2023 CAMP KULESHOV: IMPORTANT DATES 

  • August 1st, 2023 – Camp K Kicks Off! 

  • August 1st, 2023 – Coaching Hotline becomes live 

  • August 21st, 2023 – Submissions Open

  • September 29th, 2023, 11:59pm PDT – Submissions Close 

  • Week of October 30th, 2023 – Local Camp Awards Event in Participating Cities 

CAMP Kuleshov "the competition"

Not so different from the almighty Kuleshov’s experiments in 1910 Russia, the participant’s first mission is to find footage from 2023’s movie lineup (see below) and create something new.  Please be sure to download your appropriate categories slate and slate all work being submitted with your photo as instructed in the FAQ.  This is how you help us showcase your work for the event!!! Also you must submit an unslated version of your work for judging purposes.

Editorial category entrants must create a movie trailer using 1, 2 or 3 of the movies on the list and change the movie’s genre from the original(s) to another genre on the list. Now your camp counselors may have given a genre very specific to its movie's storyline, but if it’s obviously a general comedy or horror we suggest you steer as far away from anything like its original intentions. The broadening of the genres we list are meant to further the possibilities. We hope you embrace that. Additionally, we have opened up the mash up guidelines to allow selecting up to 3 movies to tell a story that is none of their original genres, but another genre on the list. See the FAQ for more detail.

Graphic category entrants will be challenged to create an opening title sequence for a movie that never had one or had a simple one. Stick to the actual genre of the movie chosen from the supplied list. The new opening title sequence should feel like it belongs to the film.  

Sound Design category entrants choose a section of a film from a list of movie options to create an entirely new sound design. The interpretation of the scene through sound design must be noticeably different from the original and be original in and of itself.  Genre changes are not required, but allowable.  Most importantly, you must not mimic the original. 

FOR SOUND SUBMISSIONS : You must submit the original movie scene you selected so the judges have a reference to how you’ve taken a different direction with the scene.  When submitting please follow this instruction…

  1. UNSLATED version - put 2 sec of black at the tail of your sequence followed by the original scene.  

  2. SLATED submission should be your creation only for the show WITHOUT the original added in at the tail.

Music Score!!!!  Yes, introducing the brand new category for music.  Presented is a choice of thoughtfully selected movies where you create and score a music track for a scene that presently does not have one.  In this challenge, we want your scores to enhance the original scene and invoke emotion in line with the original movie.  

Mind you, this is no ordinary movie list.  The Camp Counselors have worked hard to make a wide selection of “Kuleshov” worthy feature films.  By doing this, we hope Campers are introduced to new types of films and filmmakers.

All 4 categories are open to editorial and audio assistants, junior graphic artists, junior creatives, admin assistants and entry-level employees at AICP member post production and production companies.  Students and interns who are actively engaged with a member company may also enter Camp K. The competition is also open to assistants and junior-level employees at music companies that are members of the Association of Music Producers (AMP). Basically, anyone who is trying to find their voice as an artist, and be recognized.

Students and interns who are sponsored by a member company may also enter Camp K. The competition is also open to assistants and junior-level employees at music companies that are members of the Association of Music Producers (AMP).

Participants may enter as many entries as they’d like, and for any category (each with its own registration/fee). Counselors are standing by for all your questions and Camp Coaches will be available via our Camp Kuleshov Hotline (campk@aicp.com) for any counseling.

Specific category details are below. Please visit the camp FAQ page for more detail.

Competition Details

ALL WORK MUST BE SLATED - PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY SLATE FOR YOUR SUBMISSION HERE - PLEASE INCLUDE ALL INFO AND A PHOTO.

the assignment - editorial: Choice of Three options

  1. Select ONE of the films listed below and cut a trailer no longer than :90 seconds which promotes the film as a picture of a different genre or by a different director. Choose the genre/director from the list below. For example, Night of the Living Dead as a Nature Documentary.

  2. Select TWO films and cut a trailer no longer than :90 seconds which promotes the 'mashed up' films as a picture of a third genre. For example, combine Cats and Thirteen Going on Thirty and promote it as a Psychological Drama.

  3. Select THREE films and cut a trailer no longer than :90 seconds which promotes the 'mashed up' films as a picture of a fourth genre.For example, combine Sound of Music, Life of Pi, and My Octopus Teacher and promote it as a Paranormal Horror.

