And no one has started a new one so thought I'd share the one I started on cosplay.com http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?p=4673544#post4673544I'm curious to see who is cosplaying SH this year. There's usually some nurses or a PH running around, but the main reason I'm asking is because I'm trying to gather footage for a SH video project. I've done this before at Fanime, only the project was a music video and it was for Resident Evil http://youtu.be/69hinNTjDyQ
The video is at least a couple of years old now and was my very first attempt at doing a live action anything. Since then I have for a while now been in hopes of doing more live action projects like these, including one for Silent Hill.
The SH project is going to be a mix of a music video | creepy pasta video so it'll be a lot longer than 3 mins and I will need a LOT OF FOOTAGE. So no, this will not be finished for at least another year as I'm doing traveling and location pickings outside of Fanime.
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If anyone is cosplaying SH and is interested in being part of my video (which I have a preview of already) http://youtu.be/z1cuavJJAy4 then feel free to contact me or ask me anything in regards to the project.
I'll be at Fanime all weekend long, so getting footage isn't necessarily stuck to one day per say, but I am cosplaying James Sunderland Thursday as well as my friend cosplaying Heather Mason. Anyone SH peeps willing to wear their costume Thursday and do an hour or more session of video footage?
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Keep in mind (since this is being done outside of Fanime as well), that if you want to be in the video project, but can't do it for Fanime, I would love to get a list of SH peeps together for some time after the con. I live in the Sacramento area so we'd have to plan a meet up time etc etc. I have no problem driving to SF if you live there, and getting footage there. My favorite city and perfect for location shoots. So there's always that option as well I need as much footage as possible.
I'm just more or less seeing what is out there, either for making new friends/hang out purposes or working on and off on my video project. ^_^ It was especially nice to see I wasn't the only Grimmjow xD I'm not going to promise or guarantee anything, but my plans for Fanime are normally never that big so maybe....MAYBE next year I will step up and run the 2012 gathering, assuming my obsession for Bleach is still in gear by then xD but we'll see.
This is exactly what I was looking for...so count me in as Ikkaku Madarame representing Squad 11. I'll be bringing the shikai form of Hozukimaru fresh from its first appearance at SacAnime (Fans Giving Back). Also, this will be my first FANIME so I'm pretty excited to say the least. Hoping to see as many of you as possible out there, should be a great time. I'd also like to know if anyone else from Squad 11 will be showing up, so we can take group photos (as psyched as I am, I'm not gonna take the time to read all 43 pages of this thread to find out). Thanks.
I would like to join.'
I love Shirosaki. he's so damn awesome 8D
list is updated! Sorry I've been so MIA guys, been busy with classes and work and stuff DX but I got everyone who recently posted and isn't on the list (if you're missing please let me know).
@Toshi - aww bummer you won't be joining us in Bleach cosplay =( but hey if you're still able to make it thats cool too.
@DracoMancer - lol I noticed the quote in your signature. I'm guessing you saw the AOD video? XD
My plans for sunday are mainly evolved around the masquerade and I was going to cosplay as Wesker from RE 5 with my friend as Excella, but since the Bleach gathering is at an early timing I could more than likely to just bring my Grimmjow if you guys would like me to XD I'm not in his espada form however. I'm going to cosplay one of his street clothing. http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/137/5/4/The_King__s_New_Fashion_by_DragonKeeper333.jpg The first upper left picture is the outfit I have chosen to do and the outfit is almost done. Waiting for the wig to come in so I can style it, and then I'm going to give it a test drive.
But the masquerade held on sunday a couple of years ago? What are you talking about, it was always held on saturday at least for the years I went. and that was 05, 06, 07, 08, and 2010. I sadly had to miss 09 so I have no idea what went on during that year, but am I mistaken on the other years? Its been a while since the other attendances so maybe I'm remembering wrong and if I'm wrong then oh well I guess, but my point still stands.
Hi there,
Actually, as the Masquerade Coordinator since 2005 (good lord I'm getting old), I can confirm it was like this:
2005 - Sunday
2006 - Sunday
2007 - Sunday
2008 - Sunday
2009 - Saturday
2010 - Saturday
2011 - Sunday
The really amusing thing about all of this to me is that when they first switched it to Saturday, there was a huge outcry XD
We had to switch it to Saturday in 2009 because there was a special act that could only perform on Sunday (I can't remember the band) but they needed our spot. We kept that spot for 2010 because of a different scheduling problem.
It was also really difficult for us at first, because we had to get all the judging done in 2 days instead of 3. However, we adapted.
Anyway, it's technically moving "back" to where it was.
So, yeah, sadly we can never make everyone happy
this is more of a response i was going for as i already admitted beforehand that maybe i was remembering things wrong. so thank you very much for that clear up. but peeps outcried when it was changed to saturday? well damn.... i gladly stand corrected then ^_^If this was a personal matter, I wouldn't bother. Just because no one else is speaking up, doesn't mean others dont have the same complaint so stop trying to belittle this as if its my own personal issue, and if people don't decide to speak up about it then oh well. I'm just as willing to let it drop. I had my say ergo it has gotten responses ergo the con runners can decide to do something about it or not at all. But isn't it just as easy for you to dismiss the issue since you claim you dont' give a damn about either events? I find that an ironic hypocrisy, but that's just me.
