PSAT practice test 1 Question 8 module 1 Reading & Writing computer animators prioritize

0:03 lifelike, are they? Many computer animators prioritize this question as they strive to create ever more realistic environments and lighting. Generally, while characters in computer animated films appear highly exaggerated, environments and lighting are carefully engineered to mimic reality. But some animators, such as Pixar's Sanjay Patel, are focused on a different question. Rather than asking first whether the environments and lighting they're creating are convincingly lifelike, Patel and others are asking whether these elements reflect their film's unique stories. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined question in the text as a whole? A. It reflects a primary goal that many computer animators have for

0:50 certain components of the animations they produce. B. It represents a concern of computer animators who are more interested in creating unique backgrounds and lighting effects than realistic ones. C. It conveys the uncertainty among many computer animators about how to create realistic animations using current technology. D. It illustrates a reaction that audiences typically have to the appearance of characters created by computer animators. So in question 8, we have to describe the function of the underlying question in the text. So what is the underlined question? It is how lifelike are they? So the computer animators who are there, they have this question, how lifelike are they? And they prioritize or this is the most important question they have as they strive to create ever more realistic

1:38 environments and lighting. So they ask this question so that they can create more realistic environments and lighting in their animations. Then, generally, while character in computer animated films appear highly exaggerated, what about the characters? Like, for example, let us take Shrek. Shrek doesn't look like anything we see every day. But what about his house around him or the jungles and forests around him? They all look normal and natural. But his character, that is highly exaggerated. The environments and lighting are carefully engineered to mimic reality. So, whatever is around Shrek, let's say, it's all... But the character itself is not that much real. It's exaggerated. But there are also other animators like Pixar's Sanjay Patel. And what is his focus?

2:28 His focus is on a different question. So... Instead of asking first whether the environments and lighting they are creating are convincingly life-like, Patel and others are asking whether these elements reflect their film's unique stories. So they are focused a little bit on whether these elements can properly reflect the unique stories of the films. So let us see which are the answers which we can easily eliminate first. So you can see that D can be eliminated because it just says it illustrates a reaction that audiences typically have to appearance of characters created by computer animators. Here in this paragraph we don't have any reaction by any audience. So definitely this answer cannot be there. And C is also not correct. This one says it conveys the uncertainty among many computer animators

3:13 about how to create realistic animations using current technology. So... Nowhere over here computer animators are talking about any kind of uncertainty about how to create realistic animation. That is not mentioned at all. And now between A and B, let's see. So B says it represents a concern of computer animators who are more interested in creating unique backgrounds and lighting effects than realistic ones. Is this the main thing? Are they more interested in creating backgrounds and lighting than realistic ones? so this doesn't again this again is not the main function of the underlying question the main function uh is between how lifelike are they it's talking about first the computer animators who

3:59 are trying to create more realistic environments even though the characters might be exaggerated but they are trying to see the environments and lighting which are mimicking reality and the other part also whether these elements can reflect the film's unique story. So both the types, they are more interested in seeing whether it suits the situation. So basically, A is the best answer because A says it reflects the primary goal. And you can also see the word prioritize which means the primary goal that many computer animators have for certain components of the animations they produce. So what is the primary goal they have in mind? So choice A is the best answer because it most accurately describes the function of the underlying question in the text as a whole. The

4:45 text begins with the underlying question, how lifelike are they? The text then explains that many computer animators pose this question about the environments and lighting that they create for animated films, striving for realistic animation of those components even if the characters themselves aren't portrayed in realistic terms. The focus of the text then shifts to describe how some animators strive to create environments and lighting that reflect the film's unique stories rather than making them appear realistic. Therefore, the function of the underlined question is to reflect a primary goal that many computer animators have for certain components of the animations they produce. Choice B is incorrect because, as the text makes clear, the underlined question is one posed by computer animators who wish to create realistic backgrounds and lighting

5:34 effects, not by those who instead wish to create effects that reflect film's unique stories and aren't necessarily realistic. This latter group of animators is discussed later in the text. Choice C is incorrect, as the text explains, many computer animators strive for realistic environments and lighting, while others do not. This difference of approach relates to whether these components should be realistic, not to how realism can be achieved using current technology, and the text never suggests that animators are uncertain how to achieve it. Choice D is incorrect because the underlined question pertains to the perspective of computer animators, not the audience, and the text never considers audiences' reactions to characters in animated films.