Pictures and more info coming after we get back. Stay Tuned.

Mark just got back from Dallas, TX for the 2nd stop of the Pro Wakeboard tour. We are working on a “Day in the Life” piece with Harley Clifford, one of MasterCraft’s newest team riders. This segment will come out on the MasterCraft website and on the 2011 Rewind DVD.

You can see more of the segments on Ski-Doo’s website and the BRP YouTube page.  (We did the post production for the Summit, MXZ, Renegade, Sport Utility, Touring, all the technology segments and the Summit Drop…. we did not do the 2010 line up video or the Freeride - see if you can tell the difference  wink wink)  Or you can see some of the edits right here on our site.

The first day of the shoot was sunny and the footage from both the RED and the Canon were great. But on the following days of production it was very cloudy and dark with some heavy snow sprinkled through the days. We have always prided ourselves with producing stelar images and color (Even when it’s someone else’s footage) Soooo color correction became a big part of the job. We worked very hard on pulling detail from the blacks and adding in more color without making it look too over the top. You can see some of the before and afters we did for the footage.

You can see more of the segments on Ski-Doo’s website and the BRP YouTube page.

For the segment below, The SUMMIT Drop, we were given the the graphics and the interview footage and we pulled the music from our friends at Battle Axe Records. Didn’t have a whole lot of diversity to the footage so we decided to go with the 3 window theme and some gritty color correction.

Client: MasterCraft Boats

Involvement: Entire production and postproduction.

Bump Films has now been producing the Rewind DVD for MasterCraft Boats for 7 years straight. MasterCraft has been involved with Bump Films since our first wakeboard movie, Shaft and our symbiotic relationship has proven time and time again to benefit us both. This year, MasterCraft wanted to change the opening segment and get away from the “Action, Action and more Action” type segment and develop a more elegent yet powerful piece. This is what we concocted.

We shot the boats in the MasterCraft engineering building hung from a monster lift… you can read and see more of how we did it here.

For the post and color correction, we had been using a burnt orange look in the last Rewind production, so we went the other way and used a deep blue look, which by the way was a lot more difficult to achieve than the burnt orange look.

We will put up more Rewind 2010 segments soon but in the mean time you can check out MasterCraft’s channel with all our videos here.

As part of a larger tour, MasterCraft took their brand new 300 over to the Bahamas for some “blue water” looks. For the most part the trip was a success but we had high winds and dark ominous clouds to work around. With the few spots of light we had Tom King (still photographer) and Mark made the most of it. Fortunately, the look for this spot is a dark, desaturated color, almost burnt look, which worked well with the footage we got.

Segment coming soon!!!

Project: MasterCraft Rewind

Client: MasterCraft Boats

Involvement:

Mark - Camera/Director

Eric - Camera Assistant

Chris Durfee: Gaffer

Both Eric and Mark went to the MasterCraft Factory in Tennessee to shoot the opening sequence for this year’s REWIND DVD. The concept was pretty simple but easier said than done, mostly because boats are designed to be in the water not hung from cables in a confined space.  While were all set up we shot some interviews with the big chiefs of MasterCraft.

We used our HPX 500 with a PS Technik 35mm adapter along with a set of Super Speed Ziess primes.  Our Gaffer, Chris, did a great job controlling and bouncing the light given the very tight time schedule. We also rented a Skater Dolly which worked great for the close stuff but we were not as happy with it for anything longer that a 35mm lens.

Update:

We finished the segment and you can check it out here.

Project: MasterCraft Rewind 2010

Client: MasterCraft Boats

Involvement: Mark - Director

Eric - Camera

Mark and Eric went to the University of Tennessee football game on one of the new boats from MasterCraft. The segment will be in this years new MasterCraft Rewind DVD due out the first of the year.

Eric shooting in the midst of the the UT Tailgate Party before the game with Scott Crutchfield.

More segments for MasterCraft coming soon.

Project: MasterCraft 300

Client: MasterCraft Boats

Involvement: Mark - Camera Operator

Rod - Assistant Camera

For the new 300, MasterCraft’s largest boat ever, it was agreed that we need to shoot the running footage with a Helicopter. The photoboat available to us in Tennessee was just not big enough.

So MasterCraft hired Preston to come up from Florida and we were able to work around some minor weather. Mark wasn’t quiet happy with the footage from the morning so we moved some stuff around and were able to go back out in the afternoon. The next day we shot interiors and lifestyle.

Big thanks to Jason Boertje, MasterCraft Marketing Director and Rod Parmenter who filled in for Eric on this trip.

Preston flying low so we didn’t need to get a photoboat. (thanks Jack Parker for the pictures)

Mark shooting out the heli door with the HPX500. We are pretty much all Panasonic these days.

Preston, our helicopter pilot, does allot of the work for us. He has been flying for so long and specializes in boat that the great footage we get is primarily his talent coming through the lens.