Any chance we get to work on “Rising Icons” is exciting. This past week, we worked with BET shooting an episode about new artist Melanie Fiona. Her music is a great blend of classic and modern R&B styles with soul and hip hop. Her first album, “The Bridge,” is being released on September 22nd.

We followed Melanie to her appearance on The Wendy Williams Show and then on to Robert Moses State Park on Long Island to shoot behind the scenes on her new music video for “It Kills Me.” It was a beautiful day and everything went smoothly.

Ethan Goldberger was on audio and dv Depot COO Pete Zappulla managed to sneak out of the office and shoot this project. It’s always exciting to see artists a little ahead of the curve and “Rising Icons” gives us that chance.

BET is launching a new series, (Rising Icons). The show focuses emerging talent, showcasing their music and their story.

Dv Depot sent out a crew to work on an episode with Hal Linton, an R&B/Soul artist. We followed him to recording sessions and concerts in New York for several days. Then we went to his hometown in Barbados to get a little of his history.

Luckily, we have lots of pictures from Barbados. Our camera operator, Alex Sierra, and our audio tech, Ethan Goldberger, trailed Hal for a few days and got to hang out with him at night. They had a great time. We love working with BET and hope to do more work on this exciting new show.

You can see more photos on dv Depot’s flickr page.

As we’ve previously posted about, we’ve been working on “Rising Icons” for BET. “Rising Icons” is a great new show promoting new artists. We’ve had the opportunity to work on a few episodes now. The first we worked on, featuring Hal Linton, has premiered on BET already.

Apparently, the show worked with at least one girl who became obsessed with Hal after seeing the episode. She’s says his music makes her melt.

“Rising Icons” is a great production to work with. Our crew, including camera op Alex Sierra and audio tech Ethan Goldberger, got to spend a lot of time hanging out with Hal on their trip to Barbados and had a great time with him. You can see more pictures of the trip on our Flickr site.

See Hal Linton’s episode of Rising Icons below.