Redman - Lookin' Fly
Jun 6, 2010, 1:25am, posted by Dan Melamid
Inspired by Michael Jackson's "Rock With You" video
RIP MJ.
LOOK WHO'S #1
Oct 10, 2009, 1:40pm, posted by Dan Melamid
I got the #1 internet video of the decade!
Prodigy's "Mac 10 Handle"
I'd like to thank Prodigy, the fans, and most of all... oh wait this aint the fucking VMA's! lol
Thank you Complex magazine for validating my career...hahaha
The 10 Best Internet Music Videos of the 2000’s
The Revelations - How Do I Tell Him
Oct 10, 2009, 1:35pm, posted by Dan Melamid
Is SOUL is the new RAP?
Masspike Miles ft. Rick Ross - Love Drunk
Jul 7, 2009, 11:51pm, posted by Dan Melamid
This is my second video for Masspike Miles ft. Rick Ross. The video came out FIRE (literally)
This video tells the story of a nightmare in Chinatown. Miles meets an evil temptress who gets him to do unimaginable evils, he ends up in the strangest places not knowing how he got there. There is a surprise twist at the end. Rick Ross is performing his verse in a massive Buddhist temple.
50 Cent - Ok You're Right
Jul 7, 2009, 11:23pm, posted by Dan Melamid
I've been getting bombarded with emails regarding this video. Yes, I directed it, no I was not involved in the post production supervision or editing.
Off the dome once Again
May 5, 2009, 3:54am, posted by Dan Melamid
I know, I know, I'm freestyling too much and not doing enough "real" videos...I blame it on the web! look out for lots of "real" videos dropping this summer (I hope)
More Freestyles
May 5, 2009, 9:31pm, posted by Dan Melamid
More freestyles....
These videos are no longer than 2 minutes, I meet with the artist, listen to the song, then just come up with something which fits it visually and spend no longer than a an hour on the shoot - solo. Shout to DJ WhooKid and theRADIOPLANET.TV Staff for the help!
Shot - Smoke Bulga Ft. Jim Jones - Money On My Mind
Apr 4, 2009, 12:02am, posted by Dan Melamid
This video features phantoms/maybachs/helicopters/penthouses
Shot on my new top secret weapon, and all my regular toys!
MY FREESTYLES
Apr 4, 2009, 11:59pm, posted by Dan Melamid
Sometimes I feel like a rapper. I'm only as hot as my latest work, people forget so quickly. I need to keep my name in the blogs and on your minds.
So I'm starting to do "director freestyles" these ARE NOT VIDEOS. They are verses that I shoot BY MYSELF in under and hour with rappers that I feel are relevant, hot, and popping RIGHT NOW
Fader Blog About De La Ghetto/Mavado video
Mar 3, 2009, 6:18pm, posted by Dan Melamid
ARTICLE LINK
"...The visual audio format was actually inspired by the brand new Mavado and De La Ghetto video which you see above. It was directed by Dan “The Man” Melamid—who I interviewed a while back for a FADER piece exploring the overlap between his videos and his dad’s portraits of rap legends, Vatican types and Russian oligarchs—and produced by my good personal peoples Carleene Samuels. As I know firsthand, Carleene is pretty much the only person to know if you want to get something done on impossible locations in JA, while Dan’s videos for 50 Cent, Maino, Prodigy and a mess of others have established a reputation for making video art happen on recession proof budgets. This one is no exception. His signature style—quick cuts between slo-mo (or just slow panning) panoramic shots with a documentary feel—really emphasizes the photographic moment in every frame and--applied to Mavado’s home-base in Cassava Piece--it gives a you-are-there, goosebumps immediacy to what could have been the same old beach and block party scenarios. It also proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that it’s worth the cost of a plane ticket to go some place real as opposed to doing the green-screen, fake me out videos that Mavado and his dancehall contemporaries have been dropping lately."
Shoutout to Eddie Stats for the Fader Love!
De La Ghetto ft. Mavado - Come Out And See
Feb 2, 2009, 3:28pm, posted by Dan Melamid
Shouts to Nick from Fight Club as well as Carleen in Kingston for making it happen...Bless
Nipsey Hussle - Hussle In The House
Jan 1, 2009, 3:59am, posted by Dan Melamid
The first street single off his debut album "South Central State of Mind", Video shot on Slauson and its surroundings in LA. Cameo appearances by Terry Kennedy and Snoop Dogg.
Prodigy - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Nov 11, 2008, 6:31pm, posted by Dan Melamid
This is my last Prodigy video left in the stash. we did 4 of them for the HNIC2 album. This was a quickie...We tried to get as many possible done before he went in..
