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Feb 12

fig media’s long standing internship program attracts some of the hottest young talent in Chicago media, we are honored to have these young leaders working hard and training with us. Now we are going to brag about them. Starting with Justin Jach.

Justin is a talented young filmmaker that impressed us with is hard work, ability to take tough feedback and passion for the work he does. He has been working on a very cool documentary project on graffiti. A project that just won a grant from Fullbright to turn it into a feature length documentary. Winning the U.S. Panel, Justin advances to the next round in Brazil.

A Series of Exchanges from Justin Jach on Vimeo.

“I like analyzing graffiti as a mode of social communication.  I’m interested in the ways people communicate with other people in a society, and the way that culture defines language and vice versa.  The goal of my Fulbright is to make a full length documentary film on graffiti and how it functions within a society.  Especially looking at it as a way for a part of society that is denied a social voice to re-establish communication with the rest of the population. ” Justin Jach.

Congratulations Justin, can’t wait to collaberate! Good Luck in Brazil, we are crossing our fingers for you.

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Feb 06

From the minds of James Gustin, Tim Musho and fig films team we are starting a unique documentary about Marc Hauser and other influential artists in the Chicago area. We are calling the project Influences or Hauser (name is still up in the air). The way it works is first we start with Marc and do a short doc and then ask him about other people in Chicago that we should talk to that has made a mark on Marc (no pun intended). An ideal would be we do as many short docs until we get a 90min film. A little info about Marc Hauser is that he is one of Chicago’s finest photographer. His photographs have been seen in Playboy to Rolling Stone and he has shot Woody Allen to Michael Jordan. A couple of weeks ago we started the doc by shooting Marc at his studio. We are now in the process of editing down the footage and going on to the next influence Tony Fitzpatrick. Stay tuned for some more details.

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