Waves
‘You gotta learn to balance it Ty.’ - Ronald Many of us aspire to be able do everything and be able to perfectly balance it all. It’s the same for Tyler Williams who juggles his grades, being a wrestler, having a girlfriend and playing the piano. Although, at one-point Tyler makes us and himself believe that he’s got it all under control, when thing falls out of balance his life quickly spirals out of control. From the trailer , I imagined the film would be more focused on Sterling K. Brown’s character, Ronald Williams - Tyler’s father, and in some ways it is. He intimidates his son and forgets his daughter until they both end up lashing out from his control. Waves begins with Tyler and his girlfriend Alexis Lopez singing in his car as the camera rotates around them. The camera spinning upon first look is a cool techniqu...