If people have made complaints about music fest being interfered with on a time slot than okay. That's fine. I won't sit and argue that, since this is merely just the same issue, but with a different event. The con runs on three days for con hours although technically its reached out to monday as well as thursday, but fri-sun being the main days. Could it not be conceivable that the Ball could be on Friday? I mean as far as I recall, no real major event is on Friday and there's no reason you can't have it late at night so that gives everyone or most of everyone a chance to get in, pick up registration, get their hotel rooms, get their costumes, get IN costume and then head to the ball at a late night timing.
Friday may not be ideal to everyone, but we can't please everyone. Right?
Oh indeed, I don't care about the two events specifically, but I care about the convention as a whole and how things work. I never pointed out that it was only you that had this complain, and to the contrary stated it was more than just you. The reason you're complaining however is because it's personal.
Friday causes just as many conflicts, because most people have work/school on Friday as it is not a holiday. Most people actually show up on Saturday as opposed to Sunday for this very reason. As shown, the amount of attendees on Sunday/Saturday are much more than the amount on Friday. and this goes for every convention generally, not just Fanime. So although there's a basis for your statement, numbers disprove the reasoning as to put it on Friday. Again, you can't please everyone, so aim for the majority and allow those that have conflicts to make their own choices.
Your first paragraph though takes a lot of shots at me, but they're all completely unbased. You're not willing to drop it, as you keep replying and aren't really listening to what anyone is saying. Trust me, staff has thought about this issue way before you even thought about it. As it has come up for years. There HAS TO BE conflicting events. it's impossible to have a con otherwise. The question is how, which, and when. These things are judged and weighed constantly and are brought up every single meeting and everysingle time schedules are even brought up. To you, it's just these major events. We have to think of everything that goes on at the con. Maid Cafe hours to what's happening on stage zero, to concerts, to game tournaments. The dance, B*&W Ball, guest panels, signings, the Karaoke contest. We have to judge and weigh when every single one of these events take place, why they should take place then, and how it will affect every other event. It's ironic and hypocratic that all of these things are judged, whether or not the staff personally cares about the event or not? Hardly... if anything it's overly sympathetic since we are caring about events we don't personally care about. It's about attendeesa fter all isn't it? Again, you offer "solutions" that please YOU, not the convention as a whole. While rescheduling for Friday may seem great to you, it means, that many attendees aren't even given the choice to attend the B&W ball at all because they cannot arrive by Friday. So while maybe an extra 200 or so people now don't have to choose between the Masquerade and B&W ball... 2000 people don't have the choice to attend the B&W ball at all. And trust me, the idea of having it on Friday has been brought up months ago(years actually). Many of these ideas have been through through so while ideas and suggestions are appreciated(because MAYBE they haven't been thought of) generally staff puts in a lot more consideration than you think.
Hear you loud and clear.
This post isn't a guarantee that anything will change, but please keep in mind that we have yet to officially announce the time for Black & White Ball.
Keep in mind that we are (unfortunately) unable to please everyone and that we've always gotten complaints about the date/time of overlapping events.
I feel you but there's always sacrifice involve especially when I'm apart of B&W Ball department and wanting to watch the Masquerade.
I personally don't think that Fanime would lose money just because Masquerade was moved on Sunday to conflict with B&W Ball. Masquerade used to be hold on sunday couple years ago! Musicfest and B&W Ball had that kind of a concern as well couple years ago but it is possible to check both event if either you sacrifice your time sticking around at Musicfest or B&W Ball was extended for the people coming back from Musicfest. Sacrifice and choices is always everywhere that everyone should really prepare for that if you don't like the change! I can list so many examples that I had to sacrifice that it didn't matter to me and yet I still had a great time. I had to sacrifice staffing for SacAnime winter to check out AnimaLA and I had a great time. I had to sacrifice watching Haruko Momoi concert for B&W Ball and it was great. I had to miss out the Masquerade to run MvC3 tournament during the last AOD and I still had a great time because I got to watch epic matches to make up for it. If the event is set we always have to come up with a solution and taking advantage of our time. To me it was sad that I'm probably going to sacrifice Masquerade but I'm fine with that decision since I'm now I'm apart of the B&W Ball department to make sure the event goes great for everyone who attends. It's all about choosing wisely how you want to have fun and that's why we make our schedule in advance. Just like MPLe said the time the time hasn't been decided. But I'm sure that their should be enough time to attend both event and do some major preparation on planning that I'm sure we'll have a great time.
And plus if you move the B&W Ball to saturday, that will screw up the dance lesson schedule and there wont be enough time to practice many different dances before the event. I gonna have to say NO on moving B&W Ball to Saturday.
