Talk:Bud Browne

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Hi! I peer edited your article. I think you should add to the introduction paragraph, maybe including Browne's significant films. I think you should also move the sentences about his surfing into the Early Life section. If you need more to talk about you can add information on his family life. I also think you should include more reference links to Wikipedia pages and in text citations. And I made a few grammar/comma fixes on the page. I hope I could be of help! PSankaran (talk) 00:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)PSankaran

I also peer reviewed your article. I feel like visually you should maybe try to split things up more or make some more paragraphs within the sections. I feel like this would make the article as a whole more appealing and easier to read. There are also some grammatical errors I would consider fixing. Sometimes I feel likeyour sentences are too long. Instead of using commas, I would occasionally put in some periods and make separate sentences. In my opinion this would make the article easier to read. I feel like you should try and include more links within the article in order for the reader to find out information about a term they are unsure about. I would recommend just reading over the article and just fine tuning everything but overall this a very informative article.Maneesh2448 (talk) 05:05, 16 November 2015 (UTC)Maneesh2448

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Early Life

Bud Browne was born in Newtonville, Massachusetts on July 14 1912 and passed away in San Luis Obispo, California on July 25 2008. He moved to Los Angeles in 1931 and attended the University of Southern California. During his time spent at USC he competed in collegiate swimming. Throughout the duration of his swimming career he worked his way up to being a captain of the team. After college, he was hired as a life guard in 1938. However, this job was short lived because he was soon enlisted into the Navy during World War II. While at war, he taught many marines how to swim. After the war, he again received a job as a lifeguard and was given the nickname "Barracuda" because of his reputation as being one of the best body surfers of his time. While life guarding in the late1940s, Bud began filming body surfers. Realizing his potential, Bud went back to USC in the early 1950s to attend film school. While on a surfing expedition with Duke Kahanamoku in Waikiki, Hawaii in 1953, he made his inaugural film, Hawaiian Surfing Movies. The debut of his first film took place at John Adams Junior High School in Santa Monica, California to an audience of about 500 people. Because it was a silent film, Bud decided to narrate using the school’s PA system.

Career

Over the next 11 years Bud Browne would produce a movie a year, which all abided by the same basic structure: a montage of surfing action in either California or Hawaii followed by a few on the road moments between excursions. The entire process of Bud’s film making protocol was relatively cheap, costing around five thousand dollars to film, edit, and produce. Bud Browne, along with filming all of the footage, also functioned as his one man production and editing crew. After piecing many shots together to create a fluid film he would promote his films by driving the coast of California and setting up tents where he would show his films for little cost. As Browne started to gain publicity and profit in the early 1960s, he was able to hire DJs to ship his films to the east coast of the United States and even further out to parts of Europe and Australia. Browne's strong swimming skills provided useful in being able to shoot a steady shot while in the water. As much as his shots were taken in the water, Browne developed his own waterproof camera and waterproof wetsuit. These innovations allowed Browne to stay in the water and film for hours at a time. Among Browne's accomplishments is the famous pipeline shot that views a wave as it is crashing over top of the surfer, creating water tunnel. Browne was the first of many film makers that followed in similar fashions such as Jon Severson and Greg Noll. Although Bud Browne never made much money off of the films that he created, it caused no hinderance on his projects: "It was always worthwhile for me because I got such a big hoot out of everyone enjoying the films”.

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Peer Edit

I also am peer editing your page. I was thinking you don't need to mention the death date in the Early Life section. Also I made some changes to wording in the paragraphs, and also maybe you could put a source after the quote in the career section, thanksDamcn174 (talk) 04:16, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

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