The Pixar Touch Journal Entry #10

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.