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Blizzard: ANZ Overwatch Cosplay Battle

Between April and November of 2019 I travelled across Australia, New Zealand and Los Angeles documenting the ANZ Overwatch Cosplay Battle for Blizzard Entertainment.https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/en-us/It was a challenging job - I was a one-ma…

Between April and November of 2019 I travelled across Australia, New Zealand and Los Angeles documenting the ANZ Overwatch Cosplay Battle for Blizzard Entertainment.

https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/en-us/

It was a challenging job - I was a one-man crew with a tight shoot schedule in each city and I would not have access to studio space, lighting or camera gear besides what I could carry with me.

I utilized my Canon 5Dmk4, Osmo Pocket, Mavic Pro and Zoom Recorder to get the job done, editing the footage from home on Avid Media Composer and delivering remotely via Dropbox.

All videography, photography and editing by Josh Groom for Blizzard Entertainment.

Get an up-close look at four talented teams of cosplayers from Australia and New Zealand who competed for greatness as part of the Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ.

Meet the Teams

My first task was to travel to each team and create team profiles - incorporating multi-cam interviews, portrait photography, drone footage, b-roll overlay and archival footage.

More than a competition, the 2019 Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ is a celebration of creativity, craftsmanship, and national pride for Aussies & Kiwis. I worked on creating all the video and photo assets for this project for 8 months, traveling around Australia and New Zealand to meet the teams and then document their creations.
More than a competition, the 2019 Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ is a celebration of creativity, craftsmanship, and national pride for Aussies & Kiwis. I worked on creating all the video and photo assets for this project for 8 months, traveling around Australia and New Zealand to meet the teams and then document their creations.
More than a competition, the 2019 Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ is a celebration of creativity, craftsmanship, and national pride for Aussies & Kiwis. I worked on creating all the video and photo assets for this project for 8 months, traveling around Australia and New Zealand to meet the teams and then document their creations.
More than a competition, the 2019 Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ is a celebration of creativity, craftsmanship, and national pride for Aussies & Kiwis. I worked on creating all the video and photo assets for this project for 8 months, traveling around Australia and New Zealand to meet the teams and then document their creations.

Reveal the costumes

Next up, a return visit to each team to create a photo gallery, studio teaser and cinematic trailer for the finished costumes.

These assets would be used by the judges to selects the Grand Prize Winner and for online voting to decide the Community Prize Winner.

Team New South Wales' entry in the Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ, featuring Socialite Ashe and B.O.B. Learn more: https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/
Team New South Wales created Ashe and her trusty side-kick B.O.B. for the Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ Learn more: https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/
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Team New Zealand's entry in the Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ, featuring LÜ BU Reaper! Learn more: https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/
Team New Zealand created LÜ BU Reaper for the Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ Learn more: https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/
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Team Melbourne's entry in the Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ, featuring Sheildmaiden Brigitte! Learn more: https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/
Team Victoria created Shieldmaiden Brigitte for the Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ Learn more: https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/
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Team South Australia's entry in the Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ, featuring Greifhardt Reinhardt! Learn more: https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/
Team South Australia created Greifhardt Reinhardt for the Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ Learn more: https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/
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Announce the winners

After the online community vote and judging process - the winners would be announced at PAX 2019 in Melbourne.

I travelled there for the day to capture the announcement, as well as shoot a video wrap-up of Blizzard at PAX on Saturday and a photo gallery of event highlights.

Click on the image below for the PAX Wrap-up video -

This is my wrap-up montage of the weekend. Shot and edited by me. Music by Blizzard Entertainment. https://cosplayanz.playoverwatch.com/en-us/

PAX 2019 - Saturday Blizzard Highlights - Photo Gallery.

All photos by Josh Groom - with additional Cosplay Battle Final images by Maria Boyadgis.

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Blizzcon 2019

The culmination of the ANZ Cosplay Battle would be traveling with the winning team to attend Blizzcon 2019.

I spent the weekend creating video and photo assets for Blizzard Australia - you can check out the video wrap-up momtage below…

My first Blizcon was the finale to the ANZ Cosplay documentary project I had been working on with Blizzard Entertainment. This is my wrap-up montage of the weekend. Shot and edited by me. Music by RomanSenykMusic.

BLIZZARD: HEROES OF HEARTHSTONE

Directed, Shot and Edited by Josh Groom.

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