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>> i was watching the water and saw that another surge was beginning to form and it was just racing right up towards the people. >> tyler jumps into action, grabbing his small flip camera. >> as soon as i hit the record button, it was just blowing up in my face. people were just getting trashed on the left and my right, and there was folks and dogs and little kids just disappearing under the water. >> another angle shows the wave wiping people off the ledge. tyler surveys the beach. >> thank you, boy! thank you! that's my dog! >> are you sure? >> that's my dog. >> people were standing up cover...

>> exhibit b-5 is a ghoulish take on prank videos. it comes from the creative mind of film director kyle rankin. >> i think people like to watch videos like this because it's similar to getting on a roller coaster. it's skirting death. that's why it's so popular. >> kyle has worked on many films including "the battle of shaker heights" starring shia labeouf and "nuclear family." >> when i'm in between projects, i like to do something to keep directing and challenge myself to do something i haven't done. so i thought building up to a realistic car hit would be pretty cool. >> he writes the scri...

>> i was watching the water and saw that another surge was beginning to form and it was just racing right up towards the people. >> tyler jumps into action, grabbing his small flip camera. >> as soon as i hit the record button, it was just blowing up in my face. people were just getting trashed on the left and my right, and there was folks and dogs and little kids just disappearing under the water. >> another angle shows the wave wiping people off the ledge. tyler surveys the beach. >> thank you, boy! thank you! that's my dog! >> are you sure? >> that's my dog. >> people were standing up cover...

And simple. >> there was no special lighting, no special sound. it just was a flip camera. >> it took about a full day to do it. but kyle knew what he wanted and he knew how he wanted it to look. >> so now it's time for me to even the score. [ knocking ] >> the challenges that it presented were fun. which is how to make this thing feel really real. ways to do that or like the handheld shaky cam. having the actors interrupt each other. >> oh, my god. you're so lucky we're not doing it at night. >> but kyle knows the believability of the video hinges on how realistic the climactic car hit looks....

Grabbing his small flip camera. >> as soon as i hit the record button, it was just blowing up in my face. people were just getting trashed on the left and my right, and there was folks and dogs and little kids just disappearing under the water. >> another angle shows the wave wiping people off the ledge. tyler surveys the beach. >> thank you, boy! thank you! that's my dog! >> are you sure? >> that's my dog. >> people were standing up covered in water and sand and a few cuts and bruises and stuff like that. it didn't seem like anybody had gotten badly hurt. >> yeah, pretty good save. >> but it ...