“To see only the outcome makes all the events leading up to it potentially arbitrary and meaningless. But to look at something from its genesis means to see a world of ideas — to see thousands of decisions meticulously working together to make the end look wonderfully inevitable.”

We shot the entire segment with a 5D and a 7D. We had an assortment of lights, dollies, and little toys but the two favorites were the SmallHD monitor and our Nikor 105 f2.5 lens… you can read and see more of how we did it here.

We will put up more Rewind 2012 segments soon but in the mean time you can check out MasterCraft’s channel with all our videos here.

You can check out some of the other projects we did for Ski-Doo this year both at their YouTube site and here at our site.

The segment shown above is called “Master the Mountain” and showcases the Summit X and Freeride models. This piece was shot by Mikael Berntsson (hand held and tripod) and Mark Bame (from the Heli).

You can see all the segments (both French and English… yes we did the French versions too) on Ski-Doo’s 2012 website or on their YouTube page.

The segment above is the 3400 CC from the Florida Keys shoot in November. We had some pretty high winds for most of the trip which turn into some decent swells on the Atlantic side of the islands.

If your into the Facebook thing, Mark and Josh from Hydra-Sport, posted some pics from the shoots on the Bump Films facebook page.

Big thanks to Danny and Chuck for helping out on the edits.

Client: MasterCraft Boats

Involvement: Entire production and postproduction.

The massive undertaking that is Rewind! We produce this DVD every year for MasterCraft boats and it never seems to get any easier. This years Opening sequence was one of our most well received pieces ever.

You can see more segments of Rewind 2011 as well as a behind the scenes look at how we shot the Opening segment with the Phantom camera, use the links below.

The Making of the Rewind11 Open

“Come Get Some” Rewind Commercial

Client: MasterCraft Boats

Involvement: Entire production and postproduction.

Concept and direction was a calibration between Mark Bame from Bump Films and Jason Boertje from MasterCraft. The goal was to portray the elegance and beauty of the MasterCraft Brand.

The footage was all shot in studio with a Canon 5D. Go Here for more on how we shot this piece.

Client: MasterCraft Boats

Involvement: Entire production and postproduction.

This is a project that we do yearly for MasterCraft Boats. “Rewind” is a 90 minute long DVD product video with everything from instructional segments to event coverage to athlete profiles to product walk-throughs. The trailer here is used by MasterCraft  to promote the new DVD on their website and is sent out to all the dealers and industry.

The footage for this trailer came from two shoots. First off, we shot 15 of the new 2011 boats in a studio just outside Knoxville. We shot all of the boats on a Canon 5D with a Ziess 50mm and a Nikkor 110mm. Amazing clarity. For more information on this shoot check here.

The second half of the trailer came from a shoot we did with the Phantom camera down on a private sand mine lake south of Orlando.  Super amazing camera.

All of us here would like to thank MasterCraft for letting us stretch the boundaries of tradition and make another step forward.

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Parks Bonifay pulls together his sponsors, Red Bull, MasterCraft and FOX to put on an “invite only” contest called Double or Nothing. 12 hand picked riders, 7 double ups for each rider, best trick takes it all…. 10 grand. This year is was held on a private sand mine lake in a secret spot that we can’t give away. Super sick lake with a great set up for double ups.

When it was all said and done, Harley Clifford was the clear winner with a back mobe 7. Look for this segment on this year’s MasterCraft Rewind DVD.

The busy summer continues… we are just back from a week in Connecticut shooting the smaller half of the Hydra-Sports boat line. (We’ll be shooting the bigger boats in Southern Florida later this fall) Donny drove the photoboat all the way from Florida and we worked out of a little town called Old Saybrook just Southeast of Hartford. The stretch of water between New York’s Long Island and Connecticut is about 12 miles, all with great fishing, beautiful shorelines and nice people.

Hope we go back soon.

Mark and Jason up top with Donny at the wheel.