hero-videoNelson and Kootenay Lake Tourism
Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism

Telling hyper-local stories

Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism exists to share the beauty and spirit of our home. In the middle of the pandemic, they asked us to conceive and produce a film series that would lift the community and get people across the Kootenays back outside, exploring the place they already call home.

Production, Series
Visual Identity
Colours: #4E6B5A, #2F5D73, #C8872E Band: #171614 Accent: #C8872E Title: off Cue: off Lockup: Our Place Images: natural Reveal: fade Gallery: carousel Swap: Let’s build => Want to make Swap: yours. => a series? CTA: Have a place, a product or a group of people with stories worth telling? Tell us about them. Episode: Back On Track | Charlie Bunce | 3:30 | https://vimeo.com/482714286 Episode: Pure, Simple, and Real | Shelley Adams | 3:02 | https://vimeo.com/515418841 Episode: Synergy | John “Buff” Buffery | 3:29 | https://vimeo.com/518821202 Episode: Creative Backbone | Korina Langevin | 3:26 | https://vimeo.com/529394291 Episode: A Rare Bird | Gaelen Schnare | 3:07 | https://vimeo.com/542980196 Episode: Elemental | Luke Lewis | 3:45 | https://vimeo.com/558352805 Episode: In The Moment | Brian Cross | 2:34 | https://vimeo.com/573250096 Episode: Flying High | Dana Harrison | 2:41 | https://vimeo.com/584091662 Episode: Rooted In Culture | Sean Rodman | 3:43 | https://vimeo.com/599760983 Episode: Storytelling in Colour | Damian John | 3:30 | https://vimeo.com/624641373 Episode: Home Is Outside | The Noblets | 3:09 | https://vimeo.com/646271607 Episode: Our People | Louis Bockner | 3:40 | https://vimeo.com/657178892
The idea Nelson was already known for its [mountains] and its [lake.] We made it known for its [people.] NKLT saw there was more to share than scenery: the culture, character and community behind it. Our Place is the narrative we built to carry that: twelve short documentaries, each built around one person rooted in this place.
12 | Films 12 | Local stories 40 | Minutes of finished film 4 | Seasons on location
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The series

Our Place

Production

Small crew, big country

Twelve shoots across four seasons, from the streetcar barn on the lakeshore to a lodge at 7,200 feet. We kept the crew small enough to wade a river, hike an alpine trail or fit in someone’s kitchen.

Photography

A stills library, shot alongside every film

Every shoot doubled as a photo shoot. Hundreds of photographs and content cutdowns came out of the series for the client to use across its own channels.

Back On Track: Charlie Bunce on a grassy mountainside
Pure, Simple, and Real: a cook preparing food in her kitchen
Synergy: a guide in a yellow jacket in falling snow
Creative Backbone: a woman leaning on a red patterned wall
A Rare Bird: a teenager sitting by a stone fireplace
Elemental: a broom maker standing in his workshop
In The Moment: hands framing a mountain view
Flying High: a fly fisher casting in a river
Rooted In Culture: a musician recording with a guitar
Storytelling in Colour: an artist seated in his studio
Home Is Outside: a climber in a helmet on a snowy summit
Our People: a photographer raising a camera by a window
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Nelson, BC from above in autumn light
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Kootenay Lake and the Purcells at dusk
Behind the scenes: sound recordist holding a boom pole overhead
Behind the scenes: the crew filming a fly fisher in the river
Nelson's streetcar on a leafy lakeside track
A woman in silhouette above Nelson at dusk
Two guides in yellow jackets studying the snowpack
A broom maker at work in his shop
Hikers crossing a boulder field among autumn larches
A birder in a grassy field below the mountains
A musician playing guitar in a wood-panelled studio
A small plane over the mountains in golden light
A cook holding a platter of food in her kitchen
Misty mountain slopes with autumn larches
Close-up of a red wall painted with starbursts
A truck with its headlights on at an alpine camp at dusk
A food shoot being lit in a home kitchen
Sunset over Kootenay Lake
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