Fig Media partners and Share Our
Strenght at Taste of the Nation, River East Arts Center
On
June 25th 2007 fig media partnered Share Our Strength at the
Taste of the Nation event at the River East Arts Center.
The event was held to raise money for programs that help feed
food insecure children in Illinois. Fig provided music mood
and filmmaking shairing thier strength of artistry to help
make the event a sucess.
The night of the event, fig set up thier
Dj's with a live drummer and combined hip world beats with
bongo banging drum smaking head bobbing fun. This sound set
the tone for the event and kept people swaying and tapping
thier toes to the beat while they feasted on the many goodies
provided by the resturants. The photographs and logo reels
played all night on three large screens. Frost Provided us
with the screens, projectors, and pumping sound system that
made our content and music look and sound great...Thanks Frost!
The one minute film was introduced by Bill Curtis and screened
just before the live auction.
DJ's for the night: Tim Musho and Alvin
Black
fig
spent two weeks documenting the grant recipients and programs
that the event would benifit with photography. The pictures
would then be convereted into an artistic program, created
by Tim Musho, that would loop on screens in the River East
Arts Center for the entire event complete with sponsorship
logos and facts about childhood hunger.
Photo Journalists:
Tim Musho
Emily Hard
Jonathan Hood
Daaimah Mubashashir
Spaghetti
is an original film produced by fig media to help promote
the cause. Director Melissa Martens created this film in one
week, pooling the recources and talent of fig artists, editors,
shooters, and working with Share our Strenghts' Pam Gross
to create a compelling one minute short meant to inspire people
to donate more to the cause. The film was storyboarded and
scripted in two days, shot with the aid of the ECC Youth Arts
Program, and put together over the course of three intense
editing days that included a color correction process, foley
design and a feedback session with the editing team of fig.
The result is a charming short film about two kids who are
cooking Spaghetti to a voice over about childhood hunger.
The peice was introduced by Bill Kurtis the night of. (see
Bill with the fig crew above!)
One
short minute film with the organizations message.
Over 200 photographs, One DVD sponsor logo reel.
Since 1984, Share Our Strength has led the fight against hunger
and poverty by inspiring individuals and businesses to share
their strengths.
Fig Media has a similar mission in the Chicago community to
inspire others to make global change through media. The clients
get media to help spread thier message to the communities,
aid with getting grants, and gain a new way to talk about
what they do.
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