Music: “Reach Out I’ll Be There” by the Four Tops
Animation, design, direction, everything else: Nina Paley
Exodus 16: 1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4 Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
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Exodus 17: And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?
3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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Exodus 19:20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.:
That’s perfect.
This is amazing! I can’t wait to see the Golden Calf episode!
This is great, but still, given the… ah… choice of imagery you’ve selected for Mount Sinai; I can’t help but feel that maybe there’s some lost opportunity here regarding the water-conjuring scene 😉
The whole thing is wonderful, of course, but what cracked me up is the wry face made by the guy who ate the manna….
LOVE everything you are doing,and have been following silently since Sita!
I did have a concern that you might want to consider adjustin (if time permits) the Mt. Sinai seen at the end of the clip. I’d put some angle on the mount, or move one of the boulders at the base – as now with the hills/rock shapes in front it has a rather phallic appearance… Unless this was the intent.
Look where you landed, Nina!
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That’s THE BEST music video website EVER! what MTV should be like. I’m a big fan of both or you, Nina and Videostatic.
YOU ROCK!!!!
One thing that could make this video even better (it’s already great, but we want more! 🙂 ) is to add a bit of “randomness” to the folk movements: people are too synchronized, maybe some random delay between them would be better. Just my 2¢.
At Wookalar: I think that that was, in fact, the intent… 😆
Regards,
Ricardo