RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions, and Other Fun Stuff (July 18th, 2014)

 STAGE 32 NEWS

It's Introduce Yourself Weekend here on Stage 32.  Take a moment to introduce or reintroduce yourself to the community.  You never know when a new connection could be a game changer!  Click here to get started:  Introduce Yourself Weekend

This Saturday at 11am PDT, we have Manager of Production and Acquisition for Myriad Pictures, Theresa Won, hosting our Exclusive Next Level Webinar Preselling and Packaging Your Project. To learn more and to register, click here: Preselling and Packaging Your Project

Starting this coming week, we have 3 Stage 32 Happy Writers Classes on the books:

• How to Write a TV Pilot That Can Get You Staffed with development industry veteran of over 100 drama, comedy and reality shows and Creative Executive at Little Engine, Amanda Toye.
• Faith-Based and Inspirational/Aspirational Film Writing with Producer and Development Executive (Walt Becker Productions, Grace Hill Media), Kelly Hayes.
• Proper Formatting and Structure with 10 Year Development Executive (RUSH, BEGIN AGAIN, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN), Jeni Jones.

To learn more and to register, please click here: Stage 32 Happy Writers Classes

The next deadline for our 1^st Annual Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest is less than 2 weeks away. All thriller/suspense/horror screenplays welcome! Winner gets flown to Hollywood! Other prizes and networking opportunities for top finalists. To learn more and to submit, please click here: Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest

Our Screenplay Coverage by an Executive sale continues to the end of July. $10 off all products. For more information and to submit, click here: Screenplay Coverage by an Executive

Finally, Online Pitchfest XIX – WorldWide Online Pitchfest begins July 24^th. Pitch to Circle of Confusion (Los Angeles), Flick the Switch (Dubai), Morgan Creek Productions (Los Angeles), Gotham Group (Los Angeles), Maven Pictures (New York), Producer/Manager Afolabi Kuti (London), Unique Features (Los Angeles), The Weinstein Company (New York) and Meridian Artists (Canada)

To learn more and to register, please click here: Online Pitchfest XIX

SUCCESS STORIES

• Foundations & Monuments Play
• Meeting With Marc Platt Productions!
• Composers!
• One Step Closer to Success
• Found Two Amazing People for My Film Capsized
• They Make it So Easy!
• Gotta Love Stage 32!
• Level 1 Entertainment!
• 2 Requests
• Greetings From California, Missouri 65018
• Stage 32 is a Crucial Website for the Serious Screenwriter
• On the Way at Last!
• Blithering Idiocy Cured Through Use of Written Pitch
• Thank You Happy Writers
• Pitching My Pants Off

