Cosplay Central Crown Championships at MCM Comic Con London: Live Competition Show Control
A flagship live competition show with contestant entries, judges, reveals, audience energy and a YouTube stream. I ran the showcall, the vMix cut and the stream direction from one position.
~3,000
In the ICC Auditorium
Many thousands
Watching on YouTube
THE BRIEF
A cosplay final is not just a stage walk. It is a live competition where every costume represents months of work. The production has to respect the craft and keep the format tight.
The show needed:
Clean cueing for entries, presenter links, judging and reveals.
Wide shots to sell the size of the room.
Close shots to show costume detail.
A broadcast cut that worked for YouTube, not just the auditorium.
A showcall that held stage, camera, graphics and audio together.
THE APPROACH
I showcalled on comms, vision mixed in vMix, directed cameras and shaped the stream output.
Three jobs, one chair. That kept the cue and the cut tightly joined, especially around reveal moments where a half-second matters.
The running order was built around repeatable competition beats: intro, entry, walk, pose, exit, judging moment, reveal.
Camera direction balanced two needs:
The room: scale, applause, stage picture.
The stream: costume detail, judges, contestant reactions, winner moments.
The vMix cut moved between those two worlds so the online audience got more than a distant stage feed, while the auditorium still felt like the main event.
DELIVERABLES
Project imagery
Live production on site
Stage and screen content
Broadcast and stream setup
Behind the scenesWHAT IT PROVES
Around 3,000 people in the ICC Auditorium.
Many thousands more watching on YouTube.
Showcalling, camera direction, vMix and streaming held from one position.
A competition show that respected the craft on stage and stayed watchable online.
