Homemade Sci-Fi explores the rapidly-expanding galaxy of independent and DIY science fiction movies, web series, short videos and related mutations of the moving image.
Who are we? Why are we here? Excellent questions, Adm. Stockdale.
DJ Bad Vegan wrote and directed the offbeat DIY sci-fi feature In-World War, currently in post-production. A life-long sf fan, he grew up reading sci-fi icons such as Jack Vance, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein and Anne McCaffrey -- and worshipping Star Wars, Star Trek and the original BSG. He also produced the acclaimed underground feature, Quality of Life. (It's not sci-fi, but still watchable, believe it or not.) He also serves up practical, in-the-trenches tips and lessons for other ultra-low budget filmmakers at DIY Filmmaking Sucks.
Ben Rubin is a scholar and a gentleman, currently in the MFA program for film at Columbia University. He also needs to write his bio. We're going to publicly shame him until he does so. Shame shame shame Ben Rubin. Shame.
Nuala is a cat. There's really nothing more to it than that.
Legendary sci-fi writer Jerome Bixby (who wrote some of the best known episodes of the original Star Trek and Twilight Zone) finished the script for The Man From Earth on his deathbed. The entire film takes place in a remote New Mexico cabin, devoid of flashy special effects or other CGI staples of modern Hollywood science fiction, this clever psychological minefield is sown by the seeds of sci-fi possibility.
From the official website:
"An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious and intense interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he is an immortal who has walked the earth for 14,000 years."
In 2002 Crystal Sky Entertainment teamed up with a Japanese distribution company and bought the movie rights to Pac Man. News of a live-action adaptation of the game captivated fans everywhere and spawned several classic fake trailers for the "upcoming" film.
The guys behind SciFinal (a great site devoted to sci-fi web shows) are fresh off the release of an online series of their own.
Zerks Log is a sci-fi comedy web series told through the found video logs of an alien space commander who clearly has issues. Happily for those of who love the old BBC series Red Dwarf and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, sci-fi funny business seems particularly suited to the web series format, promising a possible renaissance for lo-fi sci-fi comedy. You should check it out.
Read on for an exclusive interview with Producer/Director Steve Lettieri.
