Our Own Devices
What happens when Alexa and Siri meet? What do they think of each other? How do they think about the people who live with them - and the voices they hear in their heads?
I wrote and produced this fun, funny, and smart web series with a man who is all of those things, my friend Lee Zlotoff (MacGyver). He and I both live in Santa Fe, and we both wanted to make something fun while helping to shine some light on the New Mexico film scene. As if that weren’t enough my pal director Vicky Jenson (Shrek, Shark Tale, and most notably, some Old Navy commercials that involved animating stationary mannequins) stepped in to direct.
You can find all 12 of these short (2-4 minute) videos nicely laid out here on the Santa Fe Network. The “Making of” video is also nicely done and worth watching.
The Chicken Video
(a.k.a. “Idea Generation with Danny Rubin”)
At the heart of every story is a chicken crossing a road. A video about storytelling by Danny Rubin
I made this fun little video for the extraordinary students attending the New Mexico School for the Arts in Santa Fe. I grabbed the best artist I know for the job of illustrating the chickens, my daughter Maida Rubin, and the whole thing works because of the talented direction and editing of Kaela Waldstein.
Lazy Man
My first music video! I made this during the great covid lockdown of 2020.
That’s my beautiful house and that’s my beautiful wife.
Many thanks to Michael Levine for producing the music, Lauraine Gibbons for the cool graphics, and Paul Ross for the fancy camera work.