With 'Abominable,' Shanghai's Pearl Studio and DreamWorks Animation aim for audiences in China and beyond
As writer-director Jill Culton and her team were animating their upcoming movie "Abominable," they wanted to make sure they got the details of a modern Chinese kitchen scene right. So Culton sent her overseas coproducers an early version of a table full of what she thought would be the right amount of food.
Not even close. In order to look authentic to a Chinese audience, that table had to be jam-packed with soup, chicken wings and other dishes, the China producers told Culton.
"We kept sending it back and forth, and they kept saying, 'More food, more food!'" Culton said via telephone. "I was laughing so hard."
That kind of cultural accuracy was made possible by a close collaboration
