What It Takes (2012)

Four consecutive California water polo championships, an undefeated season, and the team captains graduating leads Mater Dei High School's coach to send his young team in search of leadership through fabled U.S. Navy SEAL training. The film follows their grueling four-day adventure with SEALs, working in the same locations, facing the rigorous exercises and sleep deprivation that every SEAL candidate endures. Can these teenage athletes in peak physical condition withstand the mental and physical ordeals designed to break them down? Wet, covered in sand, working log P.T. after running and ocean swimming all night, the 14 to 18 year old boys dig deep to go beyond their limits. To capture the beautiful nightscapes of San Diego's coastline the film was shot on a Canon C300.