Rod Faulkner Sees the Genius in Short Sci-Fi Films

The Future Lab with Lee Schneider

In today’s episode, you’ll meet Rod Faulkner, self-professed Blerd, (Black nerd) founder of The7thMatrix and host of EYE ON SCI-Fi Podcast. He’s a lifelong lover of science fiction and fantasy.

Rod shares his enthusiasm for short-form science-fiction films. We discussed how a short-form film, with its time limitations, can be an exercise in creative constraints.

The most unique and original science fiction and fantasy narratives, in my opinion, are being told by independent film makers in the short film space. I'm attracted to that medium is because they only have a few minutes to tell their story. It forces them to be succinct. It forces them to make bold choices about how they convey the narrative that they're trying to tell audiences.

He points out that one of the great things about short films is that by pretty much the first minute, you’ll know whether it’s for you or not.

A filmmaker he recommends is Anthony Ferraro. Anthony specializes in making instructional videos for DIY-ing genre shorts. Here’s [Anthony’s YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@createscifi).

Creators & Guests

• Lee Schneider - Host
• Rod T. Faulkner - Guest