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Jun 16, 2018 · "Bao" (the animated short that plays before "Incredibles 2") director Domee Shi discusses being faithful to Chinese culture and how she almost didn't include the shocking ending.
- tracy.brown@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Jun 26, 2018 · Domee Shi, who both wrote and directed Bao, explained why she chose a Chinese dumpling, aka a bao, to represent
- Sophie Hirsh
Jun 19, 2018 · "Bao," the title of the Pixar short film that precedes Incredibles 2 in theaters, has two meanings, according to its director, Domee Shi: Depending how you pronounce it, the word "Bao" can mean...
Jun 21, 2018 · Directed by Domee Shi, Bao centres on a Chinese mother with a case of empty-nest syndrome. She gets a second chance at motherhood when one of the dumplings she made comes to life as a tiny,...
- Use weekends to work on what interests you the most. When she came up with the concept for Bao, Shi was working at Pixar as a story artist on Inside Out.
- Your writing should be equally strange and specific. While Bao started "as a personal side project I started outside of work," as she was pitching it to various people around Pixar, it came to the attention of Pete Docter, who had acted as a mentor figure to Shi (and who later came on board Bao as an executive producer).
- The simpler the story is, the better. Shi remembered that "I always knew I wanted to do a story about a lonely empty nester fantasy in order to process her real son moving away.
- Know your characters. Research served as a big part of the film. Shi told of how the field trips yielded inspiration for almost everything visual in the film, from the signs on the bus to to the clothes the mother wears.
Feb 7, 2022 · From Disney and Pixar and directed by Domee Shi (who made the short Bao), the animated feature Turning Red tells the story of Mei Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), a 13-year-old who’s equal...
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Bao is a 2018 American animated short film written and directed by Domee Shi and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It is the first Pixar short film to be directed by a female director. It was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival before being released with Incredibles 2 on June 15, 2018.
