AICP's Camp Kuleshov announces creative coaches

With the entry deadline for AICP’s Camp Kuleshov trailer competition approaching, the emerging creatives who are crafting their entries now have a great resource to turn to, as Camp K has announced its lineup of coaches available for mentoring.

Camp K is a competition designed to give emerging talent a chance to heighten their creative and craft problem-solving skills while also gaining access to invaluable mentorship opportunities. It's open to junior-level creatives, admin and entry-level employees at AICP member post production and production companies, as well as freelancers and support staff. The competitors can take part in one of three categories; Editorial, Graphics, and Sound Design. Each category challenges entrants to take existing films and re-imagine them as something new and different. 

Serving as Coaches this year are Editors Jen Dean, Jay Nelson and Robert Ryang of Cut+Run, David Rubin of Cutters, as well as Sara Sachs and Ben Suenaga of Friendshop! Also on the coaching roster is Creative Director Rob Foster of Carbon and Partner & Sound Designer/Mix Engineer Joe O’Connell of Sonic Union.

This year’s coaching lineup represents a mix of artists from different disciplines. Carbon’s Foster, a first-time Camp K Coach, says his approach will be “to nudge people in the right direction, without anyone feeling like they’re being fed the answers to the quiz. It’s always best if there’s some self-discovery along the way.” Having the coaches’ expertise and insight available to entrants, he believes, will prove highly valuable. “At the end of the day, no one figures everything out by themselves, and no one should feel like they have to. Experience is most useful when it’s shared with others.”

Sonic Union’s O’Connell has been both a Coach and a judge for Camp K in the past. He sees the Coaches as functioning like a compass, “Do your best to guide campers in the direction of their strengths, and let them handle the granular details on how to get where they’ll ultimately go,” he observes.

Cutters’ Rubin agrees. A Camp K winner in Editorial and a first-time Coach, he notes that “this can be a tough competition. And it's easy to get stuck halfway through a project that just isn't quite coming together. I hope people reach out if they’re stumped on where to begin, or where to go next. Whether they need to ask specific questions regarding the rules, or if they need broader advice, that’s what we're here for.”