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A young teenager, Pendulum, lives with The Clockmaker in a house filled with different creations. When a new friend, Cleo, comes to life, they discover The Clockmaker is not as altruistic as he seems and that their time is running out.
Written by Bethany Livers
Produced by Catalina Cielo, Bethany Livers, Stevie Cavalier, & Jack Patterson
Starring Bethany Livers, Merah Benoit, Alex Martinez Wallace
Cinematography by Jack Patterson
Edited by Austin Gorski
Music by Carisa Bianca Mellado
17-year-old Bethany Livers, writer and producer of Hours to Minutes to Seconds, is a New Orleans native and currently attends high school at New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. For Hours to Minutes to Seconds Bethany teamed up with award-winning directors, Catalina Cielo & Stevie Cavalier of Barking Sand Productions, LLC, to have them co-direct the production. Catalina Cielo holds a BA in Political Economics with a focus on mass incarceration reform and studied acting at The Lee Strasberg Institute of Method Acting. Stevie holds an MFA in Film Production from the University of New Orleans and taught film production part-time at Tulane University for several years.
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With influences from Tim Burton, Studio Ghibli, and Jordan Peele this steampunk fairytale tells a universal story of friendship and the desire to know oneself. Pendulum and Cleo arrive in this world not of their own volition but fight for their own autonomy and future. They seek the truth even when the answers they find shatter their belief in the brilliant man once believed to be a protector and call them to a life beyond.
From adolescence to adulthood, fairytales are central to how we process the world around us. Tales of fantasy and magic are maps that help us summon the courage to venture into the unknowns of life. Hours to Minutes to Seconds empowers us to take hold of life despite our fears and reminds us through story that we are not alone.
