MARY MARY - GOD IN ME|2009

Music video for 2 time Grammy winning Gospel group Mary Mary. This one is our first entirely live action video with no real FX and the graphics were incorporated into the shoot practically on the LCDs. We focused on the girls looking beautiful and creating a really fun and spirited fashion show.

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AMEISH - SAVE OURSELVES|2009

Secret History directs this narrative based epic video for unsigned artist Ameish. Set in a typical shallow LA gallery environment Ameish leads us into 3 very different but similar realities through a photography exhibition that comes to life. A very different approach from our past music videos we took a very realistic approach to the [...]

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PARIS - DON’T STOP THE MOVEMENT|2008

Another greenscreen burner for Paris. This one takes place in a virtual Bay Area as Paris leads the revolution. Paris takes hypocritical rappers, police, politicians, news networks and anyone in his way to court in this one. A call to action that was released in 2008 before the elections. It went on MTV Jams on [...]

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RHYME & PUNISHMENT - MAIN TITLE|2008

Documentary by Peter Spirer about rappers that have been incarcerated. A combination of 3D and live action footage takes you inside the jail for this title sequence. We also did alot of stop motion and dope lower 3rds. An extensive graphics toolkit for this doc. make it a very packaged piece. It premiered at the [...]

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THE GROUCH - ARTSY|2008

Here is our ARTSY offering to all of hipsterdom. We salute you from SIlverlake to Williamsburg. Lots of greenscreen fun, we parody in a range of styles from some of our favorite Artsy artists. Longtime friend and client The Grouch approached us with the song “just wanted something funny that didn’t show his face too [...]

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PROJECT GROUNDATION MASSIVE|2007

This is the line that I made for my good friend DJ Child and his crew of singers and producers. Inspired by roots reggae and the movement from Jamaica to Brooklyn of conscious lifestyle and revolutionary thinking. I’ve had the pleasure to see our line worn be some of my favorite singers such as Richie [...]

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TUFF CITY STYLES|2007

I did these designs at he end of last summer for the grand opening of my brother Med’s store on 650 Fordham Road in the Bronx NYC. I’ve been down with TCS for 7 years, that’s family. Med, Ces, Yes2, and me make up the line with graffiti and tattoo inspired works. Best place in NY to get a tattoo, airbrush work, buy spraypaint, graffiti canvasses, and gear.

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LATV - NETWORK REBRAND|2007

A Montage of Promos, Opens, and Graphic Toolkit from our 2007 Network Rebrand of the Latino music and culture station. Creative Directed by BUILDESTROY with animation collaboration with Wondermint. We painted on greenscreen for  a few days with 5 SLR cameras clicking away the entire time. We added 3D camera moves and compositing to create a [...]

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THE BANGZ - FOUND MY SWAG|2010

01.19.2010

bangz_150First project of 2010 is a music video for Puma for The Bangz song “Found My Swag”. It features the New Boyz and all the hottest dancers in the jerk movement coming out of Los Angeles. Skinny jeans, bright 80’s colors, pop art, and the infamous new dance “the jerk”. Directed by the homie Catero Colbert we were able to create graphic backdrops and subtle animations to add to the color palette. A strictly performance based video we were happy to bring some added style to the piece.
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OCT|NOV - 2 MUSIC VIDEOS & 1 DVD

11.30.2009

One Block Radius - Broke Ass Holiday | Juakali - Dem City | Tuff City Styles DVD

ONE BLOCK RADIUS - BROKE ASS HOLIDAY|2009

11.24.2009

obr_150 October has found Secret History Directing a dope music video with Buildestroy focusing on the Art Direction and Production Design for One Block Radius - “Broke Ass Holiday.” We got to make some insane sets that spun around to reveal 3 different rooms in one. We also made some of the craziest props you could imagine: the Duct Tape folding chair, a Fed Ex loveseat, a milkcrate bed with bubble wrap blankets and Fed Ex pillows, a cigar box bass guitar and other utterly amazingly broke objects. Directed by Secret History with design, color, and VFX touches by Buildestroy and edited by Crown Editorial.
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