I'm an established filmmaker/videographer based in Knoxville, TN looking to make a film/video about the bouldering culture and lifestyle; particularly here in the southeast U.S. I am extremely new to the sport but would love to learn more and meet new people while contributing to the overall culture of the sport with what I know best - visual media.

While I am by no means a hollywood-type producer/director (to me - a good thing!), I am more than an amateur with a home video camera and feel as though I could significantly contribute to the sport in some way in terms of vision and media expertise.

I just need a group of people that really have a passion for the bouldering (or other forms of climbing) lifestyle that would be willing to not only help teach a complete grom but allow me access into the culture and all the reasons they love it. My film influences for this project are mostly based on surf lifestyle movies (i.e. Endless Summer, Thicker Than Water, Shelter, etc.) but I would love to somehow translate the feel of those movies into the sport of bouldering/climbing. Any help or insight would be appreciated! Thanks!

There aren't many boulders here.

There aren't many boulders here.

Maybe you just haven't opened your eyes? There are a ton of boulderers in the South. Being from North Carolina I would hope that you would realize the huge bouldering potential in your own state. The southeast's bouldering potential is still largely untapped too!

I was playin... of course I know about the bouldering here. That doesn't mean I want someone to come in and make another lame film about the "bouldering lifestyle," especially not in my home state!

You must not be a Boone local then. Dude should catch up with that crowd if he wants access to the "culture and lifestyle". Of course he could probably skip all that and just spend an afternoon reading the comments on 0friction. If that isn't enough to change his mind about making Yet Another Bouldering Film then hey, have at.

nope, not a local. Grew up at the beach!

I love Boone though, and love the climbing and bouldering and general way of life in NC. I just think that even the best climbing videos are only OK, the best bouldering ones are worse, and most suck. I'm glad that there hasn't been a big name movie (that I know of) made about the climbing or bouldering in NC and I hope it stays that way.

I'm an established filmmaker/videographer based in Knoxville, TN looking to make a film/video about the bouldering culture and lifestyle; particularly here in the southeast U.S.

My First Bouldering Vid, Bra:

Ingredients:

1. Posse. Cardre of topless pad people sporting tight-ish jeans rolled up into manpris. Bonus points for having a single chick in a sports bra hangin' with the boys.

2. Music. Bad techno or really bad metal that starts mellow and progressively gets more amped up for the send.

3. Subtle Camera Tilt. How else are you going to make that V1 look super-sick, brah?

3a. Weird Camera Angles. If you can't make it look sick, at least make it so no one can tell what the climb is actually like. VB? V10? Nobody knows, but it still looks sick, eh?

4. Preparation. Be sure to dedicate at least a couple minutes to showing your bros taping three or four fingers. You can kill another minute or two showing just how carefully they brush all the chalked-up holds.

4. Linguistics Gratuitous use of "bro," "brah," "sesh," "bomber," "sick," and "dab." Especially "dab" - at least 30 times over an hour and you've got yourself a flick. Also, every bro should sound like a stoner, even if he's not.

5. Sendage! A couple of shots of falling from the crux of your four move problem show everyone how hard it is and make the final sending footage look way more sweet. Be sure the music kicks into overdrive just as the crux move is finally successfully completed. Bonus points if you've got more than five spotters for a problem.

6. Aftermath Be sure to get a close-up of any flappers or blood that results from your sesh.

7. Outro Don't forget to think of a witty name for your "film company" and show a couple of bloopers. Bonus points for cameraman commentaries during the bloopers.

Good luck. You'll be posting fucking rad videos on Vimeo any day now.

Fair enough man, I see your point. I guess to me in my world being 'established' just means I have a day job and not trying to exploit the sport, make a buck off the project or a name for myself. I guess I just want to bring something to the table to contribute so as not to be a complete sponge (although I realize we all start somewhere and being the noob has it's place for a while). My apologies if I came off as a pompous d1ck...

I love it! Why DO they all end up exactly like this? I'm pretty new to the sport but from the vids I've seen - you nailed it...brah!

My First Bouldering Vid, Bra:

Ingredients:

1. Posse. Cardre of topless pad people sporting tight-ish jeans rolled up into manpris. Bonus points for having a single chick in a sports bra hangin' with the boys.

2. Music. Bad techno or really bad metal that starts mellow and progressively gets more amped up for the send.

3. Subtle Camera Tilt. How else are you going to make that V1 look super-sick, brah?

3a. Weird Camera Angles. If you can't make it look sick, at least make it so no one can tell what the climb is actually like. VB? V10? Nobody knows, but it still looks sick, eh?

4. Preparation. Be sure to dedicate at least a couple minutes to showing your bros taping three or four fingers. You can kill another minute or two showing just how carefully they brush all the chalked-up holds.

4. Linguistics Gratuitous use of "bro," "brah," "sesh," "bomber," "sick," and "dab." Especially "dab" - at least 30 times over an hour and you've got yourself a flick. Also, every bro should sound like a stoner, even if he's not.

5. Sendage! A couple of shots of falling from the crux of your four move problem show everyone how hard it is and make the final sending footage look way more sweet. Be sure the music kicks into overdrive just as the crux move is finally successfully completed. Bonus points if you've got more than five spotters for a problem.

6. Aftermath Be sure to get a close-up of any flappers or blood that results from your sesh.

7. Outro Don't forget to think of a witty name for your "film company" and show a couple of bloopers. Bonus points for cameraman commentaries during the bloopers.

Good luck. You'll be posting fucking rad videos on Vimeo any day now.

Fair enough man, I see your point. I guess to me in my world being 'established' just means I have a day job and not trying to exploit the sport, make a buck off the project or a name for myself. I guess I just want to bring something to the table to contribute so as not to be a complete sponge (although I realize we all start somewhere and being the noob has it's place for a while). My apologies if I came off as a pompous d1ck...