Insight Communications – Louisville, KY

May 22, 2008

This was our fourth shoot with Greg Wilson at Ryannacy Films. The goal was to produce a series of long format vignettes for Insight Communications.

jr car mount
1st A.C., J.R. Kraus secures a Sony F900 for a car mount shot

carmount kevin driverseat
1st A.D. Kevin Hinds checks the shot in our Insight hero van

JR with cam
Sound mixer Bill “Shack” Shackleton and J.R. prep the package the first shot of the day

greg insight stage
D.P., Denver Miller and Director Greg Wilson in the interview studio

denver van long lens
Shooting in the Kentucky countryside

buffalo trace watertower
We had an opportunity to spend the day shooting at Buffalo Trace Bourbon Distillery

shack distillery tumbler
Denver and Shack with one of the large grain tumblers used in the distilling process

buffalo trace tumbler
Each rotating tumbler is superheated to process the grain

bourbon barrels sunlit
Ghosts of times gone by are said to roam these storage warehouses built in the late 1800’s

bourbon barrels hallway
Bourbon is aged for years in these charred barrels until its ready to be sold


Regal Boats – St. Petersburg, FL

May 6, 2008

This is Bump Films second season working with Rob May at Regal.

sunrise st pete
Sunrise or Sunset?

regal from heli
Our heli pilot, Preston, always puts us in the zone.

sunrise palms st pete
Another day in paradise, (sort of…)

mark shoots big regal
This is not a boat, its a yacht!


MasterCraft Saltwater Series – Duck Key, FL

May 6, 2008

This years Bump Films Saltwater Series shoot for MasterCraft was done at Duck Key.

mark keys scouting
Location scouting with the new MasterCraft 265.

photo boat silouette
Early morning on the Photoboat.

lots of MC's
Lots of MC’s…

EJ with hpx-500
We are now totally tapeless. EJ with our new Panasonic HPX-500.

265 early morn
Heading out on the 265 for our first morning shot.

saltwater fun shot
We have NO fun on these shoots…

keys heli 220
Nice blue water for Heli shots.

jack parker silouette
Still photographer Jack Parker sets up a morning shot.


MasterCraft MariStar – Austin, TX

May 6, 2008

This was Bump Films first trip to Lake Austin for this years MariStar shoot

mark and donny pboat
Mark Bame and Donny Croft, professional boat driver….

ej portal shooting
Shooting low angle of the MasterCraft 220 thru the portal.

EJ and Mark pboat
I thought Texas in May was supposed to be warm!

ej shoots from bow
Second angle with the HVX-200 from the photoboat.

235 sparkle
Some of the new boats come in 70’s era sparkle metal flake.


MasterCraft X-Series – Orlando, FL

May 6, 2008

X-Series production stills from Bump Films 2008 shoot.
early a.m. dock
Every day starts on the dock before sunrise.

xstar on glass
Morning glass in the X-Star.

x star off pboat bow
Tracking stern shot thru one of the many canals on the Butler chain.

heli xstar rusty
Rusty Malinoski from the Heli.


MasterCraft ProStar – Orlando Florida

May 6, 2008

Bump Films shoot for MasterCraft Boats.


mark prostar water
Mark shooting in close quarters with an HVX-200 in a waterhousing

mark water ski 1
mark water ski 2
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mark water ski 4
Sequence shot on the course. Its tight shooting with the skier passing by close to 60 mph!