In the closing days of 2012, the one-man video game epic Lore generated buzz on a level that I had never experienced. I dove in to the comments section, eager to be a part of this vision and to share my enthusiasm.
I was completely unprepared for what I would find.
A passionate community had risen around this digital amalgam of world myths, and I realized that here, too, the participants were creating their own story, with their own legends, heroes and monsters. This project will attempt to capture the passion and pathos of the Lore project through the comments of its backers, who will be portrayed in a medium universal to all races and cultures: the humble sock puppet.
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The funds raised here will all be put directly to creating the puppets, props and locales required for the film. These puppets will be well beyond the simple one-sock-two-buttons, and each will be hand crafted by me. Once the comments section of Lore has drawn to a close, I will begin making the script and conceptualizing each puppet with their props and background locale. The goal is to make each puppet an honest representation of the backer it represents, and I hope to draw from a large pool of socks. With a cast of well over 80 (as of this writing), this will be a significant task.
Production time of the film itself will be fairly quick, with editing taking most of the time. Upon successful completion of the film, it will be released into the wild, free for everyone to view.
