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<title><![CDATA[<i>Iron Sky</I> Opens Up the Filmmaking Process]]></title>
<link>http://newteevee.com/?p=4001</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 20:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chris Albrecht</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Making a film is a collaborative process, but the team behind the upcoming movie Iron Sky is taking ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Making a film is a collaborative process, but the team behind the upcoming movie <em><a href="http://www.ironsky.net">Iron Sky</a></em> is taking that notion to a whole new level by opening up the production process to, well, the world.</p>
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<p>Based in Finland, Director Timo Vuorensola and his team made a name for themselves a few years ago with the release of the sci-fi parody <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wreck:_In_the_Pirkinning">Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning</a></em>. It was made with the help of 3,000 people who pitched in to create the movie.</p>
<p>Now Vuorensola is heading up a more ambitious collaboration in <em>Iron Sky</em>. To organize his worldwide network of collaborators, he's launched <a href="http://www.wreckamovie.com">Wreck A Movie</a> (the title comes from <em>Star Wreck</em>), where people can participate in the process, and eventually launch their own collaborative project. Following is a lightly-edited interview with Vuorensola conducted via email (there's even a version in Finnish at the end of the article).</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee:</strong> What is Iron Sky?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola:</strong> <em>Iron Sky</em> is a science fiction comedy, a pretty dark one I might say, about Nazis that fled to the Moon in 1945. Now it's 2018, and they are coming back.</p>
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<p><strong>NewTeeVee:</strong> Explain Wreck A Movie. How does it work? How does <em>Iron Sky</em> fit in?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola:</strong> Wreck A Movie is a collaborative film production platform. The big idea behind is to create a place where anybody can join in and bring their creativity to existing film productions. Later on, we'll start opening the system up so that anybody can also set up their own production there and find a collaborating community around it. The reason why we did Wreck A Movie is because we wanted to find out a way to take advantage of the Internet communities into film industry, and bring resources otherwise unavailable to the hands of independent filmmakers.</p>
<p><em>Iron Sky</em> fits in with Wreck A Movie, because  community-wise it's a sequel to <em>Star Wreck</em>, our previous film, that was done with the aid of collaborating community of around 3,000 people around the web. We wanted to expand and organize that work with Wreck A Movie, and take <em>Iron Sky</em> a few steps further from where <em>Star Wreck</em> was.</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee:</strong> How does the collaboration work? Who gets final cut?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola:</strong> Collaboration works so that each production has its own production leader, a person - maybe director, or producers - who sets up tasks that are required in the production of the film, and the community takes part in those tasks, gives their suggestions and collaborates with each other to create what the producer has asked for. The final cut still stays in the hands of the production team/director.</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee:</strong> What's your timeline for <em>Iron Sky</em>? How will you distribute it once it's done? How much will it cost?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola:</strong> I would suggest we will release <em>Iron Sky</em> in 2010, but it's still too early to promise. We are aiming to fund the film in 2008, shoot it in 2009 and release 2010. If everything goes well. But the same thing is still with distribution, we are still not totally sure on how it will operate. I have only two main aims there: It will be shown on the big screen, and it will be distributed on the Internet. The initial budget of the film is around 3 million euros.</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee:</strong> How long did it take to make <em>Star Wreck</em>? How many times was it seen? Did you make money off it?