Chasing Mavericks - Inspirational Drama

Beginning of Movie:

Lighting in this movie plays a big role as it gives the audience an understanding of the ambience of the current scene. Since the movie starts off at the beach it continues to show natural lighting, rarely using any artificial lighting, unless if necessary. In the beginning of the movie the characters are introduced and we are shown that the little kid is the protagonist of the movie and the other actors are going to be supportive characters for the main character's story. We are given a little glimpse at the aspect of make-up 5 minutes into the movie, as the main character "Jay Moriarity"stumps his nose against the surfboard and begins to bleed out of his nose. The props that are shown in the movie are the tennis ball, the letter, the bottles, and then most importantly the surfboard. Now the reason as to why the surfboard carries so much meaning behind it is because at the beginning of the movie "Frosty" a supporting character saves Jay only due to the fact that he was surfing. Then later on, it's seen that Jay wants to go learn how to surf and the only reason he is able to even go out with his old and broken board is due to the fact that he gets parts which Frosty owns. This indicates and foreshadows the idea that Frosty and Jay will have a continuous close relationship as the movie carries on.

Middle of Movie:

Camera angles are very important in this part of the movie. The reason for this is because most of the scenes we saw in the middle portion of the movie were while the actors were surfing. This provided the audience a better understanding of the perspective of the character and the difficulty of surfing giant waves. Some of the angles that were used were: High angle, low angle, POV angle, Two shot, Master shot, and Over-The-Shoulder. Camera movements also helped in creating the feeling of the audience practically being in the movie themselves, as they gave many different perspectives and dimension to the movie. If it hadn't been more camera movements like, Zoom, Pan, Tilt, and Tracking shot. the movie would have been very basic. It would've taken away a lot of the beauty of the movie. Two big camera angles and movements that were used and stood out a lot was God's eye and POV. The reason for this is because God's eye allowed us to see the difficulty of what the surfers were doing. Furthermore, the POV allowed us to see the danger's of what it really is to be in the water when surfing these colossal waves.

End of Movie:

Sound has a powerful impact in the movie due to the fact that during the end of the movie the drama occurring is at its highest. With the waves crashing, and the panicked and worried crowd. it plays a big role in giving the audience understanding what's happening in the movie. As well the music at then end allows us to understand the shift in the mood of the movie. It went from uplifting when Jay surfed the wave, to sad when we find out Jay had died, and then back to uplifting as we find peace in knowing that Jay left a mark on many people's heart and touched the lives of many. The ending shows a true clip of Jay and this was done by the process of editing. The use of this makes the story more powerful as it how's that this was a true story, and allows us to see who he really was.