Hi all,
I've been a Glitchen on and off since November 2011 when a friend (OGgiz) first brought me into the amazing experience that is Glitch.
In real life, I've been a film student for the past few years and now I'd like to put that knowledge and experience towards something I've found I really care about: Glitch. As in; a documentary, about where Glitch came from, what it became, what it meant to people and how the end came about.
I know this is a highly emotional and charged time, but making a documentary about Glitch is a possibility I'd really like to explore.
What it would depend on would be:
(I) DEV TEAM: Would you be comfortable with myself as an outside party (and others who get involved) creating a documentary about Glitch? Could you foresee any problems with this?
Would you be willing to participate, to tell your story and the story of Glitch, to inform people who didn't get the chance to experience it and give those who were lucky enough something to take away from the experience other than all the wonderful memories?
(II) GLITCHENS (or Glitchians, Glitchchae or Glitcheroonies): Would you be willing to share your experiences (on camera or off) and talk about your time in the game? Maybe talk about the culture, the amazing stories and poetry that came from it, and the experience in general?
It could be anonymous, or not, depending on your preference, but it would be a chance to share some of your fun times and to highlight some of the extraordinary shared history that this project has created.
Now, here comes the tricky part;
(III) Financing
I have some limited access to professional film and lighting equipment, and I have some good experience of film-making (message me if you want to see the kinds of films and videos I've made over the last few years, I'm pretty proud of them) but to actually create the kind of proper, documentary film that would show the world what Glitch meant to so many people would take a fair amount of travel and a lot of filming and editing time.
If this is the kind of project you'd be interested in, would you object to kicking in a few dollars towards, for instance, an Indiegogo or Kickstarter-funded project? I've done this once before, with fair success, and I already have some ideas for perks (that would need running by Tiny Speck, of course) that would give you a chance to immortalise your Glitchen on the big screen, or maybe feature your favourite areas in a montage, or other things like this.
Legally, I know that final approval for all and any of this lies with the wonderful people at Tiny Speck, and I hope that you/they would look on this as a chance to celebrate the creation and passing of something beautiful but, of course, if TS say no, it's no problem.
But... Here's the main thing. I didn't realise what Glitch meant to me until I realised it wasn't going to last forever and I'd like to celebrate that in a way that everyone could collaborate in, in the spirit of Glitch, and then we'd all have something to commemorate what was, and still is for a short time, a beautiful, crazy, occasionally lewd but always funny, experience.
What do you think, fellow Glitchen?
- FF