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola:</strong> We made <em>Star Wreck</em> for 7 years, but Samuli, our producer, had been working on various <em>Star Wrecks</em> for about 14 years in total. <em>Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning</em> has been downloaded approximately 8 million times to date. We made about 200,000 - 300,000 euroes out of it, by selling DVDs, merchandise and TV distribution rights.</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee:</strong> What other movies do you have in the works?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola:</strong> I'm working on few other ideas, but right now focusing on <em>Iron Sky</em>. Most of the film ideas are strongly related to Internet, one of them specifically to spam email and so called Nigerian scams.</p>
<p><i><strong>ED. NOTE:</strong></i> And since the project is based in Finland, we thought it'd be nice to translate it for all his Finnish friends and family back home (thanks to our own Irina Haltsonen for the translation!)</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee:</strong> Mikä Iron Sky on?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola:</strong> Iron Sky on scifikomedia, aika synkkä sellainen, joka kertoo kuuhun vuonna 1945 paenneista natseista. Siinä eletään vuotta 2018, kun he ovat tulossa takaisin.</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee: </strong>Selittäisitkö meille, mikä on Wreck A Movie. Miten se toimii? Ja miten Iron Sky liittyy siihen?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola:</strong> Wreck A Movie on yhteisöllinen elokuvatuotantoyhtiöalusta. Sen toiminta perustuu ajatukseen luoda palvelu, johon kuka tahansa voi liittyä ja jossa voi tarjota omaa luovuuttaan olemassa oleviin elokuvatuotantoihin. Myöhemmin aiomme laajentaa palvelua niin, että kuka tahansa voi myös perustaa sinne oman tuotantonsa ja löytää sille oman yhteisön. Wreck A Movie syntyi, kun halusimme elokuvateollisuuden hyötyvän uudella tavalla verkkoyhteisöistä. Lisäksi halusimme tuoda uusia resursseja riippumattomien elokuvayhtiöiden ulottuville.</p>
<p>Iron Sky toimii Wreck A Movie -palvelussa, koska yhteisöllisesti se on jatkoa aiemmalle elokuvallemme Star Wreckille. Se tehtiin netissä yhteistyössä kolmen tuhannen ihmisen luoman yhteisön kanssa. Halusimme laajentaa ja jakaa työn Wreck A Movien kanssa ja viedä Iron Skyn muutaman askelen pidemmälle kuin Star Wreck.</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee:</strong> Miten yhteistyö toimii käytännössä? Kuka vastaa lopullisesta versiosta?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola: </strong>Yhteistyö toimii siten, että jokainen tuotanto saa oman vetäjänsä, ohjaajan tai tuottajan, joka päättää mitä elokuvan tuotanto vaatii. Yhteisö osallistuu eri tehtävien toteuttamiseen, antaa omia ehdotuksiaan ja tekee yhdessä tehtäviä, joita tuottaja pyytää tekemään. Lopullinen versio elokuvasta pysyy kuitenkin tuottajan tai ohjaajan käsissä.</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee:</strong> Mikä on Iron Skyn aikataulu? Miten aiotte hoitaa sen levityksen, kun se on valmis? Paljonko se tulee maksamaan?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola:</strong> Luulisin, että Iron Sky julkistetaan vuonna 2010, mutta sitä on vielä turhan aikaista luvata. Tähtäämme siihen, että elokuva saisi rahoituksen 2008, se kuvattaisiin 2009 ja julkaistaisiin 2010. Siis jos kaikki menee hyvin. Mutta sama pätee sen jakeluun, emme ole vielä ihan varmoja siitä, miten tulemme tekemään. Minulla on ainoastaan kaksi tavoitetta, elokuvan pitää päästä suurelle kankaalle ja tulla jakeluun internetiin. Elokuvan alkuperäinen budjetti on noin kolme miljoonaa euroa.</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee: </strong>Kauanko Star Wreckin tekemiseen meni? Kuinka monta kertaa se on katsottu? Teittekö sillä rahaa?</p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola: </strong>Star Wreckin tekemiseen meni meiltä seitsemän vuotta, mutta tuottajamme Samuli on tehnyt sitä yhteensä noin 14 vuoden ajan. Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning on ladattu noin kahdeksan miljoonaa kertaa. Se toi meille noin 200-300 000 euroa DVD:eiden, oheistuotteiden ja televisio-oikeuksien myynnillä.</p>
<p><strong>NewTeeVee:</strong> Mitä muita elokuvia sinulla on tekeillä? </p>
<p><strong>Timo Vuorensola: </strong>Minulla on muutama idea, mutta tällä hetkellä keskityn Iron Sky -elokuvaan. Useimmat elokuvaideani liittyvät vahvasti internetiin. Yksi niistä liittyy roskapostiin ja sen nimi on nigerialaiset huijaukset.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Iron Sky: Los nazis vuelven de sus refugios en la luna]]></title>
