Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Erica Milsom directs. Michaelle McGaraghan cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 48-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 2Released 4 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Editor Michaelle McGaraghan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Domee Shi and Rona Liu and Lindsey Collins carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt16026664 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 42 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing

Michaelle McGaraghan

Production design

Jacquelyn Scott

Runtime

48 min · 0h 48m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

G

IMDB

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red (2022) ↗

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• 
  The Pixar Shorts: A Short History

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• 
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  So Much Yellow

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red | Official Trailer | Disney+

  Trailer · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• r96sk2022-03-12
  ★ 6/10

  A neat look behind the scenes of 'Turning Red', though not the most interesting. The actual film is very good, fwiw. It's more about the people who made the film as opposed to the film itself, which is all fine but I'm always more interested in the onscreen stuff and the cast. We get to see a bit of Rosalie Chiang and a bit of Sandra Oh, but that's basically it. Animated films in general always seem to not showcase 'actors in the booth', which is kinda annoying. Like here, it's cool to see Oh in the booth - needed more of that for the whole cast! Of course, logistically that might not have been possible - though for this documentary they do send a separate camera crew to (pleasantly, I'd like to add) film a crew member's family so... This also completely sidesteps the controversy of theatrical release vs. Disney+ release. As expected, no doubt, but it feels like a massive elephant - or, should I say, panda ... sorry - in the room throughout. In conclusion, this serves a purpose but it's not as interesting as it could've been - in my opinion, obvs. It does, at least, shed light on important real world topics to be fair.

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• tmdb625835832022-09-12

  This doesn't show too much of the actual production, and it's stronger for it. Instead, it paints a beautiful portrait of the crew that shaped TURNING RED into what it is, showing how their lives informed everything from the character modeling to the production design and lighting, very cool stuff!

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Pixar

  US

Key crew

• Associate ProducerJeremy Quist
• ProducerKathy Cheun
• Line ProducerJeff Vibes
• SoundAdam Labadie
• CinematographyMichael Epple
• ProducerJennifer Zaccaro
• SoundAdriano Bravo
• EditorMichaelle McGaraghan
• Production DesignJacquelyn Scott
• ProducerSureena Mann
• SoundMichael Perez
• Production DesignBrahna Stone

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• filmmaking
• making of
• short film

Release history · US

When it landed

• Digital2022-03-11G· Disney+

Also known as

International titles

• Abrazando al Panda: Detrás de RedMX