And then, as we started winning, the actor pool started growing. Paccione: Basically, we started with a very small group of actors who wanted to follow us. How did you find the people to work on the project with you? So, you had ten days to work on the film. McCormack: He works himself until he gets sick, like he is right now. Paccione: Yeah, two days of filming, and sleepless, sleepless nights editing and adding music (which is my favorite part of any movie). McCormack: Filming itself only took two days. From 'okay, there's a competition' to wrap. All of our stuff takes about two, three weeks to film. He'll write it, send it to us, we make it a storyboard, draw it out, basically like a comic strip.

Alright, let's go.' So basically, we follow the same steps. He calls me up and says 'Yeah, we got another competition. Paccione: It was Jerry, he's like our PR/research guy. So how did you find out about the Nintendo Shortcuts competition? No one can even get one now! The first thing I grabbed was Nintendo Wii with the left hand, and Zelda with the right hand. I sat in the rain, where the hordes of fans were waiting. I camped out in Staten Island, where I'm from. So, the Wii is a really fun, happy place, and we wanted to mess around with that a little bit, and figure out its dark side. But, with all our short films we want to get into some kind of conflict as quickly as possible. Paccione: Well, I never thought seriously about there being an evil Wii Remote. What inspired the concept behind the film?

We had a chance to talk to Jack Paccione Jr., Jerry White, and Robert McCormack from Escape Goat Pictures to hear more about the production of the winning short film.

But, what would happen when an evil Wii Remote (the titular 'Wiivil') interfered? The incredible concept was backed by fantastic production values, and great performances. The film turned a happy-go-lucky Carvel employee into a human mannequin controlled by a Wii Remote. How did he get there? He won Nintendo's short film competition, Shortcuts, with his film ' Good Versus Wiivil.' Having an extra $10,000 in his pocket certainly must feel nice as well. Of course, he did just get sent to the Top of the Rock in New York City to show off his short film to the influential members of the Tribeca Film Festival community.

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