<link>http://mmagnum.wordpress.com/?p=1150</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 11:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergio</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Tranquilos, solo se trata de la nueva película de Wreck a Movie, una comunidad online en la que, de]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Tranquilos, solo se trata de la nueva película de <a href="http://www.wreckamovie.com/" target="_blank"><em>Wreck a Movie</em></a>, una comunidad online en la que, de forma colaborativa, idean, financian, ruedan y distribuyen películas.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Se estrenaron con su proyecto "<a href="http://www.starwreck.com/" target="_blank"><em>Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning</em></a>" y, tras el éxito de la película con más de 8 millones de descargas, vuelven al ataque con dos nuevas producciones "<a href="http://www.ironsky.net/site/" target="_blank"><em>Iron Sky</em></a>", con un presupuesto actual de 2,5 millones de euros, y "<a href="http://www.washyoursins.com/" target="_blank"><em>Sauna, Wash Your Sins</em></a>".</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"<a href="http://www.ironsky.net/site/" target="_blank"><em>Iron Sky</em></a>" nos traslada a 1.945 cuando, en pleno desmoronamiento del Tercer Reich, un grupo de nazis logran alcanzar y colonizar la luna desde una base secreta en la Antártida. Allí permanecerán ocultos hasta que, ya en el año 2.018, deciden volver a la Tierra y conquistarla.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">"<a href="http://www.ironsky.net/site/" target="_blank"><em>Iron Sky</em></a>" se encuentra en una fase más avanzada de producción que "<a href="http://www.washyoursins.com/" target="_blank"><em>Sauna...</em></a>" (que se engloba dentro del género de terror) y, aunque aun no hay fechas oficiales de lanzamiento, ya hay un trailer bastante simpático de lo que será la película.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">La idea del proyecto <a href="http://www.wreckamovie.com/" target="_blank"><em>Wreck a Movie Oy Ltd.</em></a> nace en Tampere, Finlandia, de la mano de Timo Vuorensola y se basa en la idea de que cualquiera con interés y buenas ideas puede realizar un proyecto audiovisual de calidad y con posibilidades comerciales. A través del portal del proyecto cualquiera puede plantear una idea o unirse a un proyecto en marcha y participar en el proceso de creación de una película, vídeo musical, cortometrajes, etc. sin necesidad de ser un profesional del medio.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">También se puede participar en los proyectos colaborando en la producción o financiación de las películas. En este momento se ha comenzado a vender 2.000 "<a href="http://store.starwreck.com/epages/TP.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/14102005-0009/Products/506" target="_blank">bonos de guerra</a>" para la financiación de "<a href="http://www.ironsky.net/site/" target="_blank"><em>Iron Sky</em></a>". Se trata de un pack de coleccionista que se enviará en agosto de este año y en el que se incluye diverso material promocional como un "<em>cómo se hizo</em>", el <em>trailer </em>y un certificado de haber colaborado en el rodaje de la película. Su precio es de 50 €.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Además también se puede comprar diversos artículos de <em><a href="http://store.starwreck.com/epages/TP.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/14102005-0009" target="_blank">merchandise</a> </em>como camisetas, gorras, llaveros, etc. para participar en la producción.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Más información sobre "<em>Iron Sky</em>" en su <a href="http://www.ironsky.net/site/" target="_blank">página oficial</a>.<br />
Más información sobre el proyecto <em>Wreck a Movie</em> y cómo colaborar en los proyectos en su <a href="http://www.wreckamovie.com" target="_blank">página oficial</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[We'll Meet Again Under the Iron Sky]]></title>
<link>http://marloff.wordpress.com/?p=90</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 15:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>marloff</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Hey Folks,
This is a bit of a departure from what I usually blog about, but it&#8217;s something tha]]></description>
