The Pixar Touch Journal Entry #4

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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.