a film by melissa martens
shot in chicago at promontory point and the art institute
photography by robert and klara swiderski
planning by symplified

kirstin + max

a film by melissa martens
planning by clementine events
photography by christina noel photography
dancefloor by rendezvous
filmed at the wit hotel in chicago

Liquid History

Liquid History: (n) noun. a film that is a living, breathing history of a person, place or thing.

This film screened the night of the rehearsal dinner.

a film by melissa martens
editor mason strand
engagement photos by christina noel photography

Marci and  Jon wanted a classic Chicago style wedding. They got that and much more! Grab the tissues and enjoy.

a film by melissa martens and rajesh bhagirat
shot at Trump International Hotel and Towers, Chicago
decor + flowers by Heffernan Morgan

This beautiful North Shore Chicago wedding is jam packed with humor and heart.

a film by melissa martens
photography by brian carey

dance floor by Brent Rolland

filmed at millard park and the north shore country club
event planing by laura patterson @ the ideal day
music licensed by the music bed

Dina + Kent from Fig Media on Vimeo.

We could not resist making a teaser film with these two.  Dina and Kent met at work. They casually went out for drinks one night. Drinks turned into a date, a date turned into love. Their wedding was fun, heartfelt and a blast to be a part of. We are honored that they picked us to capture the day. Grab your tissues and be inspired by this couple.

by filmmaker Melissa Martens.

Location: Salvage One

Photo: Brian Carey- fig weddings
DJ: Joe Nardi
Catering: J + L
Flowers: A Stem Above.
Original Music: Aaron Fox

Modern Vintage; A Chicago study of the American Wedding

After 20 years fig films has an amazing archive of weddings. This short is a compilation of silent wedding films shot in Chicago using vintage Super8 cameras for clients. Interested? Ask about super8 for your wedding film.

FT. fig filmmakers

James Gustin
Michele Gustin
Melissa Martens
Tim Musho
Emily Hard
Billy Rood

Original Score – Eric Hillman
Editor – Justin Jach

fig films alumni featured
Lauren Pollock. Carl Weidemann.Joseph Martinez

Taryn + Brett

A modern classic set at The Allegro and captured by fig photographer Tim Musho.

Testimonial ~ from Taryn

Your wedding album shots are seriously incredible! Kudos to your photographer, although he had an easy target in his/her lens … which likely offset the challenges of putting the spectacled-one in good light. :) You are also receiving lots of other compliments (from my dad too who used to be a photographer) Not that I’m surprised….but amazing job! I cannot wait to refer you to everyone! Thanks again and looking forward to the rest!

Sam + Jason = Jam. 

Samantha is the marketing director  and chief event planner for CS magazine and Jason is the the market lead

for Guilt City. Together they are Jam. We were honored to be chosen to film this cape cod inspired wedding.

Sam had a specific vision for her wedding film. She loved the timeless vintage feel of our super 8 which suited her wedding style perfectly. This wedding was also featured on Be U Brides.

We also shot this for Graham to send to Samantha as a surprise post wedding. We LOVE this and recommend multiple views.

note: (thumbnail image for Jam video was shot by Caleb Condit- who was the photographer on this wedding. Caleb is one of our vendor friends and does not shoot with fig weddings. He lent us this photo to use as our video thumbnail.  Like the image? Click here to visit his site.)

fig filmmakers Emily Hard and Tim Musho

Susan and Art

She worked at Harpo Studios. He worked for WWE. She loved WWE. He loved Oprah.

It was a match made in entertainment heaven.

Rita + Jason

We only have one word to describe this wedding: Epic.

Rita and Jason not only planned a green wedding using local vendors and artists, they planned one of the most unique weddings our team has seen. From alligators to a Mardi Gras style band, this wedding was moving, inspiring and so much fun. Rita and Jason are proof that when you include your community in your wedding, great things can happen…. and they did. You have to see this wedding.

This couple booked our MOD deal was featured on Be U Brides. (See the feature here. ) and we used them in our films AD in CS Brides.

MOD Deal Artists

Photography: Brian Carey. Filmmaker: Phillip Batta Editor: Emily Hard Deejay: Andrew Gee.

Client Testimonial ~ From Rita

The video is an AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART.  Kudos to you and Phillipp.   I am so *happy* we used Fig for all our media services.  I really love the way you edited the music and images together, the splicing is fantastic.Thank you so much for all your hard work.  I can see that you put much effort and art into our video and I really appreciate it.  I can honestly say that these videos (especially the trailer) will be watched over and over, by many people for years to come (I mean really, though, our great, great, great grandkids will probably see it, how cool is that?!) and I just want to make sure that all the most important moments for us are in it, however briefly.  And randomly, is there some type of wedding video award I can nominate you guys for? Because I think you could win.  Our video and my friend Allison’s (of Allison and Ben Lewis) are the best wedding videos I have EVER seen.  The hardest part of not having internet the last week was not being able to watch this video over and over.