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10/10's
- Ten Lists of Ten Tips for Digital Filmakers &
Professional Videographers
Ten
Tips for Creating a Vivid and Solid Science Fiction
World - Continued
6.
Choose a power source. Every technological civilization
needs energy, and the type of energy used will determine
the scope and shape of your technological civilization.
Your power source doesn't have to be technically feasible
or even scientifically accurate, but it should be
well-defined in your mind.
7.
The technological agent. Science fiction is really
about humanity's evolving relationship with technology.
We are human because we use tools, but every new tool
we invent changes what it means to be human. If you
create some fantastic new tech, spend time thinking
about how it changes the humans who use it.
8.
Consider design. A culture's aesthetic tells viewers
almost everything they need to know about the civilization.
Design (or lack thereof) is never just about utility-it
reflects the culture's history and range of perceptual
preferences. If you conceive of a tool or device for
your world, consider that tool's place within your
world's culture and history, then design accordingly.
9.
Make it personal. The turn to science fiction
is often driven less by intellectual fascination than
by a deep emotional need. 2001 embodies Stanley
Kubrick's desire for a calmer, more mechanical
but also more spiritually expansive reality. Star
Wars embodies George Lucas's desire for
a second childhood of high adventure. Investigate
your idea to find its emotional truth.
10.
Watch Star Trek the Next Generation. If you have
a reflexive aversion to Star Trek, get over
it. Ignore the hokey costumes and cheap sets and come
to grips with the fact that on a limited budget, they
created such an expansive, consistent and fascinating
future world that many people. CPM
Theo
Baker was raised on the set of TV's "Harry
and the Hendersons." He dined with all three
Big Foots. Theo spent his 20s in New York, where studied
at NYU Tisch and the New School, and exhibited experimental
films throughout the city. Currently living in Los
Angeles, Theo is a science fiction novelist, with
his first book Sound
Bender released in November 2011 by Scholastic
Books.
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