This
VILLAGE VOICE ARTICLE
Describes this song perfectly and takes you behind the scenes with P, and I during his last days as a free man.
FREE P!
Izzy Grimey - Brick City Is Back
Oct 10, 2008, 4:19pm, posted by Dan Melamid
Winner of the Motorola/Complex Magazine/Onsmash contest.
Shot on location in Newark NJ
Termanology ft. Bun B - This Is How We Rock
Sep 9, 2008, 7:02pm, posted by Dan Melamid
Props to Fabian Tejada for the amazing design and post production on the touchscreen turntable setup from the future.
WATCH THE HI REZ QUICKTIME VERSION HERE
Strong Arm Steady - Cant Let Go
Sep 9, 2008, 4:59pm, posted by Dan Melamid
Complex Motorola Onsmash Contest
Aug 8, 2008, 1:18am, posted by Dan Melamid
Complex Media has partnered with Motorola Rokr and OnSmash.com to create a unique opportunity for emerging artists to display their work and enter for a chance to win a professional music video directed by one of the industrys top video directors. Starting August 5, unsigned or emerging musicians will have an opportunity to upload MP3s of their music on a custom website. The submission process with last for a month. Complex and OnSmash.com editors will then select 10 finalists, and open it up for consumers to vote on their favorites. The winning artist or group will receive a professional music video directed by Dan the Man, famous for his work with 50 Cent, G-Unit, Prodigy, Maino and more.
more info
SHOT - Termanology Ft. Bun B - This Is How We Rock
Aug 8, 2008, 2:50pm, posted by Dan Melamid
Shot on location in 3rd Ward loft space in Bushwick Brooklyn. This video utilizes the LED sign technology of Todd P from GRL who I collaborated with before with on the award winning Ghetto Matrix
Look out for cameos from DJ Premier, Bun B, Consequence, Joell Ortiz, Uncle Murda, Cormega, Lil Fame of M.O.P., DJ Absolut, Smoothe Da Hustler, Skyzoo, Torae, ST. Da Squad, Grafh, Shea Davis, Remo Da Rapstar, Statik Selektah, Reks, Computa (BMF)
DANTHEMAN on my jib
Prodigy - Power is People
Jul 7, 2008, 1:24am, posted by Dan Melamid
Spotted on Youtube off of the HNIC2 DVD. Shot on location in the Queens House of Detention and some random forest in NJ. The Police chief in the intro is played by is Eddie Salvato who was in Cariltos Way.
SHOT: Strong Arm Steady - Dont Let Go
Jul 7, 2008, 4:50pm, posted by Dan Melamid
Shot on location in South Central LA. Utilizing the Phantom High Speed camera shooting slow motion shots at 1000 frames per second.
Hell Rell - Get Ready
Jul 7, 2008, 4:39pm, posted by Dan Melamid
This video utilizes still photographs. Shot on location in the BX and Harlem.
Maino - Hi Hater Added to MTV
May 5, 2008, 12:25am, posted by Dan Melamid
MTV JAMS - Jam of the week
Peaked at #1 on MTV2 Sucker Free Countdown
#3 on BET 106th and Park Countdown
SHOT: Rick Ross Ft. Mass Pike Miles - Get It Together
May 5, 2008, 11:53pm, posted by Dan Melamid
On location in Atlanta and Boston:
Maino - Hi Hater behind the scenes pix
Apr 4, 2008, 1:50am, posted by Dan Melamid
DANTHEMAN ON THE STEADYCAM
REVIEWING FOOTAGE WITH MAINO ON THE TRAILER
SHOT - Maino - Hi Hater
Apr 4, 2008, 10:05pm, posted by Dan Melamid
Working on finishing the Maino - "Hi Hater" video shot on location in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn and Club Rebel in NYC.
Here is a preview image:
Hip Hop artistry in Detroit
Apr 4, 2008, 9:30pm, posted by Dan Melamid
... then he thought of his youngest son, Daniel, a video director known in the rap music business as Dan the Man. At the time Dan the Man was working for 50 Cent’s G-Unit label, making the videos for “The Massacre (Special Edition).” He arranged for his business partner, DJ Whoo Kid — 50 Cent’s D.J. — to visit Mr. Melamid’s studio, then in SoHo, to pose for a trial portrait.
After that, 50 Cent paid a visit. He sat in a chair, rapping, while Dan the Man shot video and Mr. Melamid made preparatory sketches and photographs. The resulting portrait, which Mr. Melamid said took about a month to figure out, shows the rapper slouched in the chair, looking slightly wary. (The work, together with Mr. Melamid’s brush and palette, appear in the video for 50 Cent’s “God Gave Me Style.”) ... read full article at New York Times
