In-World War

Audio podcast interview with In-World War's director

Local filmmaker Niall McKay interviews In-World War director DJ Bad Vegan (aka Brant Smith) for the Film Ireland website. Film Ireland is the magazine of Filmbase, the Dublin-based filmmaker organization that provided the gear and a location for the In-World War 2nd unit shoot in Dublin.

If you're interested in indie filmmaking and distribution, it's a good listen.

Topics in the podcast:

• What's this In-World War film about?
• How to make a feature film with nearly no money.
• What we learned about theatrical self-distribution from our experience with Quality of Life.
• The best marketing technique for ensuring people see your film.
• Why science fiction is a good choice for an indie film.
• The future of indie/DIY/artisan filmmaking.

Buckle up your headgear, since it's a wild ride down the rapids of DIY independent filmmaking:

Film Ireland: Niall McKay talks to Brant Smith Director of 'In-World War'

Irish publicity

Our Dublin production team read an article about Irish supermodel Vivienne Connolly's recent move into acting and they decided to try to contact her. Might she be interested in auditioning for a small part in IWW?

It was the type of "Hail Mary" that indie filmmakers send out to stars and celebs all the time, asking for their involvement. Usually, there's never a response.

Turns out, she was interested and after a brilliant audition she had the part.

We woke up yesterday (the day of her rehearsal) to find an article about her and the film in the Sunday Independent (the biggest circulation Sunday paper in Dublin, or so we were told). Her publicist knows how to do things (though they said we were in Los Angeles -- I guess Oakland isn't glamorous enough).

In rehearsals, she's a real down-to-earth person and an excellent actor. We bonded over our shared love of organic food. We're lucky to have her on the project just as her acting career is taking off.

Check out the article about Vivianne and the film in the Independent.

IWW on io9

Leading sci-fi site io9 did a great write-up on the project during their Virtual Worlds week.

io9: Indie Science Fiction Film Tackles Virtual Reality And The War On Terror

I'm a regular reader of the site, so it was really cool seeing us there. A random guy in New Jersey emailed saying he absolutely needed to help out on the project somehow — and that he had just read about it on io9. That's how I found out.

Check out the article and post a comment too if you can, which helps build more interest in the film.

Thanks io9!

[UPDATE] The website Film School Rejects followed up with another piece, giving their take on the film. Hat tip to FSR.

Film School Rejects: 'In-World War' Sounds Like Virtually Brilliant Sci-Fi