When I first joined the Kung Fu Panda 3 team, I was given the task of making the panda village feel like a real place. This sequence, which eventually didn't make it to the final version of the film, was my one of my attempts.
For this version, we had some secondary characters already somewhat developed, we had a rough layout for the village in 3D and loose script pages. Our guest story team from China had some great comments on making the village appear more authentic. They said they wanted Po to feel subconsciously at home seeing somehow familiar sights, inhaling and tasting forgotten scents and flavors. The idea of the traditional hacky-sack game was also brought up. I took all of that into account as I was planning out the scene.
It took around a month to board. Had a ton of fun doing so.
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