Surf's Up: The Art and Making of a True Story
by Cody Maverick
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Author: Cody MaverickForeword: Jeff Bridges
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-15
ISBN: 1933784156
Number of pages: 148
Publisher: Insight Editions
Book Reviews of Surf's Up: The Art and Making of a True Story
Book Review: Why can't other production books be this good?
Summary: 5 Stars
I seriously can't find anything wrong with this book. Every production book should be this good. Every other production book that I have purchased in the past has always been lacking something, and left me feeling like I was kinda ripped off. Almost like they went around the office and said, "everybody just give me some of your stuff because we're going to throw some stupid book together". Not this book though. This one actually makes me want to look at it over and over again. It makes me want to watch the movie again. Forget Pixar and their somewhat good movies. This movie was a hundred times better than any Pixar movie (well I did like the Incredibles). This movie was produced by a company that will always over shadowed by Pixar, but by my opinion, Sony has produced a way more visually advanced film that everybody over looked because it had penguins in it (I kinda thought the same thing when it first came out). The book shows alot of that amazing imagery and goes a little further for the old fashioned pencil and paper artist (like me). It's a real insperation for any fan of the movie. This book has alot of extras like postcards and posters and stuff like that nature. It makes the book feel alot like a scrapbook of the making of the movie. I feel very happy to have book like this in my collection. The only thing that I would have maybe added is the actual breeds of penguins that the characters were modeled after. I just looked that up on a Google search and found that one out. But all the same it would have been cool to see a side by side comparison.
Summary of Surf's Up: The Art and Making of a True Story
Surf's Up , the latest CG-animated feature film from Sony Pictures Animation, is based on the "true story" of up-and-coming surfer Cody Maverick. The film follows Cody as he enters his first professional surf competition. Inspired by the legendary wave rider Big Z, Cody leaves his family and hometown of Shiverpool, Antarctica to travel to Pen Gu Island for the Big Z Memorial Surf Contest. Cody believes that fame and fortune will bring him the admiration and respect he craves, but when he meets a washed-up old surfer named Geek, Cody begins to understand that the greatest champion isn't always the one who comes in first.Get an inside look at the making of this incredible film in Surf's Up: The Art and Making of a True Story, which is packed with a wealth of extras, including a DVD that details the digital image-making process, a teaser movie poster, a booklet on "Building a Digital Wave," vintage surfer postcards, a surfbook bookmark, and a commemorative Pen Gu Times newspaper.
Starring Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, James Woods, Mario Cantone, Deidrich Bader, Jane Krakowski, and Mindy Sterling, Surf's Up is directed by Ash Brannon ( Toy Story 2 ) and Chris Buck ( Tarzan ).
Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Insight Editions have partnered to create two incredible previous books, The Art of Open Season and The Art & Making of Monster House . Animation Magazine's rave review observed that Insight Editions and Sony "have raised the bar for movie tie-ins!"
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