Entertainment

Remake of 'Dude' video

By GERMAINE SMITH, Staff Reporter

Beenie man, centre, during the re-make of the 'Dude' Video. - Carlington Wilmot Photo

NO STRANGER TO United States' pop-culture television networks, Beenie Man may soon be hitting them again with the re-make of the music video Dude which features teen star Miss Thing.

This video re-make is the latest addition to the DEF/Jamaica project, which saw the release of an entire album late last year. The album featured collaborations between leading United States rappers and some of Jamaica's leading dancehall artistes.

The first video for the project was for Anything Goes, by Wayne Wonder, CNN (Capone N Noreaga), and Mr Lex. Dude will be the second video in what is expected to be a series.

On Sunday, traffic on the Old Hope Road section of Cross Roads was reduced to one lane as the 'Doctor' performed for the cameras. The crew was there from as early as 6 a.m. to shoot the different scenes which feature Beenie Man. Miss Thing was not present at the time, but for one of his scenes, Beenie Man was sitting down playing a board game in front of a record store as he talked about what type of 'dude' Miss Thing wanted.

Head of DEF/Jamaica Cristy Barber, told THE STAR that for this video, there was support from Island/DEF Jamaica and Virgin Records, Beenie Man's parent record company. For this reason, she says, they chose to use all local talent and resources.

"We wanted it to be authentic, so we used all local talent," she explained. "We used local producers, stylists, make-up people, and production crew because we believe that there is so much talent and potential here in Jamaica we did not have to look anywhere else."

Local director Rass Kassa was also chosen as the director of the video. "This is the first time a Jamaican director will be directing a video for a Major Record Label, and that is good," she added.

The video was shot on 35mm film, and should be edited and running on the US Networks by mid January, she also told THE STAR.