5 comments
1.) The lamp at the beginning of the Pixar films is named "Luxo Jr."
2.) John Lasseter created Luxo Jr.
3.) I don't understand why Lasseter asked to shave a man's leg.
4.) Disney and LucasFilms don't seem to understand the brilliance of Pixar's work.
5.) Pixar's movies keep improving as they continue to make movies.
4 questions
1.) Why did Lasseter ask to shave a man's legs?
2.) Why were some people skeptical about Toy Story?
3.) After Pixar's major success, why does Disney think they are risky when they make a film?
4.) What will be Pixar's next film after Wall-E?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Deprogram - to retrain, as for the purpose of eliminating or replacing a learned or acquired behavior pattern or habit that is undesirable or unsuitable Pg. 100
2.) Niche - an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object Pg. 100
3.) Inimitable - incapable of being imitated or copied; surpassing imitation; matchless Pg. 101
2 literary elements
1.) "It's hard to know when you have new technology what the size of the market is." This is irony because these workers don't know how successful Pixar Inc. will become. Pg. 100
2.) "When he starts talking, he just takes people's minds." This is characterization because Job's personality is being explained. Pg. 100
1 summarizing sentence
1.) Pixar is one of the best computer animation companies to this day and they have established the industry of computer animation.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Pixar Touch Journal Entry #9
5 comments
1.) Pixars first product was the Pixar Image Computer.
2.) The Pixar Image Computer was hardly purchased by customers.
3.) Steve believed that they could populate the world with Image Computers.
4.) I believe Steve is right.
5.) I also believe that during the time the Pixar Image Computer was around, it was more of a luxury rather than a necessity.
4 questions
1.) What made the Pixar Image Computer so great?
2.) Why did few people buy it?
3.) What didn't they like about it?
4.) What did they like about it?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Ebullience - high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance. Pg. 85
2.) Subterfuge - an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc Pg. 86
3.) Cel - a transparent celluloid sheet on which a character, scene, etc., is drawn or painted and which constitutes one frame in the filming of an animated cartoon: may be overlapped for change of background or foreground Pg. 98
2 literary techniques
1.) "We had people there we'd have to remind to go cash their paychecks." This is characterization because Kolstad is stating how many people were into the research rather than the money. Pg. 87
2.) "Who's going to buy a $125,000 image processor that requires a host computer and has software development tools but no applications software?" This is conflict because Computer Graphics World is having issues with the PIC. Pg. 89
1 summarizing sentence
1.) Pixar Inc. has many employees working as hard as they possibly can, but they are into the research rather than the money.
1.) Pixars first product was the Pixar Image Computer.
2.) The Pixar Image Computer was hardly purchased by customers.
3.) Steve believed that they could populate the world with Image Computers.
4.) I believe Steve is right.
5.) I also believe that during the time the Pixar Image Computer was around, it was more of a luxury rather than a necessity.
4 questions
1.) What made the Pixar Image Computer so great?
2.) Why did few people buy it?
3.) What didn't they like about it?
4.) What did they like about it?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Ebullience - high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance. Pg. 85
2.) Subterfuge - an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc Pg. 86
3.) Cel - a transparent celluloid sheet on which a character, scene, etc., is drawn or painted and which constitutes one frame in the filming of an animated cartoon: may be overlapped for change of background or foreground Pg. 98
2 literary techniques
1.) "We had people there we'd have to remind to go cash their paychecks." This is characterization because Kolstad is stating how many people were into the research rather than the money. Pg. 87
2.) "Who's going to buy a $125,000 image processor that requires a host computer and has software development tools but no applications software?" This is conflict because Computer Graphics World is having issues with the PIC. Pg. 89
1 summarizing sentence
1.) Pixar Inc. has many employees working as hard as they possibly can, but they are into the research rather than the money.
The Pixar Touch Journal Entry # 8
5 comments
1.) Pixar is improving their technology.
2.) Pixar is still associated with Lucasfilm.
3.) Pixar is ten times better than Lucasfilm.
4.) Lucasfilm just recently made a computer animation film and the graphics were awful.
