THURSDAY...Aside from working hard and getting a ton of math and reading done today, we had a special visitor today. Mr. Reed, an artist and an educator, came in to talk about animation and the invention of the thaumatrope, one of the very first instruments of animation. The kids were fascinated, especially with the lecture Mr. Reed gave on how Pixar animation actually works and just how long it takes to make one of those amazing movies.
You need to know a lot of math to make animation at Pixar. For instance, a Pixar movie is approximately 90 minutes long. A minute is sixty seconds long. One second of Pixar movie is made up of 24 frames. Each frame takes 6 hours of computer time to render. In conclusion , that is a LOT OF WORK!
You would think this would deter many people from wanting to work at Pixar, but the kids all busily chattered away about getting employed there. I think it was the mentioning of the breakfast cereal bar and video arcade that did it.
There was a morning assembly after recess to officially welcome the kids back to school. Mr. Poon and Mr. Wong both reminded the kids about the rules of the playground, four square, kickball, and the obvious rule about not bringing toys from home to school. Ms. Lau also took the opportunity to explain our composting rules, and complimented the kids on a job well done in lowering the amount of waste Sutro puts out every year. Good job, students! Kudos to you!
Tomorrow...more Bridge to Terabithia. Also, we start talking about my personal favorite subject in science...THE SOLAR SYSTEM! See you tomorrow!
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