Sci-fi Creative Corner

New contributing podcast co-hosts, Zonga Fielding and JB Smith will cover the new Kaiju series!  And in preparation for Godzilla King of Mosters (KOTM) movie coming out in May 31st.  They will cover the following: Give a few facts about Godzilla: KOTM Movie will tie into the original Gojira film:  This film will also use practical effects and creature designs, for example Mothra having longer legs to defend itself from other Kaiju The film will also pay tribute to Akira Ifukube’s original Godzilla score, hopefully this means we will hear the class theme Brief history of Kaiju Films as a whole and Godzilla's impact The word "Kaiju" first appears in the Chinese , which is about Mythic geography and mythical beasts We have all heard the term Kaiju, but what does it mean; The term kaiju translates to "strange beast". It is a and giant creature that often takes the role of either , , or Japanese Kaiju films and shows traditionally used suitmation which was basically a guy in a suit; interestingly enough this is still employed even in today’s kaiju films and shows, while western kaiju films utilized stop-motion

Ms. Ray is back with the annual Love n' Sci-fi episode where she covers all the love in this world and beyond! :p Shows and movies mentioned are: The Arrival - Louis & Ian Westworld - Aketcheta & Kohana, Maeve & Hector Black Panther - Ta'Chala & Nakia Black Mirror - San Juniper's Yorkie & Kelly Stranger Things - Eleven & Mike Altered Carbon - Takashi & Quell The Theory of Everything - Stephen & Mary Hawking And LOTS More!!!

Ellie and Zak join Amanda discuss this year's best films & shows like Black Panther, Westworld, Annihilation, Venom, Solo, KIN, Black Mirror, Overlord, A Quiet Place and more!  We're putting them into this year's list of: Best visual effects Netflix hits & misses Best hard sf film of the year Best streaming TV & films Most disappointed films Most under-rated Top sf movies of the year And most diverse sf show

Another special live podcast was recorded during an advance screening of Aquaman in Atlanta on Tuesday Dec 18th. Amanda speaks with excited fans and friends after the screening in the theater and later over drinks at a bar.  We break down why this DC film worked and what we can expect for the sequel.  And props to the great cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and the awesome Willem Dafoe! Music by Black Agnes Four-O-Six

This special live podcast was during an advance screening of Bumblebee in Atlanta on Monday Dec 17th.  Amanda speaks with excited fans before and after the screening.  Some discuss what makes this movie different than all the other Transformer films and speaks with the winner of the Bumblebee Trivia and more!

Amanda and Darion D'Anjou speaks with Jesse Atlas, director of – Jury Award winner for Best Sci-fi Short at Atlanta Sci-fi Film Festival.  It also screened at the 2018 Tribeca film festival! Here’s what we covered: Jesse revealed plans for a feature version of ! He explains how he found such great talented actors for this film -  who plays Alexa and Mustafa Shakir plays Marco (and Bushmaster in ). And veteran actor,  - the Weathered man (and in  as the Mariposa Bartender)! Discuss how he and his writing partner of (), came up with the story idea. His transition from theater writing to film. Simple techniques used to create sci-fi tech on a budget Jesse discuss transitioning from writing for theater to film. Shares valuable lessons he learned on the importance of empowering your filmmaking team on a project.

In the second half of our interview with, - director of , Jessica asks the following questions: ‍ 1. How much research went into your representation of the Tibetan monks? 2. With some adaptations of novels and short stories, there is immense pressure to make sure you do the original work, and the original author justice.  Did you feel any of that with this short film?  If so, was it more focused on the author or the short story? Festival goer, Pooja who saw the film, actually been to Tibet and met the monks.  She found some of the representation in this short film to be inaccurate.  But after reading the short story, the film was definitely better than the short story with respect to the way the monks are portrayed.

We are SO excited to be interviewing, - director of , which was chosen at our 2018 Atlanta Sci-fi Film Festival. This was one of the most visually stunning and well acted films in the festival!  Here's some questions we were burning to ask in this 2 part episode. ‍ 1. Did you shoot this film on location in Tibet and were the actors real Monks?  If so, how did you get them to do this film?? 2. What was your budget for this film? 3. How did you find the great actors for this project? 4. I'm sure finding musicians and music for films can be a real challenge.  How did you find the people to score your short film?  I found a French version of the “. Is there an english version?   5. Why did you choose this particular short story?  Were you specifically looking to do an adaptation of an Arthur C. Clarke short story? If so why this one? 6. Very few things were cut from the original story, did you feel like this limited your ability to be creative and artistic with the adaptation?  And what made you choose those specific moments and lines of dialogue?

In the second half of this episode, Amanda continues with more questions for filmmaker Emily Dean. 1. What challenges did you face while filming this movie or trying to get it made? 2. Where did the idea for the story come from? 3. What are your plans for Andromeda?  After the festival circuit will you release it online? 4. Coming from a storyboard background, with no experience in creating alive-action film, how did you convince the actors and crew to do this project with you? 5. What did you learn doing this film  6. Is Andromeda have the potential to become a feature film?

In part 1 of this 2 part episode, Amanda welcomes Women in Sci-fi honoree, director Emily Dean.  Emily directed her first short, Andromeda, which was selected in this year's Atlanta Sci-fi Film Festival.  Here's some questions she answered:  How did you get started in the filmmaking business? What made you choose a science fiction narrative for your first live action film? How did you find the great actors for this project? Will you create more sci-fi films?