5.) I wonder if George Lucas misses Pixar's brilliant work.
4 questions
1.) Where is Pixar receiving all this money?
2.) How will Pixar use the money?
3.) When will they make their first film?
4.) How will ordinary people receieve all these computers?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Percolating - to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter Pg. 82
2.) Wholly - entirely; totally; altogether; quite Pg. 81
3.) Espoused -to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause Pg. 83
2 literary techniques
1.) "Our first computers were born not out of greed or ego but in revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful institutions." This is a hyperbole because it is giving an immense exaggeration of the powerful institutions. Pg. 83
2.) "...but we had a long way to go to get there." This is foreshadowing how much of an impact Pixar will have on society. Pg. 85
1 summarizing sentence
1.) Jobs bought Pixar and Catmull and Smith are beginning to understand how hard it is to run a business.
1.) Pixar is improving their technology.
2.) Pixar is still associated with Lucasfilm.
3.) Pixar is ten times better than Lucasfilm.
4.) Lucasfilm just recently made a computer animation film and the graphics were awful.
5.) I wonder if George Lucas misses Pixar's brilliant work.
4 questions
1.) Where is Pixar receiving all this money?
2.) How will Pixar use the money?
3.) When will they make their first film?
4.) How will ordinary people receieve all these computers?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Percolating - to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter Pg. 82
2.) Wholly - entirely; totally; altogether; quite Pg. 81
3.) Espoused -to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause Pg. 83
2 literary techniques
1.) "Our first computers were born not out of greed or ego but in revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful institutions." This is a hyperbole because it is giving an immense exaggeration of the powerful institutions. Pg. 83
2.) "...but we had a long way to go to get there." This is foreshadowing how much of an impact Pixar will have on society. Pg. 85
1 summarizing sentence
1.) Jobs bought Pixar and Catmull and Smith are beginning to understand how hard it is to run a business.
The Pixar Touch Journal Entry #7
5 comments
1.) George Lucas doesn't know what he is missing out on when it comes to computer graphics.
2.) Pixar's graphics are amazing.
3.) I love how they make everything so real.
4.) I love how Lasseter made his dream into realty.
5.) I don't like how Pixar had to waste their time with Lucasfilm.
4 questions
1.) What was Pixar's first big hit?
2.) How did Pixar become part of Disney again?
3.) When will Disney take Pixar back?
4.) What inspired Pixar to make Toy Story?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Obviate - to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary Pg. 79
2.) Venerate - to regard or treat with reverence; revere Pg. 80
3.) Egalitarian - asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, esp. in political, economic, or social life Pg. 82
2 literary techniques
1.) "Although a blood test indicated a 94 percent likelihood that Jobs was the father, he refused for two years to acknowledge paternity." This is conflict because Steve Jobs is having conflict with his ex girlfriend about paternity tests. Pg. 81
2.) "The Macintosh and the LaserWriter together became the foundation of desktop publishing, which would ultimately bring professional-style layout and typesetting within reach of ordinary users." This is foreshadowing because it is foreshadowing what's to come in the future for ordinary users.
1 summarizing sentence
1.) The chapter is focusing on Steve Jobs and his arrogance as a man working with Apple and Pixar.
1.) George Lucas doesn't know what he is missing out on when it comes to computer graphics.
2.) Pixar's graphics are amazing.
3.) I love how they make everything so real.
4.) I love how Lasseter made his dream into realty.
5.) I don't like how Pixar had to waste their time with Lucasfilm.
4 questions
1.) What was Pixar's first big hit?
2.) How did Pixar become part of Disney again?
3.) When will Disney take Pixar back?
4.) What inspired Pixar to make Toy Story?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Obviate - to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary Pg. 79
2.) Venerate - to regard or treat with reverence; revere Pg. 80
3.) Egalitarian - asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, esp. in political, economic, or social life Pg. 82
2 literary techniques
1.) "Although a blood test indicated a 94 percent likelihood that Jobs was the father, he refused for two years to acknowledge paternity." This is conflict because Steve Jobs is having conflict with his ex girlfriend about paternity tests. Pg. 81
2.) "The Macintosh and the LaserWriter together became the foundation of desktop publishing, which would ultimately bring professional-style layout and typesetting within reach of ordinary users." This is foreshadowing because it is foreshadowing what's to come in the future for ordinary users.
