Outline for the Third Term Paper

I will be comparing the visual effects of Surf's Up (2007) and the wave scene from the new Point Break (2015). Where I feel both films were successful in recreating the waves, granted I don't believe some of the movements the surfers did were completely honest.

• Surf's Up
• This wave was completely designed and developed by the creator
• help in where the wave would naturally pinch and speed up was advised by Kelly Slater, the best surfer who has every lived.
• Kelly has 11 world titles to say he is the best surfer
• he has recreated one of the best artificial waves the world has seen.
• below I have a video of one of the shots
• they detailed everything from the lighting and refraction to the water drops and scratches on the lens.
• the speed the camera is at is also a common speed water cinematographers film in.

•  Point Break
• the first Point Break movie was obviously fake, they didn't have the proper cameras to really get into surf cinematography.
• in one scene 10 dudes come up behind Johnny Utah on a wave, which is impossible because you are given the energy and speed from the wave.
• with the new Point Break, they had 3 of the best surfers who have surfed Teahupoo which is the location in Tahiti that they filmed at.
• even with some of the best surfers to get footage of the spot I don't believe 2 people would take off on the same wave.
• the reef at Teahupoo is roughly 1/3 the height of the wave below the water.
• so at 20 feet there is only 6 maybe 7 feet of water
• I have seen so many professional come out of the water with holes in their bodies from hitting the reef.
• below the first video is the movie, the second video is the scariest thing I have seen in my life, real footage from a huge day a few years ago at Teahupoo (turn up the volume and feel small).

•  Conclusion
• using professionals from the industry can give you the best results for a film.
• even somethings that seem impossible can be real, like the wave at Teahupoo.
• any of the waves in these videos will kill a normal person who is not an expert in the ocean, given how shallow the reef is to give the lip of the waves.
• However, both films were successful given the teams they assembled to recreate the surfer's success.