Last May, Julian Marshall, the 22-year-old director of Obey The Giant, a narrative biopic about the street artist Shepard Fairey, raised over $65,000 on Kickstarter. His initial goal was less than half that amount. For a student film, Obey's production values are extremely impressive. Marshall assembled a cast and crew of 150 and shot the entire film over eight days in and around RISD's Providence, Rhode Island campus using the Arri Alexa camera system. As one might expect, a biopic revolving around an artist and art school results in some heavy-handed dialogue, but Obey is an impressive project nonetheless that wouldn't be out of place on IFC, or the Lifetime network.

OBEY THE GIANT - The Shepard Fairey Story from Julian Marshall on Vimeo.