Daze of Night

A visual documentation of the many sights I've encountered during a two year period exploring often remote parts of SW Florida, the Everglades & Florida Keys. Aerial, timelapse & slow motion imagery contrasting day & night - assembled to music. Focused on the beautiful Florida skies & abundant nature, designed to inspire.

  • Rob Hoovis
    Director
    *FM, *FM 2, Paradise (action sports)
  • Rob Hoovis
    Writer
  • Rob Hoovis
    Producer
  • Florida
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    Nature, Local, Timelapse, Art
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 31, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HD/4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Rob Hoovis

Rob Hoovis is an accomplished photographer & film maker located in Fort Myers Florida. This family man & father of two owns a photo/video production company called Old Sparky Productions. In the early 2000s directed & produced a number of action sports videos about skateboarding, notably *FM2 which was awarded 'Underground Video of the Year' by Thrasher Magazine in 2002. He spent time as the Lee County Resident artist in 2016, has an Instagram following of over 30,000 people & his photos have appeared in a variety of magazines. Although he earns a living doing client based photo/video work - his his true passion is film making & photography centered on the night sky. He was nominated by Milky Way Chasers, the largest community of night sky photographers in the world in 2018 as 'Best Milky Way Photographer - Male' & 'Best Lightning Photographer'. He spends much of his free time shooting aerial & timelapse video as well as a variety of landscape photos in remote parts of SW Florida.

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Director Statement

I hope to show the world through my lens, make the ordinary look extraordinary & inspire others to seek out all of the natural beauty there is on Earth.