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Spotlight. A Colombian Wakeboard Movie.
Spotlight.
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A Colombian Wakeboard Movie.
Director: Juan Pablo Mesa. Written by: Juan Pablo Mesa. Cameramen: Juan Pablo Mesa. Martín Prieto. Fernando Morales. Sound: Juan Pablo Mesa. Edited by: Juan Pablo Mesa. Music: Kids Sleigh Bells Collect Call (Adventure Club Remix) Metric Smooth Rider Dave Matthews Band Tounge Tied Grouplove Midnight City M83 Down on Life Elliphant Let Me Know No Wyld 99 Problems Hugo High Peking Duke
Genre: Sports Documentary. Starring: + Dean Lavelle + David Corredor + Andrés Rozo + Emilio Rabenga + Tomás Corredor + Pablo Corredor + Martín Prieto + Jamie Bazán + Diego Shaw + Nicolás Rebaza
Music A Colombian Wakeboard Movie.
Music: + Kids Sleigh Bells + Collect Call (Adventure Club Remix) Metric + Smooth Rider Dave Matthews Band + Tounge Tied Grouplove + Midnight City M83 + Down on Life Elliphant + Let Me Know No Wyld + 99 Problems Hugo + High Peking Duke
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Synopsis.
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A Colombian Wakeboard Movie.
Spotlight is a Colombian Documentary that tells the Colombian Wakeboarding histroy like no one has ever done it before. With the help of 7time World Champion Dean Lavelle, PanAmerican Champion Juan Martín Vélez, the multipletimes national winners the Corredor brothers and many other people who have been crucial for the sport’s growth you’ll be able to witness how Wakeboarding has changed in the South American country since it’s foundation in the early 90’s up until today.
Notes.
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A Colombian Wakeboard Movie.
Doing a project so ambicious didnt seem as hard to accomplish in the planning, however, the greater the risks the greater the reward. The hardest obstacle that I had filming Spotlight was the time limits, as half of it had to be filmed off season even thought that it needed to be filmed during riding season. The fact that I could travel the world and Colombia to film this movie was great, I got to meet many people who are not only great riders, but are also great human beings. In the post production, looking back I think that I could have made my project a lot simpler in order to avoid so much limits, difficulties and stressful situations, however, the reward of pulling off a project that meets my objectives shadows off the hard experiences I went through. The production was deffinetly hard and long, but this is a project that needed and deserved this kind of dedication.
Potential Demographic. A Colombian Wakeboard Movie.
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Potential Demographic.
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A Colombian Wakeboard Movie. Spotlight is a Sports Documentary that is directed for anybody that is a fan of action sports and anybody who enjoys watching sports documentary. It is specially aired for Colombians, specially those who are closely related to the national Wakeboarding comunity, however, one of the objectives set when "Spotlight" was planned was to show the Colombian Wakeboarding around the world so it is a film that is expected to be watched from people all around the world. That is why that it is aimed to be shown in Wakeboarding events in Colombia and in international scenarios, as well as the Espys. It is also expected that it'll be shown in websites specially directed for sports documentaries and wakeborading, such as Red Bull Media House, Transworld Wakeboarding, Alliance Wakeboarding, Trasher, MyWake, amongst others.
Epilogue.
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A Colombian Wakeboard Movie.
This project could have not been completed without the help of so many people that contributed greatly to the development of Spotlight. Therefore I, Juan Mesa, would like to use this final space to thank all those who helped me during this process: Juan Trujillo, José Ignacio Velásquez, Martín Prieto, Dean Lavelle, Emilio Rabenga, the whole LTS Staff, Santiago Celis, Fedesquí, ACW, Andrés Rozo, Rodrigo Armenta, my beloved parents, Juan Martín Vélez, Fernando Morales and Focus FL Productions, without you this experince would have not been so enrichful.
The idea of showing the Wakeboarding evolution in Colombia happened because the Wakeboarding community is in need of a projects of this nature that can show the world how Colombian Wakeboard has been able to make a name for itself in the world of Wakeboarding. The idea of making this project was helping the Colombian riders progress and help the Wakeboarding community grow.
Spotlight. A Colombian Wakeboard Movie.
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