Our Client: Departure
Agency: Texas Monthly
Brand: Cadillac
Our Services: Full Service - Edit, Color, Sound, VFX

We partnered with BL&S to create a four-episode series of unscripted short documentaries featuring bold Texas creatives and the new Cadillac LYRIQ. In a rare pre-production treat, we recorded voiceover via remote patch and created rough assemblies before filming—giving the production team the huge advantage of knowing exactly what footage they needed to capture. Editor Will Clark crafted each episode sequentially before tackling revisions as a complete series, helping us find the unique spirit of each location while maintaining consistency across the project. Beyond editorial, we provided full-service post-production including color grading, VFX cleanup, and sound mixing to deliver a polished final series.

EP1: Jackie Venson

Recording artist and Austin-native Jackie Venson has earned a loyal fan base and critical acclaim in her ten years of performing. Based in blues, her multi-genre sound seamlessly blends in elements of rock and reggae. With a background in piano and education from Berklee College of Music, Venson found her true joy in pursuing guitar. A driving force behind Venson’s passion is the legacy of her father’s tenured career as a musician.

The LYRIQ and Venson’s career share similar themes: charging into a new era while building on legends of the past. In the all-electric LYRIQ, Venson travels 100 miles west from the historic Antone’s Nightclub in Austin to Enchanted Rock to find inspiration and peace in nature.

She continues to evolve her music by utilizing technology to reimagine her old songs. In her effort to deliver new sounds to the world, Venson also seeks to create classics; something fresh, but familiar.

Ep2: Elizabeth Johnson

Chef Elizabeth Johnson set out to do more than just make delicious dishes when she opened her San Antonio restaurant Pharm Table in 2015. Inspired by cuisine from around the world, Johnson reinvents comfort foods as medicine with a vision of promoting a better quality of life. While much of her menu is plant-forward, it does feature locally sourced, pasture-raised animal proteins.

Driving 50 miles northeast in the all-electric LYRIQ, Johnson partners with a regenerative farming operation for some of these proteins. This technology is the key to sustainability both in this type of animal grazing and the LYRIQ’s efficiency. A new way to look at how we eat and how we drive.

One dish at a time, Chef Elizabeth Johnson is changing the landscape of healthy eating and innovating with every recipe.

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