HUNTING FOR FISH was shot in 1997. That's why it looks so retro! It took over two decades for the film technology (film scanning) to become economically feasible in order for Lance Lucero to complete the film.
There was no lighting package for HUNTING FOR FISH. For exterior filming, two four foot shiny boards were used to reflect the beautiful Colorado sunshine. For interior filming, tungsten balanced practical light bulbs in Chinese lanterns were used to light the sets. The exterior and interior film images look perfectly professional.
Film influences: Stanley Kramer's IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, 1963; Sergio Leone's THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, 1966; Alex Cox's REPO MAN, 1984.
Exactly 23,740 ft. of film was shot for the picture. About sixty 400 ft. rolls of film. The film stock used: 16mm, KODAK 250D - 7297 and 500T - 7298. The short ends left over from the shoot: 250 ft. of the 7297 and 210 ft. of the 7298.
All marketing materials for the picture (posters, publicity stills, and behind the scenes stills) were photographed with 35mm still cameras. The negatives were scanned and manipulated digitally (adding graphics and logos).