{"id":557,"date":"2010-03-06T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2010-03-06T13:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/?p=557"},"modified":"2013-08-25T22:04:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T21:04:47","slug":"directing-low-budget-sci-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2010\/03\/directing-low-budget-sci-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"Directing Low-Budget Sci-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/review_podcast_scifi.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[557]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/review_podcast_scifi-594x445.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Franklyn\" width=\"594\" height=\"445\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/review_podcast_scifi-594x445.jpg 594w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/review_podcast_scifi-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/review_podcast_scifi.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Franklyn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifilondontv.com\/audio\/realitycheck_dggb1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-169\" style=\"margin-right: 8px;\" title=\"audio\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/audio.gif\" alt=\"audio\" width=\"88\" height=\"37\" \/><\/a>Listen to Alex Fitch&#8217;s podcast for Sci-Fi London, <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.scifilondontv.com\/audio\/realitycheck_dggb1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Reality Check: Directing low budget science-fiction films (Part 1)<\/A>. In a panel discussion recorded live at last year&#8217;s London <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.sci-fi-london.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Fiction and Fantastic Film Festival<\/A>, Alex Fitch discusses the many aspects of creating convincing SF scenarios on film with a quartet of eminent low-budget film directors &#8211; Marc Caro (<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2008\/08\/03\/the-jeunetcaro-collection\/\"><I>Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children<\/I><\/A>), Stuart Hazeldine (<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/features\/2010\/01\/08\/exam-interview-with-stuart-hazeldine\/\"><I>Exam<\/I><\/A>), Cory McAbee (<I>Stingray Sam<\/I>), Gerald McMorrow (<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2009\/06\/04\/franklyn-2\/\"><I>Franklyn<\/I><\/A>) and Richard Jobson (<I>A Woman in Winter<\/I>). Part 2 will be online shortly. 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