Marianela Maldonado
The Chopin Shorts: Mixing Worlds Collection
The Chopin Shorts is a collection of animations made by award winning directors, produced to accompany the Puppet Animation film The Magic Piano. All the Chopin Shorts are set to a Chopin etude performed by Chinese Pianist Lang Lang. Each short is set to one of Chopin’s etudes. Mixing Worlds Collection consists of: "Paper Piano" (set to Opus 25. No. 7), which tells the tale of a young Venezuelan girl, who negotiates the urban jungle of Caracas every week to be part of the ground breaking Youth Orchestra movement “El Sistema” where kids, often from impoverished backgrounds, begin by learning music on paper instruments which they construct themselves. "Lexdysia" (set to Opus 25. No. 6) inventively combines live action and different forms of animation. A boy with dyslexia is struggling to read; the words contort into all manner of fantastical fare, and come out of the book and dance a wild dance around his room. "Chopin to Infinity" (set to Opus 10. No. 8) combines 3D animation with 3D aerial photography. This follows the flying machine as seen in many of the other Chopin Shorts on a journey over San Francisco Bay.
Apple TVThe Chopin Shorts: Mixing Worlds Collection
The Chopin Shorts is a collection of animations made by award winning directors, produced to accompany the Puppet Animation film The Magic Piano. All the Chopin Shorts are set to a Chopin etude performed by Chinese Pianist Lang Lang. Each short is set to one of Chopin’s etudes. Mixing Worlds Collection consists of: "Paper Piano" (set to Opus 25. No. 7), which tells the tale of a young Venezuelan girl, who negotiates the urban jungle of Caracas every week to be part of the ground breaking Youth Orchestra movement “El Sistema” where kids, often from impoverished backgrounds, begin by learning music on paper instruments which they construct themselves. "Lexdysia" (set to Opus 25. No. 6) inventively combines live action and different forms of animation. A boy with dyslexia is struggling to read; the words contort into all manner of fantastical fare, and come out of the book and dance a wild dance around his room. "Chopin to Infinity" (set to Opus 10. No. 8) combines 3D animation with 3D aerial photography. This follows the flying machine as seen in many of the other Chopin Shorts on a journey over San Francisco Bay.
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The Magic Piano
A fantastical adventure about a young girl, Anna, who discovers an old piano that transforms into a Jules Verne styled flying machine. Anna's father works abroad, and she misses him terribly, so she determines to take the flying machine on what turns out to be a perilous journey to find her father. The film is made by the producer of the Oscar winning animation Peter and the Wolf, and is made in the same puppet animation technique. Magic Piano was short-listed for the 2012 Oscars and the film is set to Chopin's Etudes, played by Chinese pianist Lang Lang. The film was performed with live piano in London's Queen Elizabeth Hall and New York's Lincoln Centre. The film features some of the most advanced puppet animation footage every achieved, and includes the longest continuous Puppet Animation shot in history. A treat for lovers of animation and lovers of classical music as well for children. The film was produced along with the Chopin Shorts Collections, which also feature Chopin sound tracks played by Lang Lang.
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A fantastical adventure about a young girl, Anna, who discovers an old piano that transforms into a Jules Verne styled flying machine. Anna's father works abroad, and she misses him terribly, so she determines to take the flying machine on what turns out to be a perilous journey to find her father.
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Peter & the Wolf
An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite. Peter is a slight lad, solitary, locked out of the woods by his protective grandfather, his only friend a duck. In town, he's bullied. When a wolf menaces the duck - as well as grandfather's fat cat and an ill-flying bird that Peter has befriended - Peter bravely tries to tree the wolf. Grandfather, the townspeople, and the hunters who have antagonized Peter figure in the dénouement.
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An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite. Peter is a slight lad, solitary, locked out of the woods by his protective grandfather, his only friend a duck. In town, he's bullied. When a wolf menaces the duck - as well as grandfather's fat cat and an ill-flying bird that Peter has befriended - Peter bravely tries to tree the wolf. Grandfather, the townspeople, and the hunters who have antagonized Peter figure in the dénouement.
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