Kymeleon Cosplay

// What kind of a disney princess are you? (insp)

I just really wanted to make this known!! :D This stuff is amazing!

My first experience making a video at a convention was honestly nerve-wracking. The very first cosplayer I approached I actually had to have my sister talk to first because I didn’t know what to do. I still have the clips from that shoot and they’re cringey to watch but also surreal to see how my style has changed. I didn’t show up to Katsucon until mid-afternoon and I remember walking around for the longest time with my camera in my backpack and just feeling downright intimidated by all these other photographers/videographers shooting cosplayers. It wasn’t until I met up with my cosplayer friend (from Otakon) and started shooting him that I got into the swing of things and started approaching other cosplayers on my own. I remember driving back home that Sunday and feeling like my legs were going to fall off from how much I had been walking around. Then when it came time to actually start editing, I had no idea where to start or even what song I was going to use. But after a lot of trial and error I figured out what I liked. I discovered cosplay videography after my sister started bringing me to conventions and introducing me to cosplay in 2013. Eventually I started going to events like Katsucon and Otakon regularly with friends from high school. At Otakon 2015, I was walking around with my cosplayer friend and he got pulled aside by a videographer to do a shoot. This was the first time I had seen a videographer work in a convention scene… this guy had on what I later learned was a Steadicam and was moving all around my cosplayer friend just to get the right shot. I tried to talk to that videographer after the shoot but he was in a rush and clearly super invested in his work. I didn’t want to stop him so I got his YouTube information down and he went to his next shoot. Later, I watched hours and hours of that videographer’s cosplay music videos and fell in love with what he did. For Christmas that year I got my first stabilizer and started cosplay videography at Katsucon 2016! At every con I go to I’m able to work with new people and try new things with my camera and directing. As such, with every convention video I feel like I’ve made some improvement or at the very least understand more about filmmaking than before that convention. Secondly, I’ve developed a deeper appreciation for cosplays that I didn’t normally see as a casual observer. These cosplayers that make their own cosplays go through so much effort: they cut their own wigs, design their own armor/patterns/costumes/etc., research the best way to apply makeup, spend hours upon hours perfecting their cosplay, and so much more that I couldn’t even begin to describe. If I didn’t understand before starting cosplay videography the amount of work cosplayers do, I certainly do now. —- KTL Films

Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition → ”That’s it!”

Ven probably within Sora’s heart: how the FUCK-

Mr.photogenic

Noctis: Well now I’m sick and sad.

For those curious as to how the boys sleep in the tent. @prompto-loco