So here we are today ina beautiful bed and breakfast.

And we're here actually to celebrate the release of alocal film and, the premiere.

That's happening,I'm with Tim and Michael, who are the co-directorsand co-writers of Spiderwack.

Now it's a much longername than that.

So tell me,what's what's the film's name?

So, Doctor Spiderwack’smind-boggling compendium of fantasticurban beasts.

Easy for you to say.That's right.

Yeah.

So, what kind of,a film is this?

You guys tend to work inthe genre of kind of a comedy.

but but how would you describethis film?

So this one, is an urbanfantasy.

It's got, a lot of characters.

It's based off of initially,The Spider Chronicles, where they find a field guidewith magical creatures.

but ours is aboutfinding a field guide full of magical creatures.But they live in the city.

So you've got things like a sortof hobgoblin, a snob goblin.

You've got, a lepre con artistinstead of a leprechaun.

And so we really playon a lot of things with society and things, how fairies would, might disguise themselvesin the urban setting.

And so our character, main character is a vloggerwho's out looking for, you know, the Sasquatch.

He's looking forurban creatures, and no one believes him.

And he stumbles upon, this houseand this book.

Now, Michael, we're standingin this bed and breakfast.

And what's the name of this bedand breakfast?

The innis.

And innisfreeand innisfree and innisfree.

And there's athere's a reason we're here.

You guys shot quite a bitin this bed.

Breakfast in hand.

There's a kind of a historicaltie for you here.

Yes, yes.

702 West Colfax is where I wasbrought up as a child up until about six years of age, and I knew this would bethe perfect spot for our movie because it has this gothicbaroque look to it.

so yeah.

And again, back to the,the urbanization.

It's kind of countersthe urbanization element.

And the other point I would make up or say to youis that the urbanization forces the fairies to have to adaptto civilization to the metropolis, right, insteadof being out in the wild.

And so, you guys,how long did it take to film and put togetherso most of our projects have been fantasy based parodies like Harvey Potterand the ridiculous, you know, premise or dork of the ringstake took like three years.

This one's been 5 to 6 yearsor more in terms of filming, partly because of,just our teaching jobs.

but also, the idea that Covid came up,we had a location of ours burned down.

and so a lot of adaptingand we did a lot of green, additional green screen work.

so, yeah, we've definitely been working on the projectfor a while.

And, really excitedto finally share it.

That's very good.

And wherecan people see the premiere?

So we're going to be at JohnAdams High School, on Friday, June 21st at 7 p.m..

So, for the public, we've got ticketsavailable online or at the door.

and I just want to say, even though the film doeshave a lot of puppets and it is very fairlyfamily friendly.

maybe kids under 12 or so.

I mean, there'ssome political humor, some societal humor,a few words here or there.

So that's nothing major.

And, yeah, nothing major, but so maybe a 13and up audience or so.

Yeah, yeah.

Nothing.Nothing too bad.

Okay.

So in putting all this together,that's that's a long time in the long process.

So how did you guys findyour talent.

Is most of your talent local.

Oh yeah.

Well well one's from England.

Awesome.

That's like play local.

Yeah.

That's Karen Shaw from,Lord of the Rings and Narnia.

it's a producer and we, we zoomed him inand had him in the film right.

A lot of local.

Yeah, a lot of Michiana area.

We brought them in.

And we've also have a family of actors, if you will,because most filmmakers, you know, over the yearsdevelop, work with peopleconstantly over and over again.

You just begin to get that Vulcan mind, meld that, you know, everybody can finisheach other's sentences.

And it's greatwhen working with the same team.

Yeah, they know what to expect.

And then we're goingto get the film done eventually.

And they know thatif they put their time and talents into it,that they will see a result.

So you mentioned a couple of the other filmsthat you guys have done is very similar in feelas far as comedy, kind of you start with taking off of a moviethat people might know.

How many have you guys donein the past?

Yeah, well, at least six, right?

Yeah, right.

And that and those, some of those include dramasand other things.

In terms of the parodies,we've done at least, four of those,our last one being Vlasic Park.

and with this filmwas a little different because we kind of SpiderworkChronicles.

Yeah, it's a known property,but it's not kind of the same as, say,Harry Potter's, notoriety.

So we work in Fantastic Beasts.

