FF destination videos: time for innovation!
- This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated Dec 31, 2006 at 10:47 am by
.
-
Posts
-
I was watching a couple of destination videos. Although the destinations looked good enough to dream about I got disappointed how the video lacks creative ‘layout’. I’ve been watching these videos for ages and they all look the same…
Those publishers/moviemakers need to take the next step in how to layout these videos. Innovate my friends!
What do you think about this?
Jay
Ps.
I just wrote a longer version of this at my blog.Or are innovations impossible because FF videos don’t generate enough money to cover the costs for being innovative?…
Anyone care to share how much videos needs to be sold to be profitable?
I agree .. I have not watched a ton of these type of videos, but the ones I have watched were pretty dry. I’d love to see more on the habitat .. hear some stories and history about the area/rivers, etc. You wouldn’t think it would cost THAT much more.. Any one here involved in any of these types of video productions?
Years ago, SA produced a bunch of fly fishing videos. Without getting into innovativeness of them, they were about as professionally produced as could be, involving multiple cameras, aerial work (at least on some, like the Billy Pate tarpon tapes), underwater work, top personnel (including anglers and guides). Locations were world class too, including Keys, Paradise Valley, etc. And they had to deal with the on-location issues: wind, rain, fish not biting. So, factor in cost of personnel, travel, lodging, guides, production, post processing, marketing, etc. – – – I’d suspect they took a bath financially, although some were really great, and other than gear being a bit dated, they have stood time well.
The five minute clips the Drake sponsored for the trade show this fall were great. But to do a professional shoot (far short of “Hollywood standards”), even with no animation, special effects, etc, is very expensive, especially considering the size of the fly fishing market.
Thus, had not Robert Redford personally wanted to film A River Runs Through It, and been able to pull it off very successfully by most all accounts, we’d have exactly, what, zero “fly fishing” movies?
Would that we did.
Buzz
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.