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Photography and Videography at CCC16!


Spent months constructing an absolutely breathtaking cosplay costume and cannot wait to show it off at the upcoming Comic Con Weekend? Or just coming in your everyday common-man hero suit and want to capture the fun, so you can look back at the pictures and remember how awesome CCC16 was?

Don’t worry, we got you covered!

A number of professional photography teams and booths will be set up to make sure you have some amazing and magical photos to take back home after the Comic Con is over!

Keep reading for more information about the teams and what they will be offering to con-goers:


Cosplay Photography Booth

Photographers: Alex Kokkinos and Chrysos Andreou

Hired by world government agencies, Alex Kokkinos and Chrysos Andreou have taken up the role of finding, registering and most importantly, photographing gifted individuals.

“The Superhuman Registration Act has been both a blessing and a curse” says Mr. Kokkinos. “It’s great getting to photograph some of these amazing super people. But many of them are a little camera shy. Hulk has smashed our equipment three times so far. And Deadpool only poses with his behind to the camera; it’s exhausting!”

Mr. Andreou however expressed optimism about the upcoming conspiracy event.
“I think the Comic-Con trap is going to solve all our problems. Everybody who’s anybody is going be there. And we won’t be opening the facility exits until every last hero and villain are captured on camera!”

Will they succeed in their mission? Only the 3rd and 4th of September will tell!

For more details, follow their cosplay photography progress here.

Alex and Chrysos will be offering free photos for all competing cosplayers during the judging process of the Cosplay Contest, which will later be uploaded on Facebook in web quality. They will also be offering portraits, as well as full body shots in a themed prison backdrop. The full resolution images will be available for purchase digitally or printed.


Cosplay Videography

Freelance Videographer: Damien Heraclides

Damien was elected as one of the European Union representatives (Cyprus) at the 70th Venice International Film Festival set up by Europa Cinemas in partnership with the European Parliament, (28 Times Cinema).

He has worked on a number of prominent projects: club filming all over the island, recordings of world-renowned artists such as Armin Van Bureen, multiple video adverts for gyms, hotels, coffee shops, TV spots and more! He won fist place at the Young Lions film competition Cyprus earlier this year.


Green Screen Booth

The Team: Photo Experts Creative Photography

Photo Experts describe themselves as simply “the happiest team on earth”! They are an idea-driven team of photographers and cinematographers, that aim to implement creative photography in every singe project they take up, offering their clients and partners, something beautiful to preserve their best memories!

The Green Screen photo booth will be customised with Comic-Con appropriate backdrops of various pop culture themes, to suit every single cosplay costume and all fan bases! The photos will later be uploaded on the official Cyprus Comic Con page on Facebook.

Printed copies of the photos will also be available for sale on the day, to take home as a memento! Cosplayers will be able to have their photo taken at the Green Screen photo booth for free!

Visit the Photo Experts Creative Photography website.

Jimmy D, Dj Englezos, Honston G on the Con decks!


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Ola DJ will be bringing the following three DJs to play at Cyprus Comic Con’s Fringe Festival:

Jimmy D: Jimmy D is a radio producer at Deejay93.5 and he has been on the radio for 13 years now. His show called “The art of music” is broadcasted daily from 15:00 to 17:00. His style consists of all genre music. From Funk to rock, to Electroswing pop and Electronica Jimmy D has played in various bars and events around the Island. He will be performing on the 3d of September at Comic Con. A 60 minute set of superhero music and more!

Dj Englezos: Since 2008, Vasilis Englezos, a turntablist from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, known for using turntables as instruments, Master of Creating Video Routines with a lot of Blends, Toneplays, Jugglin, Wordplays and of course Scratching.

Honston G: Honston G Is known for his eclectic style of rock, metal, jazz, rock’n’ roll, boogie woogie, blues, electroswing, electroblues, psychedelic tech and everything in between. Inspired by movies with amazing Soundtracks , moments in time dressed in music and music that makes your feelings move, his style has become diverse yet always stays close by and related to blues, rock and alternative sounds.

Check out the schedule of Cyprus Board Gamers at CCC’16!


12247661_10153159749627344_1483149602671051057_oFor a third year in a row Cyprus Board Gamers will be participating at Cyprus Comic Con!

If you love playing board games, make sure to join in their activities!

Saturday 3/9
09:00 – 12:00   Family Games
12:00 – 16:00   Co-operative Games

Sunday 4/9
09:00 – 12:00   Family Games
12:00 – 16:00   Party Games
16:00 – 20:00   Fantasy/ Sci-fi Games

At the time of events there will be dedicated tables at which they will explain rules of the selected theme and help people start playing boardgames. Those who are interested in playing games not included in the specified theme can join them for free-play session where they can try any game from their selection.

 

 

Cosplay on Sunday


With the cosplay competition happening on Saturday, one would think that on Sunday there won’t be much do to in terms of cosplay. Wrong!

Kairi’s Workshops
Photo Credit: Studio Zahora

Our cosplay special guest, Kairi, will be running two very interesting panels for cosplayers! Here’s what they are about in her own words:

Cosplay Motivations (11:30 – 13:00)

I’m sure you sometimes feel down about your cosplay skill, your stage acting or make up work – everybody has these moments they feel like ‘a plastic bag, no biggie! But how to regain the motivation you lost because of certain people or situations? How to find some more reasons to finally finish the costume you’ve started a long time ago? How to stop comparing yourself to other cosplayers? Come and discuss with me, I can propose you some ways out!

Cosplay Performance Building (15:00 – 16:30)

Doesn’t matter if you already tried stage acting or if you’re a total newbie – everybody are free to come! I will help you plan and organise everything that is needed to make your stage performance unforgettable for you, your cosplay group and especially – for the audience! Prepare some cool and important questions as we will have a few minutes for Q&A in the end of prelection.

Cosplay Freestyle (16:30 – 19:00)

Right after Kairi’s performance building workshop, we will have the honour of watching her perform on our cosplay stage live! This will be the introduction to a new section which we decided to call Cosplay Freestyle! What this involves is literally a playground where every cosplayer can try their hand at performing a cosplay skit on the CCC16 Cosplay Stage with the music and video backdrop of their choice from a USB stick or anywhere on the internet. The participation will be first-come-first-served and  if you’re interested in performing, all you need to do is come to the cosplay stage and meet with the cosplay team during the Cosplay Freestyle!

Here is Kairi’s brilliant performance as Lady Sif at the Polymanga GEC 2016!

A few words about CCC’s bazaar!


After last year’s major success, Cyprus Comic Con Bazaar returns with many used and handmade items available for sale! There will be a big variety of items – from handmade wristbands and bonzai trees to mugs, collectibles, video games and vinyl records!

Here’s a small taste of what you can expect to find at the bazaar which is set on Sunday, September 4th from 10:00 till 19:00! The bazaar will take place at ‘Pentadaktylos’ hall.