Aura Glass

When you’re in film school, you don’t really think of yourself making a lucrative run producing Kickstarter videos, especially in 2010, when Kickstarter wasn’t even a thing. But times change, and the universe doesn’t want you to make movies, so here we are.

Luckily Kickstarter is a super interesting format, that doesn’t need me over-explaining it. I’ve gotten to work on a few Kickstarter campaigns, some for assorted entrepreneurs, and even some for those aforementioned movies the universe didn’t want me to make at the time. It’s usually a mixed bag of good idea, interesting execution, poor networking, great networking, wishful thinking, and dumb luck.

Here and there, among all the crowd-funded campaigns you get a perfect storm, in a swirling glass.

A friend, and recent newly-wed (not to me) Adam Czarnik, put me in touch with a colleague of his by the name of Keven Carpenter. Keven and his wife Ankana had a product they wanted to launch a Kickstarter for.

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After a few months of email exchange and signing a Non Disclosure Agreement, I was introduced to the Aura Glass, a rotating, self-aerating wine glass, that not even my clumsy ass could spill.

I once again employed the services of Gary Ahmed, who had as much fun as I did shooting moving liquid at 90 frames per second. So much fun that it got us another liquid themed project down the road.

I had a very good working relationship with Keven and Ankana, and before I write too much and tank any interest you had on checking out the product, click the image to see the Aura Glass Kick Starter campaign.