Harry Potter,some other fantasies, and even some of our old,our other parody films kind of have appearances,references within this film.

That's very cool.

And like you said, it's kind of a mixtureof live people and puppets.

And we have a couple of puppetshere.

how how did that kind of workinto the film?

Yeah, we have a lot of peoplein animal heads to like our Minotaur and our,you know, haunt.

Yeah.

So this is the blue one,is the sniff.

The sniff lure based off thenymph lure from Fantastic Beast.

So he's always got a cold,and, he's got the sniffles.

And then we have a goblin puppethere.

That was And both ofthese were made from scratch.

the goblin puppet works in it, and he was in a previousfilm of ours, The Hobbit.

And we we loved the sculptso much that our friend Todd Davis did on them, that we utilize them in this movieas well.

So, they were great.

And then we have a lot of other,like, crazy puppets and creaturesand things.

Oh, I play the internet troll.

So it's very much like a big bird characterin the sense of like, I have my arm up in a puppetand I'm in a big blue outfit and some I'm doing one arm and someone elseis doing my other arm.

so it's basicallylike we call it, like, this is like JimHenson on a dollar.

You know what?

You know,but it's definitely.

Yeah, it definitelywe make no bones about that.

You can see the rods,you can see different things.

and it's kind ofwe kind of like that there is a bit of an 80s feel to some of the puppet workand different things.

So you guys are really involvedwith the filmmakers here in the area and in facthave been heavily involved in it, even helped startthe Riverbend Film Festival.

And so it's really been,a big community here, hasn't it?

Yeah, for sure.

And we work with Mid-AmericaFilmmakers, and then I teach, media production and film,for South Bend schools.

so it's just really.

Yeah, we'vedefinitely been in the community for a while doing films, and we'd love to supportwhat people are doing here.

And I teach it over at the same place with mygood friend here, my brother.

And, the,the, the convergence of it.

And film is just, absolute.

I mean, you go together, you.

Yeah.

Technology because we didalso have CGI we employed.

Right.

So multiple different approaches to filming that were used, now, filmmaking, even TV, the access to equipmenthas become a lot easier.

And so it's a chancefor people to get out and tell their story.

Yeah.

how would you guys encouragepeople if they wanted to get a start in telling stories,especially in the film realm?

where should they start?What should they do?

Yeah, well,I say, don't don't hold back.

Everyone has a phonein their pocket that can film really goodquality.

Start small, start simple.

Have fun.

YouTube has tons of videos.

try to meet other filmmakers,in your area, whether you're a young personor an older person.

See what's going on,like with Mid-America filmmakers or the Riverbend and,just come out support things like this.

You'll meet people, networking, it'll help you withyour projects or get you ideas.

It's always fun to workwith other creative people.

They'll help encourage you andfeel you know you're not alone.

Yeah, and a lot of times, also, you could start with somethingbiographical.

Autobiographical, I should say,is what a lot of people write from the heartand so forth.

Because I used to teachscreenwriting.

Yeah.

And I was oneof the first things we would do as exercises is what is your story, you know,and how do you apply?

At leastthat breaks through the ice.

The big thing we like toemphasize is if you start it, you got to finish it.

And don't be a perfectionist.

You've got to finishthe project.

Yeah, you gotta see it through.

Too many things get abandoned because peoplehave an expectation on their first projectthat should be perfect.

It should be Sundanceready or whatever.

Just just do it.I like your suggestion.

Start short.

Right?

Oh, definitelymake it manageable.

You know, tellingstories, is two fold.

It's the story part,and then it's the visual part.

And that's that way for TV too.

And so it's that's a great.

so again, tell me where and whenpeople can see the film.

Okay.

So they can go to our,spider wack.com where it will be availableas a digital download and, Blu ray,but they can see it in person, this Friday, Fridaythe, 21st of June at 7 p.m. at the John AdamsHigh School auditorium.

Very good.

Well, Tim and Michael,thank you so much.

Oh, sure.

Sure.

Yeah.

Thank you for,you know, spending the five years to getit pulled together and, to share with our community.

And we really look forward toseeing it.

Yeah.

Well thank you.

We thank all our cast and crewfor sticking with it.

Right.

Yeah, it takes a lot.

And ourproducers, who funded right.