Music video for Donald Johnson’s song, “Closer.” Recorded By Javier Hernadez-Miyares at his Rego Park Studio. I like to call it the Rego Ragga. The instrument you see at the beginning is a small Indian made synthesizer that is used to play Sitar and tabla against etc. It fills in for those weird squeezebox and crank driven drones that are used in Indian music to such wonderful effect. Javier likes to collect all sorts of odd little synths and electronic noise makers I thought this one would work well with the “Eastern” sound of this song, while still being contemporary…. plus I thought switching it on would make a good beginning and ending of a shot.
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Premier
We were editing Cage, when all of a sudden the kids decided to inflate a screen and show movies. It was a nice opportunity to see “Pain” projected with big speakers for the first time!.
Pain
And after much Pain:
An Animation for Donald Johnson’s song Pain. I made over 2,000 individual images iin Photoshop in an attempt to make something like a handmade digital animation. I call the characters cogs. They aren’t cats and they aren’t dogs and they aren’t people. They are part of a narrative machine.
Song written and sung by Donald Johnson
Music arranged, played, and produced by Javier Hernandez-Miyares
Art and Animation by Alex Itin
The Kiss
Maybe thole thing was an excuse to make an image that reminds me of some old paintings from 90’s? Anyway I actually enjoyed and am enjoying the big climax, as it were.
Exit Stage Left
I’m into the last notes of the video for “Pain”. The characters walk off stage a little like an old vaudeville comedy team. They are sort of based on me ex’s little dogs who are a little like a comedy team in their antics too. They’ve been running around my feet the whole time. Pain, isn’t it adorable?
COGitate
The last cog in the machine.
On the Beach
Out To See Sea
Coming Up For Air
Breath
Mobyo
Moby meets the Court of the Crimson King.