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.