For this weeks blog post I`m going to discuss and try to go into as much detail as possible about producing, funding and actually how much money did Defy: The Danny Harf Project make. Being a wakeboarder pretty much my whole life and shooting/editing it for over 8 years I can safely say I have a huge interest in the market. Not to mention bigger productions and just wakeboarding in general.
Defy might just be the next big step for the wakeboard filmmaking world.
It’s downloadable online or you can order a double disc (Blu-ray/DVD combo pack) It also did great at the 2012 X-Dance where it won an award for the Best Soundtrack. The BFY crew made the movie. They always do a solid job whether is shooting,editing or producing. You can check out more info on them over here. When a huge production like this takes place (took over 2.5 years to shoot) you can expect other huge brands to try and merge/sponsor the event. Im talking about huge industry names like Monster Energy, Fox Riders Co., Ronix, Transworld Wakeboarding and Nautique boats, who were actually the very first company to make a wakeboarding tower for a boat.
Needless to say they still are the number one wake/ski boat manufacturers in the world. As far the actual budgeting goes for the movie it was really hard to find all the information but heres a pretty good interview I found where they kind of go into detail, One of the answeres states that “between C/Chopper Dave at radar with Ronix and the Fox blue lake stunts. My guess is around $25k just on stunts.”
Not to mention building the rails, the material, rental equipment, travelling and the camera gear/editing cost later. As far as how much money the flicks going to make my sights are unclear since its one of the newer productions out there and we won`t be able to see the total profit until were down the line a little more.
One things for certain though, Defy is a milestone in not just the wakeboarding community but the whole watersport world. I love it and I can only recommend it.
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