As I mentioned in the pervious post, I've been hired by an Austin restaurant (the award-winning Contigo) to direct a series of short films that help expand their brand and give people a peek behind the scenes.
Contigo has rapidly become an Austin institution. After only being open for a year, the place is constantly packed and people talk about it like they talk about an old friend. The food is amazing, the drinks are perfectly made and everyone is always welcoming. I've eaten there more times than I can remember and never had a bad (or even just average) experience. It's that kind of place.
This is the first short film that I made for Contigo, shot over one 21-hour day at the restaurant. We arrived at 5am to shoot the timelapse of the sun coming up over the restaurant and stayed until they closed at 1:30 the next morning. Long day, but it felt a lot more honest shooting it over one full day rather than piecing it together from multiple days.
Huge thanks to Ben Edgerton and Andrew Wisehart of Contigo for giving me this opportunity and Tyler Gorrell and Hugh Suh for coming out to shoot with me.
This is just the first of 12 short films that I'll be directing for Contigo. We've shot four others and will be shooting more over the next couple months. I believe the films will be released every 2 weeks, so keep checking back for more. It's going to be a really fun series.