Gone Fishin’ in Black & White
Even if you don’t like fishing, you will like watching this video of people fishing. Check out c|change motion graphics artist Kevin O’Rourke’s new video (shot completely on GoPro) for Riverquest Charters, the fishing guide company for Muskegon River Lodge in Michigan. Kevin shares his thoughts below on his intention for this piece, the process and techniques he used to shoot it, and why he chose to film in black and white:
After having done 6 or 7 of these videos for the fishing guides, it is a struggle to come up with a different look for each video. They started out fairly simple and with each new one we did, we started getting more and more noticed by the big dogs of the fly fishing community. So that was intent of this one. This was completely shot on a GoPro. Shooting "over cranked” or at 60fps to 120fps really helps give a “film” look and aids in smoothing out the hand-held motion. Being in a 6' x 17' flat bottom boat is very restrictive and limits the shots quite a bit. I wanted to go black and white to give a graphic look. Really crushing the blacks made it very high contrast and helped me achieve the look I wanted. I used my quad copter (drone) for the over head and sweeping shots of the river which really define this piece--shots that would never have been possible otherwise. I shot this in one day’s time. I think it helps show the beauty in fly fishing and the beauty of my home state Michigan. The next shoot is planned for the dead of winter for rainbow trout. That should be interesting and have many challenges as well.
If you wanna check out some more of Kevin’s work, please visit his website.
