JTWO Chicago Works with We Raise Foundation
Our team had the opportunity to work with We Raise foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending poverty, violence, and inequality in Chicago communities.
This project was made possible through our Projects That Matter Initiative. The Projects That Matter Initiative is a Philadelphia based video production program with the mission of providing professional digital media services to Non-Profits at a discounted rate. To learn more about how your organization can join the initiative and qualify for creative content production discounts click below.
JTWO [INC]ubator Project - "Barre None" Wins 3 Awards
Barre None Steals the Show
This award season, a former intern of ours, Maria Cantu, completely stole the show! High on cloud nine with her documentary Barre None, the soon to be Temple graduate took home 2 Gold ADDY Awards for Best of Show and Best Cinematography under the student category, along with Best Student Documentary at the 2019 Louix Awards.
In her short documentary, Maria tells the captivating and beautiful story of a young ballerina who is able to push through the harsh realities and overbearing pressures of the dancing world with unconditional love for the art.
Having carefully developed the [INC]ubator Project for over 3 years now, we are overjoyed to see an outcome like this for an extremely deserving intern and look forward to what future years will bring.
This project was created as part of the JTWO [INC]ubator Project. A semester long internship program built from the ground up to give young filmmakers, content creators, and all around hungry for a challenge individuals a place to stretch their creative minds while preparing them for the road ahead.
JTWO Wins 4 Louix Awards + Opens Show
2019 LOUIX AWARDS
Our team was back at the Louix Awards this year opening the show for the SECOND year in a row with our short film, Two Lou’s One Club! We also picked up some new hardware for some of our recent work – winning four Louix Awards in total.
WINNER
Product Design | Online Campaign
Victus Baseball
Victus is one of the leading wooden bat manufacturers in the world and used by Pro players in the US and Japan. They tasked us with expanding their product offerings and redefining their brand, entirely. After establishing a new brand direction, our team got to work designing t-shirts, hoodies, hats, knob stickers and batting gloves. We designed everything down to the tags and packaging. [Some of which we can’t even show you….yet].
WINNER
Video Promotional
This is Lou
This is Lou, a short film produced as the show open for the 2018 Louix Awards, follows the story of a piece of shit from Philadelphia named Lou who finds himself in a precarious situation with some of the most ruthless cutthroat killers in the City of Brotherly Love.
WINNER
Best Student Documentary
JTWO [INC]ubator - Barre None
“Barre None” created under the JTWO [INC]ubator Project is a short documentary that tells the captivating and beautiful story of a young ballerina who is able to push through the harsh realities and overbearing pressures of the dancing world, with her unconditional love for the art.
Opening the Show
We received such an amazing response last year that we knew this year’s opener had to be even bigger and crazier, taking everything to the next level. More action, more comedy, and more insanity. When the credits roll we want the audience to turn to the person next to them and say, “what the hell did I just watch?”
Enter, Tricky Ricky.
This year’s film, titled Two Lou’s. One Club. is a twelve-minute direct sequel to last year’s opener, picking up the plot where we left off one year later. An 80’s inspired action comedy on steroids, the film pits Philadelphia’s entire creative community against one another, riffing on classic films like Jean Claude Van Damme’s Bloodsport and featuring everything from rooftop fight clubs to underground boxing.
Two Lou’s. One Club. is a stylistic action comedy about Philadelphia’s underground creative community vying for the coveted top spot within the city. This short film debuted at the 2019 Louix Awards, opening the show.
Behind The Scenes
Cast
Frank Halbiger
Ginger Kochmer
Dave Wright
Rick Angeli
Zachary Haines
JTWO Squad
Jesse Kahn
Rick DiDonato
Deardorff
Hanlan
Agency M
High Heels & Bananas
Matthew Paul
Dom Luza
Kyle Luza
Brownies Irish Pub
Bleu Martini
Northern Liberties Rec Center
#SquadDeep
Of course, our team had to make a cameo!
Crew
Writer + Director: Justin Jarrett
Executive Producer: Travis Capacete
Producer: Brittany Bonanno
DP: Chris Harley
DP/ AC: Maria Vattimo
Camera Op: Jay Miller
AC: Alex Siwik
AC: Justin Williams
Grip Team: Federal Grip
Location Sound: Jelani Thomas
Set Design: Gillian Speers
Voiceover: Joey Eyes
BTS Photographer: Elle Chernaskey
PA: Omar Alqahtani
PA: Derrick Kim
PA: Brynn Antaran
Color Correction: Jason Druss
JTWO Wins 10 Addy Awards
2019 Philadelphia ADDY Awards
After opening the show with our sequel to last year’s “This is Lou” short film and taking home four awards at last month’s One Club Philadelphia Louix Awards, we capped off the award show season with ten wins at the Philadelphia ADDY Awards. Winning three Golds – two in Cinematography and one in Best of Show and seven Silvers, including wins in Video Editing, Internet Commercial, Social Media Campaign, Cinematography Campaign, Internet Campaign Non-Broadcast Audio/ Visual, and Cinematography. Our former intern even took home, Best in Show for Student Films for her JTWO [INC]ubator Project. Check out the winning projects below.
WINNER
GOLD ADDY | Cinematography
SILVER ADDY | Video Editing
This is Lou
This is Lou, a short film produced as the show open for the 2018 Louix Awards, follows the story of a piece of shit from Philadelphia named Lou who finds himself in a precarious situation with some of the most ruthless cutthroat killers in the City of Brotherly Love.
WINNER
SILVER ADDY | Internet Commercial
SILVER ADDY | Social Media Campaign
SILVER ADDY | Cinematography Campaign
SILVER ADDY | Internet Campaign
Victus Baseball
Victus is one of the leading wooden bat manufacturers in the world and used by Pro players in the US and Japan. They tasked us with expanding their product offerings and redefining their brand, entirely. After establishing a new brand direction, our team got to work designing t-shirts, hoodies, hats, knob stickers and batting gloves. We designed everything down to the tags and packaging. [Some of which we can’t even show you….yet].
WINNER
SILVER ADDY | Non-Broadcast Audio/ Visual
Lost Boyz Chicago
Our team partnered with New York City-based non-profit organization Laureus USA to produce a mini-documentary about Chicago’s Lost Boyz Inc., a non-profit organization committed to decreasing violence and improving the social and emotional conditions of the youth in Chicago’s South Shore community through baseball and softball.
WINNER
GOLD ADDY | Best of Show
GOLD ADDY | Cinematography
JTWO [INC]ubator Project - Barre None
“Barre None” created under the JTWO [INC]ubator Project is a short documentary that tells the captivating and beautiful story of a young ballerina who is able to push through the harsh realities and overbearing pressures of the dancing world, with her unconditional love for the art.