The Story of Pixar

The author uses a quotation from the movie Toy Story in the first paragraph to —

• explain to the reader what the movie is about

• establish the purpose of the selection for the reader

• describe one of the movie’s main characters for the reader

• gain the reader’s attention with a familiar saying

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How is the selection organized?

• It describes the causes of the obstacles Pixar experienced and how these challenges affected the company.

• It states general information about Pixar’s movies and then gives specific information about the software used to create the movies.

• It relates the development of Pixar from its early stages to the present.

• It compares the technology Pixar uses to the technology used by other film companies.

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Which experience contributed most to the Pixar team’s success in the film industry?

• Working for George Lucas at Lucasfilm

• Designing computer software that created lifelike images

• Improving how x-ray images are presented

• Working for Steve Jobs to create technical graphics for various industries

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Which sentence from the selection explains why Pixar became involved in the film industry?

• This computer, called Pixar, could make realistic three-dimensional images better and faster than any computer before it.

• RenderMan made it possible to create pictures that looked almost like real photographs.

• Jobs, who was very good at selling computers, wanted to sell the Pixar computer to hospitals.

• However, since running Pixar was very expensive, Jobs agreed to the production of animated films in an effort to make Pixar profitable.

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How does the author support the claim that Pixar set the standard for animated films?

• By explaining how the Pixar computer could be beneficial to society

• By outlining the reasons Disney was interested in acquiring Pixar

• By mentioning the people who were involved in the development of the Pixar computer

• By describing the achievements that demonstrate Pixar’s status in the movie industry

The photograph is included in the selection most likely to show —

• how Pixar creates the characters for its animated movies

• a digitally animated scene from one of Pixar’s award-winning movies

• two of the characters that have made Toy Story so popular since its release

• how Toy Story uses advanced technology to tell a story about friendship

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In paragraph 2 the word enamored most likely means...

• entranced with

• fell in love with

• full of armour

• critical of

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What is the controling idea of the selection?

• Pixar's development of computer graphics led a revolution in the world of three-dimensional images.

• Steve Job's investment in Pixar led the company to become the best animation studio in the world.

• Catmull, Lasseter, and Lucas were pioneers in the animated film industry that set the standard for other animation companies to follow.

• Renderman software was key in developing the animated films that led to the success of Pixar.

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The author most likely wrote this selectio to...

• explain how Pixar was created and the impact it has had on animation technology.

• highlight the importance of Steve Jobs in Pixar.

• inform the reader about the different Pixar movies and thier impact on children.

• explain to the reader how animation software was developed.

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Which detail best support the idea that Pixar has set the standard for other animation studios?

• By 1990, Pixar had stopped trying to sell its computer and technical graphics and was focusing solely on animation.

• The extrmely complex computer, priced at about $125,000, was capable of benefiting the space and medical industries.

• Today animation filmmakers look to Pixar films as the standard they must try to reach.

• Moviegoers were enamored of the film and not just for its groundbreaking technology.

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