by Nathan Southern
synopsis
Hungarian animator Géza M. Tóth directed the 5-minute, CG-animated short Maestro. The work brings the audience inside of a cuckoo clock, to a miniature "dressing room" where the resident cuckoo bird - clad in a top hat, black tie, coat and tails - sits before a mirror and prepares for his latest performance. When the clock strikes, he will be guided out of the window by a giant mechanical arm and sing valiantly. Tóth patterned the dressing room in the film (down to the minor details) after that of the Operahouse in Budapest.
characteristics
- Singer
- Rehearsal
- Singing
- Song
- Talented Animals
- Performer
- Performance
- Clock
- Grooming [animals]
- Just For Fun
- Musician's Life
- Birds