Happy Thanksgiving kiddies! It’s been too long, I really apologize but I’ve been very busy. I’ll try to step it up heading into the new year. Right now I’m in the middle of working on some very big content for Miller Lite at agency DraftFCB (Chicago). Stay tuned.

Enough about that - it’s Thanksgiving and I made what is probably my favorite promotional video EVER for Rhymesayers Entertainment. Watch Slug, Murs and Aesop Rock save Thanskgiving for Tommy, Susan and Dick.

Just want to say a quick thanks to several people that helped make this one happen. Even for a 2 minute video, I leaned heavily on several talented people. Nick Mestad and I wrote the script, Maria Juranic made sure it looked perfect, my brother, Aaron Cohen, pushed my ideas further than I could have, Kai Bensen made the incredible 1951 RSE Logo and other art cards and Andrew Melby pretty much touched every part of this in some way to make it happen.

Produced, Directed and Edited by Ben Cohen

Written by Ben Cohen and Nick Mestad

Titles by Kai Bensen

Additional direction and huge thanks to Maria Juranic and Andrew Melby

For the geeks out there - we shot this on my new Panasonic GH1 with the camera’s stock 14-140 mm f/4.0 lens in the 720p/60 flavor. It was shot on a a green screen with a doorway that we built. Sound recorded to a Zoom H4n. Edited in Final Cut with some chroma key done in After Effects. Film filters are custom and a top secret recipe but if you email me I might be willing to share.

Oh, and if you want to view the original 1951 “A Day Of Thanksgiving” film - just follow this link: http://cohenben.com/ohyeah/adayofthanksgiving.html