"The Wars of Other Men" trailer

CHECK OUT THE HD TRAILER HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGbtad1m56g

Trailer for the ultimate indie guerilla short film, "The Wars of Other Men". Written and directed by Mike Zawacki.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1769372/

http://www.thewarsofothermen.com

Set in a 1920s-like world at war, "The Wars of Other Men" tells the story of a nameless Lieutenant fighting for an army on the verge of defeat. The enemy has begun to dominate the battlefield with their new chemical super weapon, known only as "the Fog." When his superiors learn the location of the facility that manufactures the Fog, the Lieutenant is ordered to lead a squad through the war torn city to capture the scientist responsible for its creation but at a terrible cost to soldier and civilian alike. With the lives of his men and the fate of the war hanging in the balance the Lieutenant must make a choice -- will he be a good soldier or will he be a good man?

Filmed in Detroit with next to no budget and a gifted, passionate, dedicated volunteer crew "The Wars of Other Men" takes indie guerilla film making to the bleeding edge of what's possible - an immersive alternate earth steampunk/dieselpunk inspired period war film set in a city torn apart by war. With lush diselpunk and steampunk inspired production design, jaw dropping locations, high grade visual effect elements, and (most importantly!) a solid story built around compelling characters, "The Wars of Other Men" exists far outside the normal limits of indie film making. The film runs at approximately 26 minutes. There are too many people to thank here! You all know who you are and how amazing you are. Thank you all so much for making the film a reality!


Music: "Nevermore" copyright 2008 Kevin Wilt (kevinwilt.com)

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[SongwindGlobal]

This looks really cool. What's your distribution channel?

[crashpix]

@SongwindGlobal Very good question... I wish I had an equally good answer ;^)

We're not sure right now - the project was initially intended as a way to grab attention and help to get funding for a larger project (possibly a feature length version of the short). At the moment we've just started submitting to festivals and will see what comes of that. We may end up opening it up to to online distribution but any money that was made from this film would just get rolled into the next film.

[seven3l3]

0:10 - Kirov Airship?

1:08 - Chimera?

:O

[crashpix]

@seven3l3 The airship designs are original to the film. Our VFX lead and I sat down with a huge list or reference material I'd pulled from historic airship photos and retrofuturist artwork and came up with a more dieselpunk looking gunship for the enemies and a more antiquated Victorian era zeppelin for the good guys. I wanted to showcase the technical superiority of the enemy to make things seem even more bleak for our heroes. ;)

[seven3l3]

@crashpix

everything OK, dont worry))

it's really looking very cool))

i'm just only maked some assotiations))

[crashpix]

@seven3l3 Hey, no worries at all my friend. I'm glad you were watching that closely & enjoyed the trailer!

[meowtant]

Looks fantastic! Hope I'm able to see this upon it's release.

[thehumangunstore]

Lol thoes helmets are northern German helmets. I know because I have one =3