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In Memory of Production Designer Benji Bamps

Reports have been pouring in about the sudden passing of award-winning production designer Benji Bamps.

Production Design is one of those sneaky elements of video production that is usually not noticed, yet is always the first thing you notice. Benji worked on countless videos with a who's who of recording artists — Katy Perry, Beyonce, Rihanna, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent — and someone who you'll find was at the top of the list for the top strata of directors.

He'll be missed.

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Director Marc Webb Talks Spider Man 2 and His First Music Videos

The press onslaught for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is now in full swing (get it?), which means the film's director Marc Webb has begun the interview circuit, covering both his big budget superhero series and his music video background.

His in-depth piece with The Daily Beast is a great example, covering his entry into music videos and how they served as a sort of film school for him...

Marc Webb:  When I was about 25, I signed with a production company, DNA. It was very small but run by this guy, David Naylor, who’s sort of this godfather of music videos. It was Francis Larwence, who’s now directing The Hunger Games, myself, and this woman named Liz Friedlander. I was the baby of the group and learned a lot. At DNA, no one was a music critic. You just wanted to work. So I directed over 100 music videos because I just wanted to create... 

Reach more at The Daily Beast...