Boy, I'd hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they're talking about. I love film.
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
As to the effect of the wave on the air, we will suppose the water to be quite flat and the air motionless, a heavy undulation comes on the scene, it has to pass, so it pushes the air up with its face, letting it fall again as its back glides onwards.