1 summarizing sentence
1.) The chapter is focusing on Steve Jobs and his arrogance as a man working with Apple and Pixar.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Pixar Touch Journal Entry # 6
5 comments
1.) Catmull and Alvy Ray developed their own computer known as the Pixar Image Computer.
2.) Catmull and Ray tried to sell it to the medical industry but had difficulty in doing so.
3.) Tom and John Knoll were the men who created Photoshop.
4.) Pixar is a name derived from the Spanish slang word "Pixer."
5.) Pixar was still part of Lucasfilm when they made the Pixar Image Computer.
4 questions
1.) Why was Jobs so incosiderate and annoying?
2.) Why couldn't Jobs stay in the Bay Area?
3.) What's wrong with the Bay Area?
4.) What inspired Jobs to joing Apple?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Schematics - A structural or procedural diagram, especially of an electrical or mechanical system Pg. 77
2.) Ambience - a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" Pg. 78
3.) Monetary - of or pertaining to the coinage or currency of a country Pg. 77
2 literary techniques
1.) "The brothers, Tom and John Knoll, later licensed their software to Adobe Systems; it went on to fame under the name Photoshop." This is dramatic irony because during the time Photoshop was created, people weren't aware of how commonly used it will be used in the future. Pg. 73
2.) "One day he announced to this parents that if they didn't find another school for him by the next school year, he would stop going to school." This is man vs. society because Jobs didn't like his school nor did he like
1 summarizing sentence
1.) Steve Jobs was introduced into the story and Pixar is becoming an
1.) Catmull and Alvy Ray developed their own computer known as the Pixar Image Computer.
2.) Catmull and Ray tried to sell it to the medical industry but had difficulty in doing so.
3.) Tom and John Knoll were the men who created Photoshop.
4.) Pixar is a name derived from the Spanish slang word "Pixer."
5.) Pixar was still part of Lucasfilm when they made the Pixar Image Computer.
4 questions
1.) Why was Jobs so incosiderate and annoying?
2.) Why couldn't Jobs stay in the Bay Area?
3.) What's wrong with the Bay Area?
4.) What inspired Jobs to joing Apple?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Schematics - A structural or procedural diagram, especially of an electrical or mechanical system Pg. 77
2.) Ambience - a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" Pg. 78
3.) Monetary - of or pertaining to the coinage or currency of a country Pg. 77
2 literary techniques
1.) "The brothers, Tom and John Knoll, later licensed their software to Adobe Systems; it went on to fame under the name Photoshop." This is dramatic irony because during the time Photoshop was created, people weren't aware of how commonly used it will be used in the future. Pg. 73
2.) "One day he announced to this parents that if they didn't find another school for him by the next school year, he would stop going to school." This is man vs. society because Jobs didn't like his school nor did he like
1 summarizing sentence
1.) Steve Jobs was introduced into the story and Pixar is becoming an
The Pixar Touch Journal Entry #5
5 comments
1.) Lasseter introduced Wilhite to Tim Burton and Wilhite gave Tim Burton's animation a chance.
2.) Tim Burton's animations were constantly rejected.
3.) Lasseter's position at Disney was put to an end, therefore he went to Lucasfilm.
4.) Lasseter lost his position because his project The Brave Little Toaster wasn't made, therefore his assisstance wasn't needed anymore.
5.) Lasseter was known for giving inanimate objects emotions.
4 questions
1.) Why didn't Disney keep Lasseter around?
2.) Why did Disney allow Lasseter to make one project only?
3.) Does Lasseter go back to Disney?
4.) What inspired Lasseter to give inanimate objects emotion?
