I was asked if I was choosing a specific culture or setting for my film. I answered that my characters will look more Asian because of the way I draw. The backgrounds will look like the woods in Beauty and the Beast [if it weren't for the dialogue, I wouldn't know it was set in France]. The following is my research on different parts of the world I liked. I don't want my work to look culturally set in Asia because this film is not directed at that demographic only. Healing of Snow has a universal theme with layers of different characteristics found in us as humans, the choices that parents make for their children, the desires of freedom from children, and relationships with nature.
I was looking at German forests for the mood:
I was looking at German forests for the mood:
I don't like how thin branches are in Canada and China, so I'm looking at European forests. Here's Russia:
And finally, France [their winter is kind of dull, but they do have the Alps]:
Canada has this though, Aurora Borealis:
