The Camp Kuleshov trailer competition for emerging creative artists in post production – a.k.a. Camp K – has recognized and awarded its winning and honorable mention entries at live events recently in New York and Chicago, as well as a hybrid in-person and virtual event in Los Angeles. Trophies were bestowed in recognition of outstanding achievement in the categories of Editing, Sound Design, Graphics, and Music Score. Designed to give emerging talent a chance to heighten their creative and craft problem-solving skills while also gaining access to invaluable mentorship opportunities, Camp K challenges entrants to take existing films and re-imagine trailers for them as something new and different. A full listing of this year’s official source films for each category, as well as competition rules and objectives, can be found on the Camp K website at www.campkuleshov.org. The 2024 Camp K winners from each region can be found here. East/Southeast winners honored in New York The East/Southeast Camp Kuleshov awards presentation and celebration took place on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at The Mill in New York, presided over by Chris Franklin and Val Lasser of Big Sky Edit. The Editing challenge for Camp K tasked entrants with creating a movie trailer by using up to three of the films on the source list and in the process changing the original film’s genre to one from a list of specific genres or themes. The winners were introduced by Editor Robert Ryang of Cut + Run, a past Camp K winner. First Place in this category went to Christian Frahme of PS 260 for “Tall Tale,” his mashup of “Jack The Giant Slayer” and “Big Fish.” Second Place went to JT Tsuchiya, also of PS 260, for his Quentin Tarantino take on the rom-com “50 First... Read More