3 vocabulary
1.) Ambiguity- doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention Pg. 60
2.) Convolutions - A form or part that is folded or coiled Pg. 60
3.) Finagle - to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation Pg. 57
2 literary techniques
1.) "Walt Disney, all his career, all his life, was striving to get more dimension in his animation." This is characterization because Walt Disney is briefly mentioned and when he is mentioned, Lasseter gives a brief statement about Walt Disney's character. Pg. 53
2.) "The medium of motion pictures had had its starts in the Bay Area a little more than a century earlier at an estate called Palo Alto, the future site of Stanford University." This is foreshadowing because it is stating that Palo Alto will be the future site of Stanford University in the future. Pg. 61
1 summarizing sentence
1.) The creators of Pixar made a film called Andre and Wally B which George Lucas didn't like becuase he wasn't into computer animation.
1.) Lasseter introduced Wilhite to Tim Burton and Wilhite gave Tim Burton's animation a chance.
2.) Tim Burton's animations were constantly rejected.
3.) Lasseter's position at Disney was put to an end, therefore he went to Lucasfilm.
4.) Lasseter lost his position because his project The Brave Little Toaster wasn't made, therefore his assisstance wasn't needed anymore.
5.) Lasseter was known for giving inanimate objects emotions.
4 questions
1.) Why didn't Disney keep Lasseter around?
2.) Why did Disney allow Lasseter to make one project only?
3.) Does Lasseter go back to Disney?
4.) What inspired Lasseter to give inanimate objects emotion?
3 vocabulary
1.) Ambiguity- doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention Pg. 60
2.) Convolutions - A form or part that is folded or coiled Pg. 60
3.) Finagle - to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation Pg. 57
2 literary techniques
1.) "Walt Disney, all his career, all his life, was striving to get more dimension in his animation." This is characterization because Walt Disney is briefly mentioned and when he is mentioned, Lasseter gives a brief statement about Walt Disney's character. Pg. 53
2.) "The medium of motion pictures had had its starts in the Bay Area a little more than a century earlier at an estate called Palo Alto, the future site of Stanford University." This is foreshadowing because it is stating that Palo Alto will be the future site of Stanford University in the future. Pg. 61
1 summarizing sentence
1.) The creators of Pixar made a film called Andre and Wally B which George Lucas didn't like becuase he wasn't into computer animation.
Monday, December 15, 2008
The Pixar Touch Journal Entry #4
5 comments
1.) John Lasseter went to CalArts and wanted to pursue a career in creating animation.
2.) Lasseter was born in H0llywood, California, on January 12.
3.) Lasseter developed a profound love for animation as a child.
4.) Tim Burton attended CalArts as well.
5.) Tim Burton joined the year after Lasseter joined.
4 questions
1.) What was it about cartoons that interested Lasseter to develop a passion for animation?
2.) Were there any other career options Lasseter took into consideration?
3.) Why did Tim Burton feel as if he was in the Army while being part of CalArts?
4.) Have Tim Burton and Lasseter worked together to create a movie?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Algorithms - A step-by-step problem-solving procedure, especially an established, recursive computational procedure for solving a problem in a finite number of steps Pg. 45
2.) Juvenilia - works, esp. writings, produced in one's youth Pg. 46
3.) Excise - an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country Pg. 51
2 literary techniques
1.) "John's got an instinctive feel for character and movement and shows every indication of blossoming here." This is characterization because Mel Shaw is telling the Los Angeles Times how John is progressing at CalArts. Pg. 50
2.) "The real disease, the company's sleeping sickness, continued to take its toll." This is personification because a company can not have a sleeping sickness. Pg. 52
1 summarizing sentence
1.) John Lasseter was your typical geek who wanted to pursue a career in animation, even though others would consider it childish on his behalf. Lasseter went against the odds and is one of Hollywood's most well known computer animators.
1.) John Lasseter went to CalArts and wanted to pursue a career in creating animation.
2.) Lasseter was born in H0llywood, California, on January 12.
3.) Lasseter developed a profound love for animation as a child.
4.) Tim Burton attended CalArts as well.
5.) Tim Burton joined the year after Lasseter joined.
