Ben Newman took his crew to Brownsville Project in Brooklyn to film New York’s finest Double Dutch Champions ‘Jumpers in Command’ for DJ Fresh’s new single Gold Dust. Capturing the authentic essence of the neighbourhood, the promo perfectly partners the relentless energy of Fresh’s track. DJ Fresh Gold Dust (Ministry Of Sound) Director: Ben Newman [...]
Ben Newman, whose videos for Example, Wiley and others over the past year have marked him out as one of the most promising new directing talents working in music video, has finally joined the roster of an established promo production company, signing to Between The Eyes. Ben has joined Between The Eyes for music videos, [...]
Ben Newman has been making very impressive low budget videos all year, for Bombay Bicycle Club, Example and Example. So why should his Wiley video by any different? Well, it isn’t. Another excellent video, with great performances from dancers Shanie Ryan and Yasmin Ogbu, and a top edit. And Wiley even showed up (eventually) and [...]
Impressive video for the remix of Example’s new single by Ben Newman – his second Example vid after the equally impressive Hooligans. All about a young lady who doesn’t need a gym to do her gymnastics. Great idea, effectively done – on another teeny budget. Example Watch The Sun Come Up (Devils Gun Remix) Director: [...]
Superb, full-on riot of a performance video for Example and Don Diablo by Ben Newman. And what’s more, he shot it on a stills camera. “Example approached me and said that both he and Don wanted a performance video,” explains Ben, also director of vids for The 9000 and Bombay Bicycle Club. “I didn’t want [...]
Simple yet blubberingly effective – Ben Newman’s follow-up to his entertaining vid for Bombay Bicycle Club shows how the human face is a wondrous (and, yeah, utterly grotesque) thing in super slo-mo. At least I hope this is super slo-mo. The 9000 Freak Machine Prod Co: London Shot Collective Director/Producer/Editor: Ben Newman Watch: Ben Newman [...]
Ben Newman met Bombay Bicycle Club while filming a piece for BBC show ‘Sound’, as they played an underage show at the Camden Crawl. Suitably impressed, Ben (who’s co-directed a few videos before now, as well as directing and producing music TV) pitched on the video for Evening/Morning and got the job. And here’s his [...]
