Tuesday, July 20, 2010

ALAN FERGUSON...DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND BROTHER



HERE IS WHERE I GET TO BRAG A BIT ABOUT MY OLDER BROTHER ALAN FERGUSON THE MAN, THE VIDEO DIRECTOR WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE AND HELPED VIDEO SUPER PRODUCER HYPE WILLIAMS MAKE CLASSIC HIT VIDEOS. LIVE FROM THE 804, 718 AND 323 MY BROTHER ALAN FERGUSON...ENJOY THE VIDEOS
-C JONAH D TRUTH

>>> Hold up wait a minute. Jonah, is that really ALL you can say about our big brother??? Come on, nephew, step up your journalistic game just a taste. LOL(Nahhh, just f'in with u, C ) Seriously Alan has a broad and varied array of dope music videos under his belt (as seen below) & has weathered the storm through the years of blood, sweat, and tears to master his craft. It's wild to me how he can sit staring at the ceiling (REAL TALK) ,dream up these video treatments then condense lengthy 16-hour shoots into 3 or 4 minutes of crisp storytelling. To get more familiar with his work , visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ferguson_(music_video_director)
Alan was DP (director of photography) for Hype Williams for Busta Rhyme's groundbreaking classic video. He invited me on set which was an inconspicuous incognito Islip, NY warehouse in '95 or'96 for this joint. I had the honor that day of meeting the legendary Jam Master Jay (RIP), Bus-A-Bus of course, Rampage, Spliff Starr, Bathgate, and mad mc's including Agallah (8-OFF) who "showed love the Brooklyn way" offering me substantial discounts on "Herbal Essence" at the time. I always used to wish the "Everything Remains Raw" snippet intro for the video coulda been full-length cuz that was one of my favorites off The Shining cd & Busta was straight ZONIN'in my opinion ...but I digress.

- M Dot Hennessy Ferg



















PEEP MY BROTHER ALAN HE PLAYS MONA LISA FATHER IN THE VIDEO









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