Craft Story / Portfolio Film

Crab Island

Vieques, Puerto Rico 2026 Craft · Process
Category
Craft Story / Portfolio Film
Location
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Year
2026
Format
16:9 Film, Vertical Cutdowns

A bottle on a shelf gives you none of the work behind it. This film goes the other direction — into the still room, the barrels, the hands doing the same careful motion they've done a thousand times before.

Distilling is mostly waiting, watching, and small adjustments. Rather than compress that into a highlight montage, the film sits in it — the copper, the steam, the quiet concentration that never makes it onto a label.

Inside the craft, not the branding around it.

Production notes: shot over a single working day, following the distillery's actual production schedule rather than staging it around the camera.

Aging barrels at Crab Island Rum
Mixing a cocktail with Crab Island Rum
Garnishing a Crab Island Rum cocktail
Crab Island Rum bottle label detail
Tasting glass on a Crab Island Rum branded paddle

The Film

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Director & Cinematographer
Javier Morales
Editor
Javier Morales
Location
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Type
Portfolio Film
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