Surf Filmmaker
Surf movies have been around since the late 50s, starting with the overblown Gidget flicks that detailed little about what was really happening in surf culture. It was an interesting series of movies with fake surf shots and pretty boy actors trying to emulate the surfer look. It wasn’t until Bruce Brown’s Endless Summer in 1966 that mainstream America got a real taste of the surfing lifestyle.
The modern surf flick of today are mostly corporate sojourns sponsored by surf clothing companies, showcasing their sponsored surfers tearing into waves in exotic locales to the beat of a punk or rock and roll sound track. There is little, if any dialog, just shot after shot of insane waves with nobody but a few surfers out. Every once in a while, a surf moviemaker tries to tell a different story, without having to rely on surf stars. Arsen Brzostek’s Arsen Productions has taken a decidedly different route with its films Jungle Juice: Surfing Adventure In Costa Rica’s Southern Zone, and Going With The Flow: Classic California Soul Surfing. A commercial artist previously focused on graphic design, Brzostek picked up a DV camera 2004 and began filming his passion for surfing. Digital Media Net’s John Virata spoke with him on aspects of his filmmaking and why and how he got into it. Read the interview here…
Another young filmmaker, Daniel Flax from Austria, specializes in short movies and animations. His start-up (www.pixelworks.at) drews a lot of interest from local enterpreneurs and international projects. You can check out some of his projects here…
The latest video clip we can offer you was created by one of our guests and shows a little bit of Costa Rica, the Zopilote Surf Camp and some white water surfing. Watch it here…
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