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Mar 12, 2022 · Director Domee Shi explains how Pixar teamed up with Disney Hong Kong and Turning Red’s songwriters and composer to produce the movie’s ending song.
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- What Turning Red’s Chant Translates to in English
- What Turning Red’s Chant Really Means
- How Accurate Was Turning Red's Portrayal of Chinese-Canadian Culture?
While Cantonese uses tones, where the speaker has to change the pitch of their voice to distinguish between different words, the chant in Turning Red’s panda ceremony is hard to make out because the tones aren’t always clearly defined. Several native Cantonese speakers noted this on Reddit, but not using tones is typical in chant. It’s important to...
While Shi calls this piece they’ve included a “protection chant,” or as Turning Red’s soundtrack calls it, “Red Moon Ritual,” there’s more to it than that. When Mei asks what her relatives are chanting, Mr. Gao (James Hong) says, “It doesn’t matter,” but what does matter is that they sing from the heart. Ludwig Göransson, who composed the original ...
Turning Red has a responsibility to be as accurate to Chinese-Canadian culture as possible — so how does the Pixar movie measure up? In terms of puberty, Turning Red does a great job of showcasing how teens navigate such a difficult time. The animated romp covers everything from conflicting emotions to changing bodies to the development of new and ...
Mar 11, 2022 · Director Domee Shi is excited as she discusses one of her favorite scenes from her first feature: when Meilin Lee, her 13-year-old protagonist, “goes down her lusty drawing spiral under her bed...
May 14, 2024 · We know Domee Shi for her 2018 Oscar-winning animated short film Bao, and now she’s back as the director of Disney Pixar’s latest animated film Turning Red. This new original feature film introduces 13 year old, straight-A student, Meilin Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), or “Mei”.
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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May 6, 2022 · One day, Mei transforms into a giant red panda—and learns that all the women in her family go through this startling change during puberty, poofing into a red panda whenever they feel any...
Feb 23, 2022 · Mei, the 13-year-old protagonist, begins sketching a boy on the pages of her math homework when she realizes she’s drawing the likeness of Devon, a 17-year-old boy who works at the local Daisy...
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