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now we are here with the team
that brought the beautiful walt disney
animation studios
raya and the last dragon to life kelsey
gabriela and schweda thank you so much
for being here today thank you for
having us
thank you thank you you worked on the
technical team for the movie
so for those who don't know what does
the tech team do
the technical director team which is the
team that we're currently on
is kind of the bridge between technology
and production
it's our responsibility to make sure
that we have everything that we need on
a technical level
in order to complete this movie none of
the work that we do
actually shows up on screen but the tds
end up touching almost every shot that
comes through we work very closely with
the artists and with the engineers to
make sure that the artists have what
they need
it's a little bit behind the scenes but
i feel like it's just as important and
it's also super fun
there's always a technical challenge to
work on
every day and that's what i love about
it the most it's never the same issue
and it's super fun you all have been
with walt disney animation studios for
years and you've seen the technology
of walt disney animation studios evolve
over time
so i'm curious of what were the steps of
evolution of technology that led to ryan
the last dragon i think rya is really
interesting because it's the movie
that's brought together
the technology that we've been working
on probably for about the last 10 years
we have hyperion which is our final
frame in-house renderer
from big hero 6. we also have the water
from moana
and the advancement of our fur system
that we saw in zootopia
and our upgraded volumetric and
environment tool set
systems that we saw on frozen two we're
working on some really cool stuff for
the future so we're really excited for
everyone to see
where it's at right now knowing we're
gonna take it even further
on our next movie is there a particular
moment in the movie or working on the
movie that
your team is particularly proud of one
of our team members actually went and
helped hand place all the drones
in the movie because there's so much
effects and in general i'd say
we have such an amazing team that they
just made it look so easy it's just
really amazing
that they were able to do that
especially during really hard times and
it was very inspiring to me and made me
want to be a better td myself and a
better person just seeing
how strong they were and how resilient
they were you know i can't
imagine how difficult it was to finish
from people's
homes so how do you feel that your team
dynamic allowed
for such an accomplishment we saw our
team as
humans first and we wanted to make sure
that they knew that we were always there
for them
like whatever they needed we wanted to
make sure that they took care of
themselves their families and their
mental health first like that was very
important to us to make sure that we
built a really strong community
you're all part of such a strong female
team how does that empower you
as individuals and collaborators i know
i'm able to do my best work because of
these two
right here we had such an amazing team
and we were so collaborative
and honestly we had so much trust
between us
that i know that they always had my back
and hopefully the same vice versa
it really empowers me to use my voice
and share my story to help inspire
others that they can do this too and
that they can be just as successful
i hope that in the future like an
all-female tech team will just be normal
and that we just see more of it this is
not a role i was aware of when i first
came to the states and
i'm hoping that with this role i'm able
to also help
people who are thinking of stem which is
science technology engineering and math
see computer animation as fun and stem
as fun
and i'm hoping that this is a more
accessible role
in the future the movie has so many
great themes but
um some things i hope that they take
away from the movie are
just that it's okay to ask for help and
with a strong support system you can get
through
anything also i'm super excited that
we're also at the studio just trying to
have more representation and doing the
southeast asian stories is super
important
and i hope that we continue to do that
and embrace more different stories and
bring that to life
thank you all so much for being here
today and for sharing
so many wonderful gold nuggets about
what you do
and hopefully not hopefully i know you
have inspired so many people
including myself today so thank you
again thank you so much for having us
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