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PORTRAITS OF A FATHER FIGURE

LIZETH DE LA O

DELAO.LIZETH@GMAIL.COM 

708.407.4650

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SYNOPSIS 

Portraits of A Father Figure focuses on photographer and fine artist 

Jonathon Chacon and his latest photo series, which focuses on men with

dual lives.

Those he tends to find are usually older, married, "straight" men with

wives and children who seek these younger men via craigslist while

they are away on business for sexual encounters.

At first, I was just intrigued by the idea of the project and decided to

follow his journey in completing his series, but through this process and

a series of interviews in which he tried explaining why he does this and

why he chooses these specific men, the film became more personal

when he came to the realization that he seeks these older men because

he doesn't have a father in his life. He was abandoned so he seeks this

father figure persona in the men he photographs.

In turn, the film became more of a profile piece of an artist that is

translated through his process and body of work.

CHARACTER BIO

Jonathan Chacon is a 19‐year‐old student at SAIC where he studies

photography as well as other art forms. His general theme tends to be of 

a sexual nature and exploring sexuality all together as well as what it isto be feminine and masculine.

Jonathan lives in Cicero, IL with his mother, and his sister, her husband

and 3 children. His father abandoned them when he decided to one day

pack up and move to Mexico.

With the support of his mother and sister, he dreams of displaying his

art work in museums for people to see and relate to what it is he’s

trying to express.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The film’s target audience is everyone because I believe many people

can relate to what the subject’s going through in terms of family and

how family can influence your work.

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FILMMAKER BIO

Lizeth De La O is a sophomore at Columbia College Chicago in the

film/video program trying to polish her skills in order to make them

more effective and mark her stamp in the film industry via

cinematography and sound design.

She has crewed in a number of her peer’s films and continues to explore

her passion for the arts at home.

She is currently in the process of working on Portraits of A Father Figure 

as well as an untitled piece dealing with beauty and how we let others

influence what that can mean for us and how that, in itself, is self 

destruction.

FILM UPDATE

Portraits of A Father Figure is currently in a really rough stage. The

film’s desired look is established although, there are a few things

needed to be shot and reshot. The story is also under construction. At 

the moment, it seems to be very process oriented, but it is being shifted

to become more personal to the character and how his project closely

relates to him and why he chooses certain aspects of his project, which

then goes to a shifting back and forth from family to process and idea.