Russian cosplayers compete for national crown at GeekCon

(2 Sep 2024)
RUSSIA COSPLAY

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yekaterinburg, Russia - 31 August 2024

1. Various of cosplay characters taking selfies, posing with people
2. Set up shot of cosplayer Yulia Iskan posing for selfie with girl
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yulia Iskan, cosplayer, architecture student:
"Two weeks before the deadline, there is no time for anything else. You are completely in cosplay, completely in crafting. And I do not leave the house for weeks simply because I am sewing something, making something (for my costume) from morning till night."

4. Various of cosplay perfromances on stage
5. Close of viewers filming performance on phones
6. Various of cosplayers performing on stage
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Natalya Lezhnina, cosplayer:
"What are the requirements? For example, a good quality costume, similarity to the character, acting, some acting skills. Beautiful armour that you can design yourself, that is, something to show on stage, beautiful, unusual, you can dance or sing. Many people sing."

8. Close of fans in Lezhnina's hands
9. Various of cosplay performer on stage
10. Various of cosplayerer Kira (surname not given) performing on stage
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Aleksandra Besonova, cosplayer:
"This costume was originally made for role-playing. So it's not just a pretty costume that you can perform in and it will break. This is a real good role-playing armour. Kira tumbles around in it, does all sorts of performances. This is very high-quality work, (made by) a bunch of masters, by the way."

12. Close of armour
13. Wide of festival site
14. Various of people playing retro computer games
15. Wide of people listening to lecturer
16. Close of woman in cosplay with red hair listening
17. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Sivoplyas, executive producer of GikKon festival:
"What happens here is that people who have a wide range of hobbies, fun activities, meet together, find like-minded people, find new hobbies, are not afraid to express themselves through some of their projects, through those things that, perhaps, in our everyday environment, somewhere in the city, in the office, etc., would be accepted somehow incorrectly. Here, people are extremely kind, open, they want to try new things. And we support them."

18. Various of people and cosplayers at festival
19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Sivoplyas, executive producer of GikKon festival:
"We have a whole cosplay band in the city that does Russian cosplay, there was Vasilisa the Wise, in armour, a fighting, strong woman. And there are guys who portray (characters from Russian myths) Likho One-Eyed, Leshy (tutelary deity of forests in Russian fairy tales), and so on. So, of course, for the most part, 60 percent (of cosplay characters) are more of a Japanese, Asian, foreign culture. But there is a lot of Russian, it’s just not as colourful, but it is also incredibly interesting and spectacular."

20. Various of performance of characters from Russian fairy tale
21. Various of people looking at comics on sale
22. Close of comic books
23. Close of comics book being leafed through
24. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladislav Pogodaev, editor-in-chief and writer of comic book publishing house Molot Hardcorp:

25. Close of comics books being looked through
26. Various of visitors looking at comics books
27. Close of book in hands
28. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Chinov, editor-in-chief of comic book publishing house Alpaca:

29. Close of comic book reading (Russian) "Ilya Muromets" (Russian fairytale strongman)
31. Various of festival site
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