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<p>This is a bit of a departure from what I usually blog about, but it's something that I've been following with great interest for the sheer awesomeness of it all. The Production of a Sci-Fi comedy by the makers of <a href="http://www.starwreck.com/">Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning</a> called <a href="http://www.ironsky.net">Iron Sky</a>, that's in pre-production now. Iron Sky is an unusual production in many ways. It's not a Hollywood production, but instead it's produced here in Finland. Furthermore, it takes full advantage of Internet in ways that are unprecedented in film making. Like Star Wreck, there is a core team that's supported by a community on the Internet. It is also a kind of a proof-of-concept production for <a href="http://www.wreckamovie.com">Wreck-A-Movie</a>, an Internet platform for community based film-production.</p>
<p>As I said the film is a Sci-Fi comedy about... well, here's the synopsis:</p>
<blockquote><p>In 1945 the Nazis fled to the moon. In 2018 they are coming back.<br />
On Earth frustrated people hunger for anything shocking, strange or surprising, like a lightning bolt out of the blue. They’re going to get it – more so than they’ve ever hoped! And they’re going to love it!</p></blockquote>
<p>It is written by an award-winning Finnish writer Johanna Sinisalo, the author of Not Before Sundown... or Troll - A Love Story for those of you in America. Actually, if I could sneak in a book recommendation, I'd do that now. Wait, I can. It's my blog after all. Here's another synopsis:</p>
<blockquote><p>The story is about a homosexual photographer Mikael, who finds a young and injured <a title="Troll" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll">troll</a> and takes it to his home. This troll is inspired by Finnish <a title="Folklore" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore">folklore</a> and is an intelligent, almost human-like animal, and partakes, in appearance, of a cat and a monkey.</p></blockquote>
<p>The book has won quite a few awards including <a href="http://www.tiptree.org/">James Tiptree, Jr. Award</a>, and if that's not a enough, I like it too :D</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ironsky.net/site/?page_id=12"><img class="alignright" style="float:right;" src="http://www.ironsky.net/site/images/warbonds_poster.jpg" alt="" width="340" height="405" /></a>Anyway, now that my little spell of ADD has passed, we can return to our topic of Iron Sky. As I said the movie is in pre-production, which means it'll be some time (years, perhaps) until we can see it on the big screen. There are many challenges the folks at Energia (and others) have to overcome before filming can start. The producers of the film will be trying to find funding armed with the script, the wreck-a-movie platform, and the teaser you see below. In addition to that, Energia is selling <a href="http://www.ironsky.net/site/?page_id=12">war bonds</a>. It's what they call their limited set of Iron Sky goodies they sell to finance the film. I just love their commitment to the theme.</p>
<p>You just have admire the rebel attitude of these guys. No one believed in a Finnish sci-fi project before Star Wreck, and now the guys are out to prove themselves again. Don't believe me? Check out the teaser:</p>
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<link>http://electronrun.wordpress.com/?p=495</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 12:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dimitrios Matsoulis</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Following the lead of music and software, movies might be the next thing that becomes more easily distributed, and more importantly, simply and cheaply produced. <a href="http://www.wreckamovie.com/" target="_blank">Wreck A Movie</a><span> is the open-source Finnish platform that wishes to free creativity from the bounds of Hollywood and the studio system in general. Board member and entrepreneur Peter <span>Vesterback</span> describes the software's aim in simply words: "we want to wreck the Hollywood model". His logic is that Hollywood produces about 700 films annually but there is thousands of people that would love to get a chance at movie making.</span></p>
<p>To get an idea of what can be done, check out <a href="http://www.starwreck.com/" target="_blank"><span>Star Wreck: In the <span>Pirkinning</span></span></a>, a film that cost $20,000 and has been downloaded from the Internet 8 million times! It has sparked a range of games and merchandise that bring income, in other words the model is to give viewers something for free and if they are happy they contribute via related products. (<a href="http://electronrun.com/wp_er/2008/05/02/open-source-films-to-wreck-the-hollywood-model/" target="_self">continued</a>)</p>
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