April 26, 2021
By Alaina Uricheck ’24
Susquehanna University’s Eric Braker ’21, alongside together with his brother, produced a brief movie concerning the Chesapeake Bay that was named the official number of the 2021 Fly Fishing Film Tour and chosen to look at the Annapolis Film Festival.
Braker and his brother, Andrew, accomplished the movie, A Journey Upstream, regardless of Covid-19 restrictions as a result of the subject—fly fishing—allowed them to have a really small crew, with Braker because the precept cinematographer.
Braker and his brother are native Marylanders who grew up fishing within the Chesapeake and its surrounding waters, so A Journey Upstream is a really private undertaking for them.
“We needed to focus on the concept it’s the youthful technology’s accountability to make use of their ardour and their expertise to make a distinction on this planet round them, whereas additionally selling the significance of getting captivated with conservation points,” Braker mentioned.
After creating many smaller-scale movies, Braker mentioned he felt “a burning want to create a larger-scale movie to spark significant dialog concerning the well being of his residence watershed.”
A Journey Upstream does simply that by telling the story of two seemingly unrelated fish to assist people perceive the connectivity between the atmosphere and a wholesome Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Braker, a advertising main, hopes to in the future have the ability to dedicate his consideration full-time to his personal video advertising enterprise, Motion Digital, that he began in 2019 and used to supply “A Journey Upstream.” For now, his post-graduation plans embrace working full-time for an actual property advertising firm in Washington, D.C., and rising Motion Digital by documentary and company video manufacturing.
The Annapolis Film Festival is a ten-day digital occasion that ran in April 2021.
