Homemade Sci-Fi

Star Wars Uncut: An ultra-collaborative DIY fan re-make

Star Wars: Uncut is an ambitious feature length fan film that recreates the original film, Star Wars IV (aka A New Hope), shot-by-shot, in 15 second increments, each done separately.

Working as a developer at the video sharing website Vimeo, Casey Pugh became interested in "using the internet as a tool for crowdsourcing user content." We think he hit the mark.

Zerks Log: An alien space comedy

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.