EP 212: Filmmaker Carlos Mason on Creating SENDING — A Look Behind the Scenes at One of My Favorite Climbing Films

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Steven Dimmitt

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Carlos Mason is a filmmaker and the creator of SENDING, a new film featuring Ethan Pringle, Anna Hazelnutt, and Dan Beall. We talked about how a car commercial inspired this unique film, why he chose Bishop as the primary location, writing the poem that became the narrative for the film, the connections we form through climbing, how the in-between moments make up our experience, what it took to make the film, future film projects, and much more!

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Nugget Climbing Podcast.
0:05.3	This is your host, Stephen Dimmit.
0:08.0	And my guest today is filmmaker Carlos Mason.
0:12.5	I really enjoyed this conversation.
0:13.9	This is a change of pace from the usual.
0:16.1	Carlos is the creator of the new film Sending, which is available at mountainhardware.com
0:22.8	slash sending. It's also available at Sending.film. Be sure to check it out if you haven't seen it.
0:28.8	This is a 20-minute film. It's absolutely beautiful. I was blown away when I saw it.
0:34.8	It's really different from the average climbing film, and I was really excited to talk to the filmmaker Carlos. So we go deep behind the scenes in this one and talk about
0:44.6	his vision for the film and how that came to be. What inspired him to make it the way he made it,
0:49.8	choosing the location and choosing the boulders, choosing the music, choosing the cast, and a lot more.
0:56.6	We also talk about Carlos' background at the start of the interview, so I won't share that here.
1:00.9	But a little bit more about the film before we dive in.
1:05.0	Sending is a 20-minute film featuring three friends, Ethan Pringle, Dan Bell, and Anna Hazelnut spending a weekend together
1:12.7	in the buttermilks in Bishop, California. I'm not getting anything for promoting this. I just really
1:19.4	enjoyed the film, and Bishop has a very special place in my heart, as I'm sure it does for many of you
1:26.8	listening. If you've been to Bishop, I think you
1:29.3	will especially enjoy it. But regardless, be sure to like we do it. Like we do it. Like we do it. Like we do it. Like we do it. All right. We're rolling. Carlos Mason, everybody. Welcome. Hello. Hello. It's nice to meet you face to face over Zoom. Nice to see your face this time. thanks for being here thank you man I'm very happy to be here I appreciate it
2:04.1	I think we should over Zoom. Nice to see your face this time. Thanks for being here. Thank you, man. I'm very happy to be here.
2:03.3	I appreciate it. I think we should start with some of your background. We're going to be talking
2:07.7	about your very beautiful film. And I was a little bit late actually for this because I just
2:13.5	finished watching it for the second time. I really enjoyed it so much. It's so beautiful and such
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