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Bourbon Lore

I helped Bourbon Lore translate luxury live events into cinematic digital stories, acting as an embedded strategist to capture the raw, behind-the-scenes moments that define the brand’s craft and community.

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The problem

Bourbon Lore runs private tastings and collector events around rare bottles. If you're in the room, it's a great night. If you're not, it never happened. The events were the best thing about the brand and nobody outside them ever saw it.

What we did

Go to the events with a camera. I shot from inside the room as a guest who happened to have a camera, so the videos feel like being there rather than watching a highlight reel.

Talk to the people who make the whiskey. Founders and distillers, on the spot, about what they love about it. The good stuff came out when I asked about a specific bottle instead of "the brand."

Cut it two ways. Longer YouTube films for the people who want the whole story, and short social clips for the people who want the feeling.

Make it repeatable. Events are loud, dark and fast. I built a simple capture-and-edit routine so every event turned into finished video without a scramble.

What happened

Bourbon Lore now has a library of films from its own events. It makes the brand feel like people instead of a logo, and it's what sells the next event to the collectors who missed this one.

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