We cut our teeth making videos like this: seamlessly looping, visually sparse, minimal color palette. This is old school, like circa 2011, filmed on a Cannon Mark ii. This video played in several galleries and museums on an eternal loop.
We filmed this in Rhode Island while Evan was in grad school at RISD. He did about 15 submerges before we nailed the shot, problem was this was in early spring and the water was just above freezing, which means hypothermia. You can see his hands shaking uncontrollably in the video. Totally worth it! Plus, there are studies that say cold is very good for us…