Luccica
In this modern opera, a couple eagerly enter their married lives by renovating an old Victorian they hope will become their home. But tragedy strikes when the young wife unexpectedly commits suicide—right before her husband’s eyes. Little did they know, the house was already inhabited by a ghostly apparition seeking revenge on the innocent couple for her own unfortunate life and untimely death. And she wants the husband too. Like a siren, she uses his former love’s own voice to lure him to his death in exchange for a more complete visage in the afterlife.
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Jesse McAnallyDirectorAfter Ashes, Sunny Days
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Jesse McAnallyWriterAfter Ashes, Sunny Days
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Frederick McAnallyProducerAfter Ashes, Sunny Days
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Stephanie StoikoKey Cast"Mimi"
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Phillip Shaun DevoneKey Cast"Tom"
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Rochelle NicholleKey Cast"Katie"
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Firas AllouchCinematographerAfter Ashes, Borders Crossed
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Zac ClarkGaffer
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Jenna KroepelAssistant Director
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Dark HoffmanVFXCurious Case of Benjamin Button; Idiocracy
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Fractal FXVFX
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Eli VailLighting Crew
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Nathan P KeelanLighting Crew
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Jeff KotLighting Crew
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Miranda MoffatLine ProducerSunny Days; After Ashes
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Shelby ZukScript Supervisors
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Aaron JesseScript Supervisors
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Gloria KoehlerCasting
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Sean SniderCamera Team
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Paul MaloneCamera Team
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Thomas ButcherCamera Team
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Tori SurowiecSpecial FX Makeup
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Manny AroyoColor Grade
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Austin Frazier-SmithProduction Assistants
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Briana BankoProduction Assistants
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Nashawn CraigProduction Assistants
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Chris SirhanProduction Assistants
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Anthony SilveyProduction Assistants
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Paul Emil-LevasseurMusic
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Frank SecenDIT
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Loys CouetteSound Design
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Runtime:10 minutes 30 seconds
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Production Budget:10,000 USD
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Shooting Format:4K BMPCC
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Aspect Ratio:2.39.1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes
Co-founder of Fosca Features, Jesse McAnally has a degree in media arts from Wayne State University. He currently serves as Creative Director of Fosca Features, LLC where he has successfully directed and produced three short films as well as many of professional promotional materials over the last four years.
Luccica is the story of a ghostly apparition taking revenge on an innocent couple for her unfortunate life, untimely death, and unending purgatory. As a result, a recently widowed husband seeks to rebuild from the embers of his grief by physically remodeling the home he chose with his wife, while the apparition hungers for a more complete visage. Ultimately, then, despite their innately antagonistic relationship, both husband Tom and apparition Mimi share the same goal: rebirth from the ashes of tragedy.
This dual search for catharsis comes to an emotional climax too grand for simple conversation to express, leading to the choice of genre: opera. To me, opera is the purest form of expression, allowing English speaking-audiences to step back from their conscious existence, and to take in the story from a more instinctive, emotional place free from the limitations of verbal language.
Directors Ingmar Bergman, Bob Fosse, Robert Dornhelm, Ari Aster, and Julie Taymor inspired the visual language, and composers Puccini, Mozart, Bizet, and Gounod influenced the operatic style. The story of Luccica is brought to life by an incredible cast of actors, supported in their efforts by a crew of consummate professionals behind the camera, costumes, light, and sounds.