Luna & Lars
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- Опубліковано 25 лют 2024
- Luna & Lars
The romance of two puppets is threatened when sinister forces infiltrate their miniature theatre home.
Luna & Lars is a deeply personal collaborative project that began in 2011, when McCanna “Mac” Sinise composed and recorded the instrumental song “Waltz For Addicts” on piano. Screenwriter Lia Woodward listened to the song and envisioned an animated story that could accompany Mac’s evocative music. The haunting, tragic, and beautiful song strongly resonated with Lia and she wrote the first draft of “Luna & Lars” soon after. Inspired by the screenplay, Mac then wrote lyrics to “Waltz For Addicts” based on the story and recorded it with a string ensemble and vocals. Two years later in 2013, Mac and Lia began a journey to produce the script into an animated short, with Mac composing, orchestrating, and conducting an original score for the film.
When Mac and Lia approached director Anna Zlokovic to helm Luna & Lars, she was immediately taken by the script’s emotional storyline, and by Mac and Lia’s dedication and passion. The script’s themes of love, loss, and how we evolve as people through grief, resonated deeply with her. The artistic potential of stop motion to communicate those themes was equally as exciting, and Anna dove into learning everything she could about the medium. From there, an exceptional team of artists- comprised largely of fellow undergraduate and graduate students at USC-was gathered. Work began on what would be 4 months of filming every weekend in between classes. The final result is a labor of love from all involved.
Mac’s song “Waltz For Addicts” is featured in the end credits of the film.
The film premiered in May 2014 and went on to win many awards in 2015 including Best Animated Short at Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles; the Platinum Remi Award at Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival; Best Animation Short, Best Picture Finalist at Temecula Independent Film Festival; International Short Film Finalist at USA Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival Animation Award of Merit, and New Filmmakers of LA awards for Best Animated Short and for Best Score
Directed by - Anna Zlokovic
Written by - Lia Woodward
Animation by - Brandon Lake brandonlake.com
Produced by - Anna Zlokovic, Lia Woodward & Simona Kessler
Executive Producer - McCanna Sinise
Cinematography by - Anna Zlokovic
Production Design - M Dougherty
Composer - McCanna Sinise
Editor - Anna Zlokovic
Sound Design - Ankur Agrawal
Colorist - Powell Robinson
How have I not heard of this young man before his huge loss to this world. 🙏 RIP Impactful One. ❤️
RIP Mac. Your legacy lives on in your creative pieces. Enjoying them all thank you
Mac, you were a talented young man with a wonderful and infectious spirit. I hate that you went through what you did, but now you can rest in peace, making beautiful music in heaven, with the greatest choir ever!
Perfectly done. Amazing animation, and the music is beautiful. The ending was really good. Thank you to everyone involved in making this, and to making it available to see. God bless.
R.I.P. Mac... we'll make sure that this talent of yours is forever heard. 🙏
Seeing what he did with just his music..he would have made an amazing director too. May he find wonderful venues over the rainbow Bridge to show his talents.
I’m so grateful for these videos. I think the world of Mac’s dad and mother and I wish there was some way to comfort them. I thank you for sharing these videos of his music.
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A story that touches the heart. The music is hauntingly beautiful. Such talent on the part of all involved. Thanks for sharing.
Huge hugs to all that hurt. ❤
Rest easy Mac!
Brilliant music. Rest easy, Mac.
Gosh, I love this so much! ❤ Rest In Paradise, Mac. 🕊️
🙏🙏🙏 RIP 🙏🙏🙏
Though the comment shows my husbands name since i use his computer, its music that gives me life and helps me breath....I love all types and am honored to have heard and seen this too. Talent has boundless limits and with only imagination as the common feature it is the lasting impressions that makekeep it alive forever along with those who have journeyed on ...
Soaringly beautiful music. Each of his pieces increases the ache in my heart that is his loss to his family and the world. These memories are a blessing.
Cello is hauntingly beautiful.
Thank you for the magic Mac..!! 💕🙏 ❤
So talented. God bless you Mac.
RIP🕊️😢
Exquisite.
Bravo!
Beautiful! 💔
RIP ❤
Wonderful!
Beautiful 😊
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MAC SINISE🕯️🤍🙏🕉️💫
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Mac, you died at age 33, the same age as Jesus. What does it suggest? That you and your family are chosen: that God favored you all with a much bigger sliver of the cross than He did many of us. Continue the good that you started here in this valley of tears. Pray for us. Enjoy playing music with St. Cecilia and all the angels there! They will enjoy your wonderful pieces! You are a most beautiful boy, Pride of your Dad and Mom! I ache for them but not for you because your mission here is truly done. Not yet, for your Dad, Mom, Sister, Grandparents, they still have to help Jesus carry His cross. Congratulations!
He also died on a Friday at around 3pm, just like Jesus!
“The week the album went to press, Mac lost his battle with cancer. He died on January 5, 2024 at 3:25pm, and was laid to rest on January 23rd.”
How beautiful, how moving, Thank you for sharing this. God must love Mac very very very much!
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