FILMS:                                                      GENRE/DIRECTOR:

1990 - House Party Buddy Comedy 

1994 - Clear and Present Danger International Espionage

2017 - mother! Religious Allegory

1955 - Francis in the Navy Military Farce

1964 - Band of Outsiders Reimagined Bandit (that’s French for “Gangster”) Film

1978 - Every Which Way But Loose Pugilism & Heartbreak 

2018 - Venom Parasitical Anger Management

2006 - The Prestige Directed by Cristopher Nolan 

1977 - Demon Seed Evil Artificial Intelligence

1953 - Houdini BioPic

2001 - Josie & The Pussycats Rock & Roll Dream 

1985 - A View to a Kill Not the Best James Bond Movie

1948 - Unfaithfully Yours Screwball Black Comedy 

1937,1954,1976,2018 - A Star is Born Timeless Tragic Love Story

1932 - The Island of Lost Souls H.G. Wells Adaptation

1986 - Under the Cherry Moon Musical 

1958 - The Crawling Eye (aka The Trollenberg Terror) Absurd Horror 

1999 - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Coming Of Age 

1926 - The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog Unsolved Mystery 

2005 - March of the Penguins Relocation/Migration Movie 

The Assignment - GRAPHICS:

The Graphics challenge will be creating an opening title sequence for any of the movies listed BELOW. The goal is to create an imagined title sequence for a film that never had one or had a simple one. It is YOUR creative interpretation of what that title sequence would be. As with any great title sequence in film, the pieces used are up to the sequence designer/director. If you choose, you can use material from the actual film (music, dialogue or scenes). The title sequence should function as a device to prepare and position the audience for the film.

graphics films:                                                                                                      

1979 - Apocalypse Now

2008 - Gran Torino

2011 - Melancholia

2013 - Gravity

2001 - Blow

2022 - The Menu

2014 - Interstellar

2021 - Dune

1983 - The Outsiders


The assignment - sound design:

Take any continuous section - up to, but not over 90 seconds - from the movie list BELOW, and create a brand new Sound Design. For silent films, you must eliminate all existing sound and recreate it. For sound films, you can eliminate all sound, or choose to maintain original dialogue only. In all cases, sound effects and music must be removed and recreated. If dialogue is removed, it can be recreated and dubbed using the original script, or a newly written script. Do not recreate what has been done already, but rather mold it into something new. Create a Sound Design with a different intention than the original.

sound design films:                                                                       

1974 - The Conversation

2010 - The American

2006 - The Lives of Others

1939 - The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

2014 - Unfriended

1960 - Bells Are Ringing

1963 - The Haunting

1987 - Stakeout

THE ASSIGNMENT - MUSIC SCORE:

Take any continuous section - up to, but not over 90 seconds - from the movie list BELOW, and score music for it. You should maintain original dialogue and sound and just add your original music. Create a music track that  enhances the original scene and invoke emotion in line with the original movie on this one. 

MUSIC SCORE FILMS:                                                                       

2007 - No Country For Old Men

1963 - The Birds


Eligibility

Camp Kuleshov is open to assistants and junior-level employees at AICP member post production and production companies, and music companies that are members of the Association of Music Producers (AMP).  That includes editorial and audio assistants, junior graphic artists, admin assistants and entry-level employees as well as students/interns who are actively engaged with a member company.  In short, Junior Creatives, assistants, vault/library, craft services, reception, active interns, schedulers, client services, and runners.  Basically, anyone who is trying to find their voice as an artist, and be recognized.

Participants may submit as many entries as they’d like, and for any of the 4 categories (each entry subject to its own registration/fee). 

CAMP KULESHOV “At Large”.... If you are part of an AICP region that has low enrollment (5 or less submissions) you can still submit!!! Those who submit in a city of less than 5 entries will be entered into the closest qualifying city and judged among their entries. Please note that city participation for those having 5 or more submissions is pending AICP approval.

Counselors are standing by for all your questions and Camp Coaches will be available via our Camp Kuleshov Hotline (campk@aicp.com) for any counseling.

Requirements For Submissions

Editing Category:

  • The trailer must be an advertisement which promotes and sells the "film.” Simply telling a story is not sufficient.

  • It must not exceed :90 seconds AND must switch genres or directors from the provided list.

  • If your entry does not meet the above criteria, it will be disqualified.

Graphics Category:

  • Must not exceed :90 seconds AND feel like it belongs with the movie it is preceding.

Sound Design Category:

  • The piece must be no more than 90 consecutive seconds, in stereo, accompanied by picture from the film.

  • SILENT FILMS: All sound must be replaced.

  • SOUND FILMS: You can choose to keep dialogue only or replace.

MUSIC CATEGORY:

  • Must not exceed :90 seconds AND feel like it belongs with the movie it is accompanying.  Music must be totally original - not a cover, performance or re-interpretation of an existing or known track.

Please visit the camp FAQ page for more detail.