POPULAR AND INTERESTING LOUNGE DISCUSSIONS

• ACTING: Advice About Agents
• ACTING: As an Actor or Actress, Are You Afraid of Looking Ugly on Camera
• ACTING: Best Advice I Ever Heard About Acting
• ACTING: From an Actor Turned Stunt Performer, We Are Actors Too
• ACTING: I Am Often Asked “How Do I Remember My Lines?”
• ACTING: Is it Hard to Make it in Hollywood Today?
• ACTING: Location, Location, Location?
• ACTING: Why Didn’t I Get Cast for the Role
• ANIMATION: Animated Pilot
• ANIMATION: Pull Together a Team or the Project Goes to Existing Studio
• ANYTHING GOES: Bravo to Stage 32
• ANYTHING GOES: Creativity as a State of Mind
• ANYTHING GOES: Just a Thought
• ANYTHING GOES: Pearblossom Highway – Hockney’s and My Own
• ANYTHING GOES: Question for Entertainment Lawyers – Non-Existent LLC and Script Optioning
• CINEMATOGRAPHY: Camera
• CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lighting Tips for Cinematographers Part 1
• COMPOSING: Considering a New Computer…Suggestions?
• COMPOSING: In Between Projects
• COMPOSING: Scoring Software
• CREW: To Not Look Amateurish and Look Like I Did Everything in My Short
• DANCE & CHOREOGRAPHY: How Do You Make Your Character Shoes Not So Slippery?
• DISTRIBUTION: Distribution Company Have Offered to Match any Money My Producer Can Acquire for My Script. Is This Normal Practice As My Alarm Bells Are Ringing
• DISTRIBUTION: How Soon is too Soon?
• DISTRIBUTION: Movie Industry Spends More Preventing Piracy Than Actual Losses
• DISTRIBUTION: Planning to Sell and Distribute Your Film – Plan Ahead
• EDITING: Best PC Laptop for Editing
• EDITING: Broadcast Questions Please
• EDITING: Emulating the Film Look
• EDITING: Low No Pay?
• EDITING: More Than Just an Editor
• FILM & TV DISCUSSION: Emmy 2014
• FILM & TV DISCUSSION: There’s Nothing Wrong With “Alien Vs. Predator”
• FILM & TV DISCUSSION: Tired of Blockbusters
• FILM & TV DISCUSSION: Why Are Important Climatic Sequences Badly Handled?
• FILMMAKING: Auditions for Actors
• FILMMAKING:   Casting Your Friends as Actors in Your Movie
• FILMMAKING: Finding the Right Project
• FILMMAKING: Gender Inequality. Yes. Women Not Being Hired Because They’re Women? No.
• FILMMAKING: Utilizing Stage 32
• PLAYWRITING: In Silence or Sound…
• PLAYWRITING: Only Write for the Stage?
• PLAYWRITING: Seeking Stage Play Formatting Advice, Resources
• POST-PRODUCTION: DVD Burning
• POST-PRODUCTION: Licensing Music
• POST-PRODUCTION: Rotobrushing in AE
• PRE-PRODUCTION: Do’s and Don’ts in Pre-Production…Help!
• PRE-PRODUCTION: Intellectual Property Agreement?
• PRE-PRODUCTION: Storyboarding Software
• PRE-PRODUCTION: Question About Legal Rights
• PRODUCTION: T.V. Series Concept…What’s Next?
• SCREENWRITING: Craft Question – What Do You Think Makes a Compelling Scene?
• SCREENWRITING: Finding Your Character’s Voice
• SCREENWRITING: Industry Insight – Character is Trending Big Time
• SCREENWRITING: No Connections Success Stories
• SCREENWRITING: Resolution Vs. Ending
• SET DESIGN & PROPS: Changing Careers…It’s Never Too Late. Share Your Experiences
• SOUND EDITING: Sound?
• SOUND EDITING: What You Need to do to Make Your Sound Editor Love You
• SPECIAL EFFECTS: Flex-Foam It! Hatchet Thing…
• SPECIAL EFFECTS: Software?https://www.stage32.com/lounge/stage_32_meetups/NYC-Meetups
• VOICE ACTING: Feeling Like Passing Out When Hitting the High Notes
• VOICE ACTING:   Just for Fun. Say You Have 1K to Spend on a Microphone…Go!
• VOICE ACTING: New to Stage 32, Voice Actor
• VOICE ACTING: Ugly Face Beautiful Voice

PLANNED AND PROPOSED STAGE 32 MEETUPS

• SAN JOSE (1)
• SAN JOSE (2)
• SEATTLE
• NYC
• PHILADELPHIA
• ASHEVILLE, NC
• INDIANAPOLIS
• AUSTIN
• COVENTRY, UK
• LONDON
• PERTH, AUSTRALIA
• SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
• FLORENCE, ITALY

 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

• How Hispanics Became Hollywood’s Most Important Audience
• How the Hollywood Marketing Machine Tailors Campaigns for Hispanics
• Box Office Woes: Age and Gender Gap Helping Fuel Summer Decline
• Digital TV Wars: How Hollywood Leverages Amazon, Nexflix and Hulu
• SAG-AFTRA Posts 10 Reasons To Vote Yes on New Contract; Do Members Agree?
• FilmLA: TV Production Soars in Q2 as Features Stay Steady With 2013
• How When Harry Met Sally Used Physical Spacing to Tell Its Love Story
• Did You Know That a Lot of Critics Didn’t Like When Harry Met Sally?
• Midnight Rider Director, Producer Surrender to Georgia Authorities
• Broadway’s Rocky Goes Down for the Count
• Seth McFarland Sued Over Source of Ted Idea
• Dolby Contributes $12M To Academy Museum

 VIDEOS

• The Trailer for Hector and the Search for Happiness
• The Trailer for Disney Animation’s Big Hero 6

 TIPS

• 5 Reasons Why You Need to Hire a Casting Director and Not do it Yourself
• Here’s How to Make A Viral Video
• Hit the Ground Running With Your Webseries

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