Thinking more about the Southend doc - perhaps a Youtube series? (Patreon)

Hey y'all! So, my look at Arcades and the history of Southend is once again on my mind - I've been doing a fair bit of looking around recently to prepare while I save up funds for the final piece of the equipment puzzle (that being a new camera)...as I've been thinking about it, I've slowly come to the thought that a feature-length documentary might not perhaps be the initial way to go about things. That's certainly something that I want to cross off of my bucket list at one point, but I'm thinking along other lines...

So, perhaps a YouTube series might be the best thing? That way I can cover 1 arcade or other venue in depth for each episode in a proper POV style. Some videos will naturally be bigger than others (I suspect that when it comes to covering something like the Kursaal, there will be quite a lot to say) but it seems like the right approach to me...and then, perhaps at one stage in the future, I can edit all of this in something that could be feature length, something for the local festivals around here and so forth. 

I guess this change in thought is inspired by the vlogging I've done recently, as well as some of the content I've been consuming - I've been watching a bunch of Dan Bell, a lot of food travel stuff, that sort of thing...so I kinda wanna do my own spin on that. It also means that instead of being this really big-ass thing that could end up taking ages to do, it's much more reactive and get up and go - and ultimately, it gets out to the viewers a hell of a lot quicker.

As previously mentioned, I'm saving up money for a camera that's gonna do these places justice, and I don't expect to be done with that until Christmas comes along and I can make a big push for that spicy holiday ad revenue...but once the ball gets rolling, I can confidently say that the series will get rolling in early 2018. It's certainly going to be exciting! 

Also, I will be in Manchester next week for the Play Gaming Expo, and I will be vlogging that as much as possible - so all of you will get to see my experience oop North as a main video...in many ways, it's a bit of a test run for what's to come - that and finally going to some proper events! Anyway, thanks for reading this ramble - hope you're all good. Talk to you soon!

-Kim