JH: Now that we've heard some more about your upcoming film, what are some future plans you have for yourself as a filmmaker?
JM: I had been tempted to start a new project but knew I would have to finish “The Mark” first before I got sidetracked. My brothers and I have been talking about a few new stories to shoot. I had written some Sci fi short stories a few years back and always imagined them being realised on film. An Irish science fiction movie, now that’s something you don’t often hear of.
“The Vector” was my first short story involving time travel, which won the Irish Sci-Fi story competition, and I always wanted to make that into a film. In fact back then Martin had even drawn up several of the storyboards. But I wrote “The Mark” specifically because I felt it was logistically easier to shoot as the other stories required hundreds of extras and, since my family isn’t that big, we made this film with all three of my brothers Martin, Mike & Pat and my youngest daughter Lisa. Needless to say I am very thankful to them for their fantastic efforts.
JH: Well, John, this has been a great conversation. I think that all of our readers are looking forward to your upcoming film. Please keep us updated as things progress, because I guarantee we'll want you to write an article or two along the way.
Check out John's trailer for "The Mark" and his top two competitors along with the comments the judges had for all three of them on our Spec Trailer Results Page! (The high resolution page for broadband users can be viewed here and the low resolution page for dial-up users can be viewed here.) You can also get further information on John and the Mark at The Mark's MySpace page.
