(25 Jul 2024)
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San Diego – 24 July 2024
1. Wide exterior of Comic-Con venue
2. Wide of people walking in front of venue
3. Various interiors
4. VOX POPS (English) Mike Curley and Mark Baker, attendees from Oceanside CA:
Baker: "We dress up tomorrow and the next day."
Curley: "We’re doing like a Mario Bros."
Baker: "Mario Bros. We’ve gone in undercover tonight, right? And then we’re going to do a steampunk Green Lantern/ Red Lantern. All right. He dresses as…"
Curley: "He’s doesn’t know."
Baker: "He’s the mushroom."
Curley: "Toad."
Baker: "Yeah, toad."
5. Various interiors with attendees
6. VOX POPS (English) Tia Reeves and Danielle Lopez, attendees from Mission Viejo:
Reeves: "They have a lot of really good panels because last year they were having the actors’ and the writers’ strike, and Comic-Con was I mean, it was still great, but glad to have everybody back. And that’s going to be super fun. I mean…"
Lopez: "Shopping."
Reeves: "Yes, we’re super excited for preview night right now and shopping and getting the first look at stuff and…"
Lopez: "And meeting up with other fans is always awesome as well."
7. Various interiors
8. Wide of Doug Packwood and wife posing
9. VOX POPS (English) Doug Packwood, attendee from Escondido CA – on coming to Comic Con for 34 years:
"My wife and I both collect a lot. So, we love it here. Love the panels, the whole thing. So, yeah."
(Reporter: "What keeps you coming back? Just the community?")
"The community stuff. Yeah, you can basically do whatever it is that you want to do. You can have there’s just so much fun and there’s so many different things. Anything that’s pop culture is amazing. And it’s typically here. I mean, if it’s a movie you want, I mean, it’s not everybody’s a complete and total, you know, stinky nerd like they make it out to be. Some of us have real jobs and all that kind of stuff, and it’s just fun. It’s fun for everybody. If you don’t come here to have a good time, you just got a bad attitude. So, you know, you got to know there’s going to be lines and you just have fun."
10. Various interiors
11. VOX POPS (English) Geraldine Arreaga and Jenna Nguyen, attendees from San Diego:
Nguyen: "I’m a special effects makeup artist. I go to Comic-Con every year. I usually dress up as something and showcase my special effects makeup work. This year I will be half-Anakin and half-Darth Vader. So every year it’s like a little bit more challenging cause everyone expects a little bit more. And there’s so many creative costumes here."
12. Various of people in costumes
13. Various of children walking
14. Set up shot Crystal Fae at her store
15. VOX POPS (English) Crystal Fae, illustrator/vendor:
"So, my artwork is primarily based on video games because I’m a big video game fan, so it’s a lot of fan art. I also have a line of my own original fantasy artwork based on zodiac signs and tarot illustrations, and I work professionally in comics. So I’ve done a lot of work for Marvel and Upper Deck."
16. Various of posters
17. Wide of escalator
18. Wide set up of Iliia Roza
19. VOX POPS (English) Iliia Roza, attendee from Los Angeles:
"First of all, it’s amazing energy. Look around us like so many kids, so many, you know, like fans of this beautiful pop art industry. And, you know, when you were a little girl, what would you do? You would read all these comic books, right? And dream about being a hero. And I think, like, this is the most beautiful thing when you just like live in a dream. And that’s why we’re here. If you want to feel this childhood."
20. Wide of people coming down escalator
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