Films >   Live Music

Live Music is inspired by Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” and early CGI shorts. Set in a musical instrument store, the story follows Riff, a rock ‘n’ roll guitar played by the legendary Steve Vai, who falls in love to the wrong song, but ends up with Vanessa, the classical violin of his dreams, brought to life by the talented Ann Marie Calhoun. Music is the essence of this story, allowing the expressions and actions of the characters to be instantly relatable globally. Live Music started with the creation of a virtual studio on Facebook and an open invitation to artists around the world to collaborate in the making of an animated short film. 58,000 + participants. 101 countries. 51 finalists from 17 different countries. Live Music is the result of the largest global animation collaboration ever.