Twitch has not as yet given the work of Jonathan Nix any attention. [b]That will change.[/b] Better late than never, right? Jonathan's work producing animated shorts and soundtracks for the same has won him critical acclaim at festivals across his native Australia and beyond, and his latest project is the very wonderful-looking [i]The Missing Key[/i]. This planned 25-minute short appears to build on the whimsical baroque setting for his earlier piece [i]Hello[/i] (2003), a melancholy Italianate fantasy world with a distinctive touch of the surreal, and so far it looks to be absolutely gorgeous. Find the synopsis and a two-minute preview trailer from YouTube embedded after the break.
[quote]Set in a richly re-imagined Venice of the early twentieth century, The Missing Key tells the story of the young composer Hero Wasabi and his clarinet-playing cat Jacuzzi. When Hero's almost completed musical composition and piano are destroyed by the villainous Morsocodo, henchman of rival composer Count Telefino, Hero has to search deep within himself to find a melody that can compete in the prestigious musical competition he has worked so hard to enter.[/quote]
[i]The Missing Key[/i] appears to have become very much an ongoing project, with other commitments forcing Jonathan Nix and his colleagues to delay it quite some time past its intended release, but Cartwheel Productions plan to have the film finally completed later this year. Fingers crossed!
