Warm-hearted White： The Secret behind big hero 6 × Egg Guide

[Behind the scenes] The birth of robots

Dabai is a robot that can hug.

Don hall, the director of big hero 6, was still looking for the next new project. At the suggestion of john lasseter, the chairman of Walt Disney Animation Studio, he went through the inventory in Marvel Comics. The reason why Tang was attracted by this cartoon was that its name "Big Hero 6" was cool at first, but when he finished reading the cartoon, he found two interesting places: this story is a love letter written to Japanese culture, and the feeling of interdependence between a little boy and a robot. Emotion is the most touching thing.

So this animated film adapted from Marvel Comics’s 1998 cartoon began its journey. Tang and his partner, chris williams, went to many places to find out how far robots have developed. They want a unique robot that has never appeared on the big screen and can be hugged. Until they found the inflatable, soft robot — — Baymax was born in this way.

The shape comes from the totoro story, and the core lies in the family.

In western culture, high-tech and artificial intelligence always represent villains to a greater or lesser extent. For example, in Terminator, computer and mechanical warriors want to rule the world, but this is the opposite in Japan — — High-tech is the way to a better future, which is also the spirit that runs through this film.

Therefore, when creating this robot, the production team also integrated many Japanese cultures. Among them, Dabai’s chubby belly came from the shape of my neighbor totoro in Miyazaki Hayao, while the head was inspired by the traditional Japanese wind chime, which was inspired by the director when he visited a Japanese temple. The crack in the middle of the bell just connected two holes, just like eyes. However, the role designer didn’t give Dabai a mouth in the end, so the white fat man can only express his feelings with body movements and blinking — — To a certain extent, Dabai’s mood depends on you to guess.

However, no matter how big the stunt of the robot is and how cute the shape of Dabai is, the core of the movie is actually emotion. It depends on how a family can cheer up after suffering a tragedy and how those who have lost can accompany us in another way. Just like Frozen is actually about sisterhood, even if big hero 6 is a superhero, it can’t be separated from Disney-style family warmth.