the impact that pixar has on all humans it's really kind of amazing to think about i've
been watching pixar my entire life within this sort of treasure chest you put memories of your
childhood in pixar films pretty large to this day they're incredibly entertaining and deep
and there's so much meaning behind them you know watching turning red
it really resonated with me this is grade eight i don't got time to mess around the
challenge we always set for ourselves at pixar is we want it to feel like our films
are grounded in stories that are specific and unique but also universal what's going on honey
the goal is to have it be based in personal experience and i don't know if domi has come clean
but it's a little autobiographical this story the inspiration behind turning red comes from my own
life growing up as a dorky chinese-canadian girl in toronto canada it really taps into that awkward
cringy time in all of our lives when we were 13 when everything in our lives were changing what
is that some of the craziest moments in the film are based on things that have happened to domey
except of course for the giant for a red panda i think turning red is universal it's about
finding your own voice and then accepting your own voice we're bringing something new
and different while also keeping with the pixar tradition of great stories and great characters
my whole life i've been perfect little maybe but maybe i like this new me this film is set in 2002
toronto i think bright pastels and scrunchies graphic tees and bucket hats may is our spunky 13
year old protagonist nerd and proud of it y equals negative four she has to balance family life
social life friend's life and school life this is grade eight i don't got time to mess around may
you send me based off of myself and my ride-or-die dork squad and she is the apple of her mom's eye
they are basically joined at the hip give me five yeah i play the character of ming who is mei's mom
ming is a little i would say hyper vigilant but loves her daughter deeply everything changes
for may when she wakes up one morning and she's a giant eight foot tall furry red panda
this isn't happening she's feeling like this is the worst thing ever her friends are right
there to be like it's not the worst thing ever i'm a furry digging time bomb of awesomeness
and now you can come with us to four towns i'm never gonna let you cry no poor town
are the world's greatest boy band mae's first crush her mom would not approve why are they
called four town if there are five of them when we got approached about this project we
left at the opportunity it's literally been the most fun we've had writing
the animation the characters and then the story itself it's a very specific vision
coming from domi what makes turning red so universal is that it really
taps into that awkward time in all of our lives i'm finally figuring out who i
am everyone goes through it and you will survive and thrive
hi my name is domishi and i am the director of disney and pixar's turning red let's get
to know some of the amazing people that helped bring this movie to life
yes so the character i related to most on turning red was may lee maylie gotta be may i love you mae
you're our girl she's just this amazing energetic awkward and really likable character i just
remember myself hitting puberty at that time and just feeling such a wide range of emotions and
just feeling like i have another self trying to break free i was exactly like her when i was 13
i was dorky but i didn't know it i was confident and i was a proud mama's girl just like she was
probably being the mom i know what it feels like to have kids going through
puberty and that sad moment where you're like oh no they're not my little kid anymore they're
turning into their own person in my 20s i would say definitely abby i was definitely
we got to do this we gotta do it right now i was intense then when you get to your 40s you're like
priya you're like it's gonna be okay don't worry about it one of the things i'm most proud of is
how i got to help everyone find the unique look of the film we tried something different and that
it's very stylized the gorgeous color palette you know we were really going for that dreamy teenage
vaporwave fever dream and so we added a lot of pastel blues and raspberry pinks i'm also proud
to have been part of the decision to kind of reach out to billy and phineas to do our four-town songs
one personal contribution that i'm pretty proud of is repping nerdy girls which when you watch
the movie there's just so many moments that i just plucked from my own personal experience and memory
of just being this nerdy passionate girl drawing boys and mermen in my sketchbook secretly under my
bed or my favorite boy band members all of that is in the movie and it's it makes me cringe but
i'm also very proud of its inclusion domi she is an absolute brilliant mind and collaborating with
her as a director on her first film was such a joy collaborating with domi on her first feature film
was kind of a dream come true i mean not only is she kind of an amazing storyteller with such a
unique voice and a vision but it's also getting to work for the first time with our first solo female
director which you know that's huge she has a quirky sensibility in a really amazing design
sense and that is an amazing experience for any animator to her director to know exactly what
she wanted she is the most fearless most decisive director that i have ever worked with and so to
be able to collaborate her on a feature film was just kind of a dream come true i would do anything
with and for domi now and in the future collaborating with all the talented people
at pixar was just an amazing experience being able to work with these super talented artists
and animators they were able to take this small idea that i had and just take it so
much further than where i could have imagined it going and it's just really really fun and amazing
a woman in animation who has inspired me and made a huge impact on my life is rumiko takahashi
she is an amazingly talented japanese comic artist created many many hits including ranma half
and inuyasha which are animes that i grew up watching and i just love not only her raw
talent in drawing these really funny but exciting and romantic stories but also that she kind of
gave hope for me as a nerdy 13 year old asian kid living in canada that i could draw for a living
and thrive so one woman who has inspired me and had an impact on my life is danielle feinberg
not only is she ridiculously smart but she has this energy that everyone is attracted to
she listens she has a big heart but she also is not afraid to take on anything and that's really
inspirational when at times it can feel like it's kind of against all odds when you're the minority
in a room or in a meeting she she forages forward and i find that very inspirational a woman in my
field who has made a massive impact on my life is someone named sharon callahan who has directed
the lighting in a bunch of pixar films and taught me everything i know about lighting but also took
me under her wing and kind of guided me through my career over time women that have inspired me
in my job are actually women that i'm working with all the time at pixar i i feel like i'm
surrounded by these incredibly impressive women so i feel like i have a really lucky situation
where i can just look around call text scream down the hall and amazing women are right there
for me to look to for advice in any kind of given situation a woman in my creative field that have
had just a tremendous influence over me is my mentor mary coleman she is so empowering
so kind and i feel like her life goal really is to uplift young women into the role
and the women that they were meant to grow into and coming into this role as a production
designer and turning red i really just wanted to be like her so yeah she's my role model
i hope you enjoyed this behind the scenes look at turning red which was pixar's turning red
um and it's just kind of interesting because uh this is a movie that could be
in theaters but is for some reason it's not in theaters and um pixar's encounter was in theaters
and last a pixar film released was luca and that was released on in disney plus as well
and which is kind of strange because that was a phenomenal film on its own uh most pixar films
touch on the basis of human uh emotions which is uh amazing because a lot of children films
don't do that and they don't teach the basis of human emotions to children
and that's very very important and if you're interested in 3d and all that kind of stuff
i do uh work with that a little bit here on this channel if you want to learn some beginner stuff
i have a lot of beginner stuff here on this channel um and i'm really excited for this film
are you excited for this film let me know down in the comments down below and we're also celebrating
uh women's month this month so go ahead down the comments down below and celebrate your mom
uh sisters celebrating my my wife my mom and my sister my grandmother my uh little cousin i have
so many uh women in my family strong uh female figures in my family so i highly recommend uh
going on the comments down below uh put down your a strong female figure in your family
as well as are you gonna check out uh turning red like me and my family are gonna check out
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enthusiasts anybody interested in animation and i have more onset stuff including the batman as you
can see i still have some of this stuff up from last week so i'll see you here next time later