For many patrons of the MTN 4Syte Music Video Awards 2012 who did not know the name NaturalFace before the night of November 17, they left Accra International Conference Centre not just knowing but also acknowledging him as artiste with the Overall Best Video for the year 2011.
With his song and video for
So High, he won
Best Directed Video,
Best Photography ,
Best Discovery Video and
Overall Best Video representing 4 out of the 5 categories he was nominated in. Ayigbe Edem’s
Ghetto Arise beat him to the
‘Best Reggae Video’ award.
The night also saw 15 year old Hip Life group, VIP pick two awards including ‘Best Group Video’ and ‘Best Edited Video’ with ‘Pampanaa’.
Manifest, EL and Sarkodie picked the ‘Best Hip Hop Video’, ‘Most Popular Video’ and ‘Best Hip Life Video’ respectively with ‘Makaa Makaa’, ‘Kaalu’ and ‘Saa Okodie No’ featuring Obrafour despite missing out at the Channel O Awards.
The night full of some amazing performances from some of Ghana's most talented artistes including VIP, 4x4 who performed impressively with a live band, Keche, Asem and the hottest sensation in Ghana presently R2Bees.
Below is the full list of winners
Best Group Video: VIP-Pampanaa
Best Male Video: Chase-Lonely
Best Female Video: Becca-No Away
Best Choreography Video: Keche-Aluguntugui
Best Directed Video: Natural Face-So High
Best Photography: Natural Face-So High
Best Gospel Video: Cwesi Oteng-God Dey Bless Me
Best Collaboration Video: D-Black-Falling ft Mochedda
Best Reggae Video: Edem-Ghetto Arise
Best Storyline Video: 4×4-Moko Ni
Best Edited Video: VIP-Pampanaa
Best special Effect Video: Rana-Mr. Cupid
Best African Act Video: Tuface Idibia
Best Hip Hop Video: M.anifest-Makaa Makaa
Best Hi-Life Video: Okyeame Kwame-Sika
Best Discovery Video: Natural Face-So High
Best Hip Life Video: Sarkodie ft Obrafour-Saa Okodie No
Overall Best Video: Natural Face-So High
Most Popular Video: EL-Kaalu
Lifetime Achievement Award: Ramesh Jai, Director-Apex Advertising
Living Legend Award: Kofi Middleton Mends (A veteran actor, film maker and trainer)
By: Philip Kofi Ashon/citifmonline.com