Hi everyone, welcome to our giant sized 50th episode. This week we reflect on our past fifty episodes and discuss plans for the future, including our top four dream guests to bring on the show in the next year. We also have an extended conversation with Ryan Stockstad of Halloween Horror Picks and Scott McMahon of Film Trooper. We’ll talk all about podcasting, marketing, time management, and many other topics related to making and sharing our micro budget films. Enjoy!

Backyard Space Opera Podcast is all about low budget science fiction, micro budget filmmaking, and independent science fiction and fantasy media creation. We live in a golden age where technology allows almost anyone to make and distribute high quality science fiction movies right in their own backyards. We’ll be discussing the trials and tribulations of micro budget filmmaking and how we can use classic techniques like stop motion animation and practical special effects in conjunction with the newest computer programs to get the best of both worlds. We’ll review other filmmakers low budget science fiction efforts and take lessons to apply to our own genre filmmaking. We’ll discuss all aspects of production and distribution like screenwriting, costume creation, special effects, props and even marketing. We’ll also be presenting audio narrations of stories from up and coming independent science fiction writers.