The Seaside premiere, 23rd June, Outside, Hathersage

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Cheers guys, glad everyone enjoyed it. :2thumbsup:

So satisfying to play the fruits of your labours to people after working on them for so long. There’s still a part of me that hasn’t realised that I’ve finished this film I think!

danm said:
It's got me frothing to go down to Cornwall this summer for the first time in about 20 years.
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This is basically the best praise I’d hope for. ;D Lynn said she hadn’t even realised how long it was- also amazing praise as I always stress that things I’m making are too long. Feels like you’re really sticking your neck out making hour long films when so few other films coming out are that length.

I had an idea to give someone my phone to livestream the intro talk on social media but I forgot all about that. Man my Insta game is weak. :lol:

Should be online a week on Monday. :bounce:
 
Great evening, thanks Mike and Outside for organising it. Great film, I like how it really captured the diversity of UK climbing from the nice sunny holiday routes to the downright dangerous, and the climbers who climb them :whistle: Would have stayed a bit longer and chatted but had to shoot off for some food.
 
Thanks from me too Mike, really enjoyed the film. I would like to watch it again, there's a lot going on. Really shows up the diversity of routes, locations and experiences out there. I liked the wide grade range too, from beginners to very experienced. Must have been an absolute logistical nightmare to film, glad someone made the effort!
 
Mike, I really enjoyed the film and the evening. Thanks also to Outside and The BMC for supporting the venture. I had sweaty palms for much of the film and, like Lynn, I couldn’t believe it was 60 minutes long. When we got to Pentire I thought you'd changed the runnning order and there was another 20 minutes to come. It was such a refreshing contrast to what usually appears in climbing films: in venues, in climbing type, in editing, and in the people and how they were portrayed. I’m not sure it inspired me to visit The Range but a much younger version of me would be off there next weekend.
 
Fuck’s sake Chris, I nearly died less than three months ago!

I’d planned to do a more extensive promotion campaign with a bigger venue in Sheff and possible dates elsewhere to really put the film on the map and hopefully recoup some of the money I put into making it, but smashing myself up got in the way of that! A lot of the appeal of having the premiere at Outside was that they organised it all- I didn’t get any of the nominal entrance fee and I’m cool with that as I only had to turn up on the night with my computer and talk for a bit. I will be submitting the film to every outdoor film festival going though. ;D

I’m not making a sequel to this film- a sea cliff film has been the focus of my life, often to the detriment of other things, for the best part of three years and I’m psyched to not have my head full of that specific thing any more. Short term I’m going to focus on stills (probably of bouldering and non-climbing things given that I’ve a long way to go, mentally and physically, before I can abseil or jug up a rope again) and let inspiration for my next film form organically. I’ve no doubt it will and my enthusiasm for filmmaking is totally unabated. Just before my accident I invested in a very nice video tripod (that I can’t even lift or carry currently!) and I haven’t even used it yet...

Also going to get Stonnis available online again with a directors commentary in lieu of the extras that I’d love to offer with it but simply don’t exist!

As far as the sea cliff areas I failed to cover in this film (you’re not the only person who’s mentioned Scotland, but I didn’t end up shooting in Devon or any non-mainland crags either :( ) then someone else will just have to pick up the baton. Scotland seems to to be home to a disproportionate amount of British climbing filmmakers and Finalcrux Films has a film about Scottish island cliffs coming at some point.

Thanks for all the positive comments everyone. I was more confident about this one than I was about Stonnis but the reaction’s still better than I’d hoped. :hug: Very, very keen to unleash it on a wider audience- a week today if all goes to plan. :thumbsup:
 
Looking forward to seeing this Mike. I hope you are healing well and that this helped the process.
 
:punk: basically.

Duncan don't be too put off The Range, the film might be using a bit of artistic bias for effect ;) There's a lot of nice, gentle stuff there.
 
*British piss take banter*

cheque said:
Fuck’s sake Chris, I nearly died less than three months ago!
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"nearly"

it's not like actual dying

come on Cheque, we want 21st century blood sucking consumer satisfaction

*banter ends*

I'm looking forward to watching this - the fact that my BMC tax has contributed to this makes me happy

:2thumbsup:
 
Likewise Cheque,

Been eagerly awaiting this and was gutted to not be able to make the prem at Outside, (a stunning forecast and a pass out for a weekends climbing in the lakes took precedence, I'm sure you understand).

Can't wait to sit down, crack a beer and immerse myself. Its been too long since I've climbed above the briny.
 
lagerstarfish said:
"nearly"

it's not like actual dying

come on Cheque, we want 21st century blood sucking consumer satisfaction
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I tried my best, OK? ;)

lagerstarfish said:
I'm looking forward to watching this - the fact that my BMC tax has contributed to this makes me happy
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Every time I’ve seen Sport England funding being bashed as being to do with the Olympics and evil competition climbing I’ve thought “I’ve had some of that money and I spent it all on making films that are as far from comps as you can get”
 
cheque said:
lagerstarfish said:
I'm looking forward to watching this - the fact that my BMC tax has contributed to this makes me happy
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Every time I’ve seen Sport England funding being bashed as being to do with the Olympics and evil competition climbing I’ve thought “I’ve had some of that money and I spent it all on making films that are as far from comps as you can get”
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Indeed. Anybody who has used that most sublime and beautiful of guidebooks - the Cheshire sandstone definitive - has also benefited. And probably the new Lancashire Rock guide also? And Over The Moors?
 
highrepute said:
Is Stonnis not online anywhere Mike?
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Not currently- the BMC had it on their website for a year then I was going to make it downloadable with a few extras (45 minute festival cut which has never been online but is in some ways better, plus a “director’s commentary” of me telling the multitude of stories I have about the film over the top!) but that was delayed by making this film then by smashing myself up. Now would be a very good time to sort that out so I’ll get my act together, hopefully this week.
 
Loved it Mike - great job. Sweaty palms.... what a logistical effort to film!

(A bit of trivia. Malc Smith has climbed the Bardsey Ripple. Me, GME, him and Pete Bukowski were down there in June 1996. I’ve got some slides somewhere...)
 
The bit with Fiend is just so good. That little drop in that music that he likes and the speeded up footage of him chucking lumps off the crag, like he's sorting through books in a library searching for the volume that he wants. First loose bit comes off The Complete Works and, under his breath, he utters "and so it begins". I love it!

Pentire Head looks fantastic. And there's Duncan with his key jumper placements. What a hero.
 
That was fantastic Mike, brought back some great memories. I think I better dust off the trad rack...
 

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