This is a clip from The Pick Up. I worked with Director Taylor Morden to bring this film life by embracing the intense, sleepless adrenaline of the BendFilm Festival’s 72-Hour Filmmaker’s Scramble—all while pulling double duty as we actively showcased our other short film, Sticker Shock, at that exact same festival. Managing the logistics of an ongoing festival screening while racing against a strict 72-hour ticking clock, we maximized local resources and a tightly focused script to construct this horror-thriller. Our multi-tasking paid off massively: while Sticker Shock went on to win the festival's Jury Award for the scramble, The Pick Up secured the prestigious Best of the Northwest award, marking a historic, back-to-back triumph under extreme time constraints.