A SAMPLING OF OUR PROJECTS
On March 12, 1999, the first erection of steel for the award winning Routes 4&17 interchange replacement project, in Paramus, NJ. began.
Built in 1932 as a state-of-the-art cloverleaf, the Routes 4 and 17 interchange in Paramus, Bergen County, is a main transportation connector for one of the most densely populated regions in the state.
It had to be totally replaced while still accommodating 280,000 cars traveling through it daily ... Here's a taste of how it all worked...
A profile of artist Harris Diamant, tracing his evolution and influences as a pioneering American folk art dealer and multi disciplinary artist.
The Electric Pencil Project. One of several documentaries created around the discovery of the outsider artist Edward Deeds. A portfolio of anonymous drawings was discovered in a trash heap. This piece explores the extraordinary journey of the masterful work. A search for the artist reveals the artist’s identity and tragic life story. It's a tale of the need to create art, even in the most adverse conditions.
This video was created to introduce The Electric Pencil Documentary project to potential fundraisers. In this evocatively illustrated piece, Producers Robert Vandeweghe and Neville Bean explain the genesis of the project and the compelling story of outsider artist James Edward Deeds, known as The Electric Pencil. The artist’s story also illuminates the fascinating and troubled history of our mental health care policies.
Kingston’s Midtown Arts District (MAD) One of a series of Social Media video messages highlighting MAD’s programs in the community..
Kingston’s Midtown Arts District (MAD) This fundraising program profiles this dynamic arts organization; highlighting the events and educational programing MAD creates for the greater Kingston community.
The Greater New York Council - Boy Scouts of America, has provided inner city children with community and leadership opportunities. This video was created to highlight the rich history of the Scouts as well as the families and volunteers in New York City who support these children, no matter their family circumstances.
The Ronald McDonald House in NYC provides housing for children and their families, from all over the world, while they go through life saving cancer treatments at the premier hospitals in New York City. Families find a safe haven during this poignantly harrowing time in their lives, in the safe, caring and supportive environment that the Ronald McDonald House provides.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
NEVILLE BEAN (she/her) Co-Producer, Co-Director and Art Director.
I am an independent art director and project designer through my studio, Neville Bean Design. I started my career as a fashion designer in NYC in the exciting, creative Junior sportswear market. 20 years later when I opened my own freelance design & consulting studio, I expanded the umbrella of what I was designing by creating and publicly presenting seasonal color/trends reports. This research informed my work including fashion, accessories - products and brand development - marketing campaigns and media presentations.
My Co-producer, Robert Vandeweghe brought me in as an art director on a 3-year series of video projects for the NYC chapter of the Boy Scouts years ago. We have done more collaborative projects since, including creating 4 years of promotional and development videos for the Ronald McDonald House in NYC.
Another major project was the launch of outsider artist Edward Deeds, aka The Electric pencil. This involved branding the project, designing and producing an art book, creating an Art fair exhibition of the work, building websites and creating marketing and advertising campaigns. Robert and I again collaborated to create several video programs about the artist and his work.
Our approach is to be nimble. We keep it small, work together on all phases of the project and bring in freelancers as needed. Our style has been to conduct intimate, conversational interviews with the interviewees and then edit a flow of voices, creating a compelling, heartfelt narrative.
My role is to brand the projects and create all the graphic contents i.e.: create original still photography and artwork, titles, sequence imagery, etc. I conduct the Interviews; which Robert films and we work together on final editing decisions.
I love the bridge and had documented its beauty for several years before the bridge was to be renovated and we were drawn to create this documentary. My goal is to create a visually beautiful backdrop to this story - a backdrop of color, nature and sky - ambient sounds and intimate engagement with the details of the bridge and the other structures we'll be profiling.
ROBERT VANDEWEGHE (he/him) Co-Producer, Co-Director and Editor
My journey as a filmmaker started at 5-years old watching the epic WW11 Documentary; "Victory at Sea" on my father's lap, looking for his ship somewhere in the Pacific. The power of image, music and spoken word transported me to experience another time and place and let me live that story… Later, I discovered the work of Fellini and Bergman, both influenced me deeply. Their surrealistic film style brought you to a deeper spiritual place in a story and revealed the complexities of our human nature. I realized filmmaking was what I want to do for my life adventure. I went to NYU film school and the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and of course, a seminar on Fellini at the New School, NYC.
During a 3-year stint as a community producer for channel 8 TV, I learned the ins and outs of television broadcasting. Producing commercials for Continental Cable in New Jersey, I became proficient at getting a message across in 30 seconds.
My documentary of the renovation of the Routes 4&17 Interchange was a major construction project that took me over a year to film. It gave me the practical experience of safely working on a construction site and made me aware of the complexities and need for coordination on such a large-scale job with so many moving parts.
Over the years, other clients included the largest Boy Scout organization, the GNYC - BSA. We filmed the activities of Scouting as a documentary and conducted the interviews in a conversational way, getting a sincere message that the audience could feel was from the heart. I brought this style of Filmmaking to the Ronald McDonald House charities Organization of NYC, where we told the stories of the parents and the kids who came to NYC from all over the world for the last hope of surviving Cancer.
These experiences have informed my approach to the Wurts Street Bridge project. All these projects are at the core about people and they all have a story to tell. Filmmaking for me is not a job, It's a passion. I love to tell the stories of people and their lives - the strife and the successes, the experiences we all have in life