4 questions
1.) What was it about cartoons that interested Lasseter to develop a passion for animation?
2.) Were there any other career options Lasseter took into consideration?
3.) Why did Tim Burton feel as if he was in the Army while being part of CalArts?
4.) Have Tim Burton and Lasseter worked together to create a movie?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Algorithms - A step-by-step problem-solving procedure, especially an established, recursive computational procedure for solving a problem in a finite number of steps Pg. 45
2.) Juvenilia - works, esp. writings, produced in one's youth Pg. 46
3.) Excise - an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country Pg. 51
2 literary techniques
1.) "John's got an instinctive feel for character and movement and shows every indication of blossoming here." This is characterization because Mel Shaw is telling the Los Angeles Times how John is progressing at CalArts. Pg. 50
2.) "The real disease, the company's sleeping sickness, continued to take its toll." This is personification because a company can not have a sleeping sickness. Pg. 52
1 summarizing sentence
1.) John Lasseter was your typical geek who wanted to pursue a career in animation, even though others would consider it childish on his behalf. Lasseter went against the odds and is one of Hollywood's most well known computer animators.
The Pixar Touch Journal Entry #3
5 comments
1.) Catmull and his colleagues worked on the computer graphics for films such as Alien, Star Trek and Star Wars.
2.) Catmull had an office working for Lucas Films but Lucas Films didn't even have a computer in their facility.
3.) George Lucas appears to be ungrateful for the work that Catmull and his men did for Star Wars.
4.) George Lucas never called Catmull to thank him nor did he decide to use computer graphics and the sequel to Star Wars.
5.) I find George Lucas to be egotistical.
4 questions
1.) Why didn't George Lucas call Catmull and thank him?
2.) Did George Lucas take the computer graphics for granted?
3.) Does George Lucas understand that the film Star Wars was ahead of its time?
4.) Does George Lucas understand the amount of hardwork Catmull and his colleagues put into making the computer graphics?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Exodus - a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people Pg. 34
2.) Importuned - to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence Pg. 36
3.)Verisimilitude - the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability Pg. 40
2 literary techniques
1.) "He had a sense that he had been betrayed, that they had sort of taken advantage of him." This is dramatic irony because we know the reader knows that Schure wasn't betrayed considering he became director of the lab he was in. Pg. 34
2.) "He was the funniest guys on Earth." This is a hyperbole because it is an immense exaggeration about how funny Brad Bird is. Pg. 36
1 summarizing sentence
1.) Catmull is fortunate to work with Disney rather than Lucas Film because George Lucas didn't have the courtesy to thank Catmull and his men for creating an instant classic.
1.) Catmull and his colleagues worked on the computer graphics for films such as Alien, Star Trek and Star Wars.
2.) Catmull had an office working for Lucas Films but Lucas Films didn't even have a computer in their facility.
3.) George Lucas appears to be ungrateful for the work that Catmull and his men did for Star Wars.
4.) George Lucas never called Catmull to thank him nor did he decide to use computer graphics and the sequel to Star Wars.
5.) I find George Lucas to be egotistical.
4 questions
1.) Why didn't George Lucas call Catmull and thank him?
2.) Did George Lucas take the computer graphics for granted?
3.) Does George Lucas understand that the film Star Wars was ahead of its time?
4.) Does George Lucas understand the amount of hardwork Catmull and his colleagues put into making the computer graphics?
3 vocabulary words
1.) Exodus - a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people Pg. 34
2.) Importuned - to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence Pg. 36
3.)Verisimilitude - the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability Pg. 40
2 literary techniques
1.) "He had a sense that he had been betrayed, that they had sort of taken advantage of him." This is dramatic irony because we know the reader knows that Schure wasn't betrayed considering he became director of the lab he was in. Pg. 34
2.) "He was the funniest guys on Earth." This is a hyperbole because it is an immense exaggeration about how funny Brad Bird is. Pg. 36
1 summarizing sentence
1.) Catmull is fortunate to work with Disney rather than Lucas Film because George Lucas didn't have the courtesy to thank Catmull and his men for creating an instant classic.
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