Benjamin Ahr Harrison lives in Brooklyn. He directs music videos and comedies. He writes screenplays and prose, and occasionally blogs. He takes the occasional photograph and cooks the occasional meal. He never talks about himself in the third person. His production company is called Machine Man Inc.
Feelin’ Like HD from Benjamin Ahr Harrison on Vimeo.
I finally put an HD version of this video online. I directed this video for Elan Vytal and Unconscious Logic. I also built all the sets and designed the costumes!
Posted: August 20th, 2008 under Internet Video, Projects, music video.
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I definitely like the Jay-Z puppet better than the Yeezy puppet, which is weird, since the Yeezy puppet is official and the Jay one is not.
I mean that’s basically a photograph of Jay-Z.
Posted: August 15th, 2008 under Internet Video, music video.
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Fresh video. But what’s most important here is that famous people are still spelling it momma. It’s definitely mamma. Chromeo is definitel 100% wrong on this one.
Posted: July 27th, 2008 under Internet Video, music video.
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When I lived in the East village I decided to have a birthday party at a bar down the street. The guy tending bar that night happened to be Jake Lefco. Predictably, I was fully swerved by the end of the night when Jake and I got to talking about music. He said he was a rapper, and I drunkenly bought his album And You Are? for $7.
Next morning I woke up and saw this thing I’d wasted money on, and regretted it. But then I stuck it into the system and let it play, and it quickly became one of my favorite hip hop records of 2006. No kidding.
Jake and I went on to collaborate on the video for “Comfort Zone,” the first single off his new album, the Missing Trooth. The new record is now out, and I’ve been spinning it a bunch today. I have to say I’m liking it even more than the first one. Jake’s flow has improved. His stage show is really great, which is crazy since he doesn’t tour like a madman. He’s a natural. When he gets on stage he commands the respect of even the most jaded rap audience. I highly recommend you cop this record. He makes rap songs about things I didn’t even know rhymed. He’s pushing the boundaries. Don’t sleep on this.
Posted: July 18th, 2008 under music video.
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And does a music video that’s even awesomer than the first! Didn’t think THAT was possible. Man that song is good.
Posted: July 16th, 2008 under Internet Video, music video.
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Two videos drop in one day! This is the video I directed for Jake Lefco. Finally out! The release party is at Rehab on Friday (7:00pm sharp on Ave B between 2nd and 3rd. See you there).
Credits:
Producer, Director, Editor: Benjamin Ahr Harrison
Producer: Eddie Simeon
Director of Photography: Fletcher Wolfe
Animation and Compositing: Ben Oviatt
Posted: June 18th, 2008 under Internet Video, Projects, music video.
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This is a video I directed for Elan Vytal and Unconscious Logic. Keep an eye out for these dudes!
Credits:
Producer, Director, Editor: Benjamin Ahr Harrison
Producer: Eddie Simeon
Director of Photography: Max Nova
Effects and Compositing: Rob Gales and Bjorn Gregg
Posted: June 18th, 2008 under Internet Video, Projects, music video.
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Hit the Lights (I’m On) from Benjamin Ahr Harrison on Vimeo.
I directed this music video for the extremely talented A. Pinks, a Queens-based rapper that you should definitely keep an eye on.
Posted: April 30th, 2008 under Film and Video, Internet Video, Projects, music video.
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But busta still has more rhymes per square inch than anyone. Also more costume changes.
Posted: April 30th, 2008 under Internet Video, music video.
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I’ve been on the proverbial grind to finish two music videos so I can direct my fourth at the beginning of next month. Putting in these crazy 16 hour days. While you wait, look at this incredibly apt graph that Mic Hoffman sent me. Then click on it to learn more about The Way The World Works.
Posted: April 11th, 2008 under Miscellaneous, music video.
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