Did any previous fan fiction and crowdsourcing projects provide inspiration?
Probably one of the biggest influences and thought-provoking projects is the White Glove Tracking project. Started by a couple guys at Eyebeam, the aim of the project was to have people locate Michael Jackson’s white glove on every single frame of the Billy Jean performance. There were over 10,000 frames and within just a couple days, thousands of people went through and located the glove. The data allowed people to make awesome and funny visualizations. One person decided to make Michael Jackson’s hand four times as large. You can see the video here. The ability to get thousands of people who actually want to work on a single task is amazing. Crowdsourcing plus Star Wars equals using the crowdforce. Have you been involved in any large-scale projects like this before? This is my first personal large-scale project, but I’ve worked at plenty of companies that receive lots of traffic (i.e. Vimeo). Star Wars Uncut strikes me as an ambitious project. Did you really know what you were gettin
