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.
You might remember him as the RISD student who plastered the northeast corridor with Andre the Giant stickers in the early '90s—as we old timers do. Or for his Hope portrait of Barack Obama. Or for his cameo in street art film Exit Through the Gift Shop. Whatever. You know who Shepard Fairey is.
This year, he's designed cases for Incase. The Shepard Fairey Collection includes MacBook and iPad cases, too. For Spring 2013, the Incase Snapcase comes in eight Fairey designs.