possible.
5.) Lasseter was working at Disney before he was fired from their.

4 questions


1.) Why was Alvy Ray Smith fired from his job?
2.) Why was Lasseter fired from his job?
3.) Why was Catmull fired from his job?
4.) Why were these well-educated men fired from their jobs?


3 vocabulary words


1.) Cherubic - a beautiful or innocent person Pg. 4
2.) Ubiquitous - existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent Pg. 11
3.) Contingent - likely but not certain to happen Pg. 8


2 literary techniques


1.) "The story begins as a soft-spoken, straitlaced former missionary named Ed Catmull enters graduate school at the University of Utah in 1970." This is characterization because it is displaying the qualities Ed Catmull has. Pg. 9
2.) "In Pixar's case, at least, the resistances and uncertainties were abundant - as was the will." This is a simile because it uses "as" to explain the resistances, uncertainties, and the will as being abundant.


1 summarizing sentence

1.) The journey for the creators of Pixar has begun because Ed Catmull has been recruited to the University of Utah.