A I missing something? I'd be gutted if I paid for that video. I'm not saying it's terrible, but compared to a lot of things on the market now it's pretty old school. The intro goes on about making a different kind of film that tells the stories of all the people that they meet, but it's just a video about them...and there trip...which is a lot like...most videos. This is the climbing version of 'straight to VHS DVD'
There doesn't seem to be anything to suggest that Island uploaded this to youtube, rather than some other individual uploading it?
Teaser video for Chris Sharma and Stefan Glowacz's "secret" climb out of the Majlis al Jinn cave in Oman. Deeply irritating that over-caffeinated sugary drink company have a hand in this, as a previous stunt sponsored by them there - a base jump - is believed to have provoked the Oman authorities into ending public access to the cave.
Side note: can any climb really be described as 'important'?
It amazes me that despite all the bad press enough over-caffeinated sugary drink company still gets drunk to support all their sponsorships.
Quote from: andyd on March 11, 2014, 08:16:27 pmA I missing something? I'd be gutted if I paid for that video. I'm not saying it's terrible, but compared to a lot of things on the market now it's pretty old school. The intro goes on about making a different kind of film that tells the stories of all the people that they meet, but it's just a video about them...and there trip...which is a lot like...most videos. This is the climbing version of 'straight to VHS DVD'Thing is, its their media, if they want to charge for it initially then give it away thats entirely up to them. You can't really complain, but you might "bear" it in mind when considering future purchases from the Island.Besides which they chuck out enough good footage completely free* that, having paid for this when it came out and helping them make some cash from selling it for a bit if they then decide to make freely available, I've got not problem with. Surely its a good thing to have quality footage for free? Unfortunately even though producers of such videos appear to live the life of Riley they do still need to pay for their travel and living expenses. I guess once they've recouped those they don't feel the need to continue milking the cash cow and move onto the next thing, whilst continuing to produce stuff for free.* A very recent example being Dave Graham on his 8c in Switzerland, and his stuff from Oz, both recently linked in Quality Bouldering thread which, whilst short, cost you the viewer nowt.
Sorry, I meant the bad press around how bad the stuff is for you etc. But I guess your point still applies to that too! They most either sell crazy amounts of it or have a massive profit margin. Probably both.
Quote from: SA Chris on March 12, 2014, 03:01:36 pmSorry, I meant the bad press around how bad the stuff is for you etc. But I guess your point still applies to that too! They most either sell crazy amounts of it or have a massive profit margin. Probably both.5.2 billion cans sold in 2012 (13% up on 2011) and yes, decent profit too. It probably costs about 20p a can to produce after all.
