Meanwhile 'Skycaptain' was attracting cast and crew willing to work for nothing (or next to) based on Kerry's six minute short alone.
So when it came to do it with the actual actors, at least Kerry knew what every shot was going to look like. First the story was told in 3D Storyboards, then by pre-viz (crude computer animation) and penultimately he shot a version with extras. As preparation for his first time directing, Kerry supervised the creation of three versions of his film before the actual shooting got underway, using a recording of the the script reading as a guideline.
Avnet also forced the shy Conway to come out of his shell and actually meet the cast for a script reading in London about 9 months prior to shooting. Obviously the casting was mainly left up to producer Avnet, the man with all the connections who proclaimed himself the only non-nerd involved in this show. Even his ample imagination could not have imagined this. When she in turn showed it to Jon Avnet, Kerry got the break of the century: before he knew it he was finishing his dream as writer/director and had two Oscar winning actresses at his command. Realizing that to finish his picture at this rate would take about 40 years, the Conway brothers took their short and a model robot to the only Hollywood insider known to Kevin's wife, Marsha Oglesby. Although Kerry was the brains behind this serial, he would not have come far without his brother Kevin and his attic full of concept drawings and designs on the wall (even though he claims 'not to like drawing that much'). He struggled away on his Apple II for 4 years and created a six minute short (chapter one) using the 1930's serials for inspiration, period pictures as backgrounds, hand made computer animations and a couple of friends as actors. Indeed, we see the origin of the project: One man, Kerry Conway struggling behind a couple of computers rendering away on a home movie dated 1998. The behind the scenes footage in between the interviews has a tendency to resemble home movies shot during the production. Interesting documentary that shows how just six minutes of "The World of Tomorrow" evolved from a internet production to the big screen "Skycaptain" summer release.
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