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RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (October 17th, 2014)

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Posted by Richard "RB" Botto
Happy weekend, all.  An an Introduce Yourself Weekend to boot.

I have some terrific articles under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS this week including a look at the $6,000 indie phenomenon, Layover.  For everyone who has ever wanted to take matters into their own hand and film a feature on a budget, this is a must read. 

Other stories I followed this week include a look at how women could influence the Oscar race, a look back at Pulp Fiction 20 years later, all sorts of streaming and distribution news including HBO's decision to offer stand alone streaming service, an interesting analysis as to why two certain films and Broadway shows were hits while two others were not, TV agents sound off, Sharon Waxman waxes poetic, 10 things you need to know about the historic best foreign film Oscar race and much, much more.

Plus, under TIPS, I have distribution, acting, voice acting and screenwriting articles.  And under VIDEOS, three must see trailers.

I also have all the latest and greatest Stage 32 Success Stories, Lounge discussions and Stage 32 Meetups happening all across the globe including one I'll personally be hosting down at the Austin Film Festival.

Hopefully all this will carry you through the weekend!  And, as always, feel free to discuss any and all of this content in the Comments section below.  I welcome your thoughts!

Enjoy!

 STAGE 32 NEWS

Please join Stage 32 and the Stage 32 Happy Writers as we descend upon Austin for the Austin Film Festival!
 We invite all our Stage 32 members for a fun night to celebrate the most creative community on the planet. This is a 21 and over event, and we have some special surprises for our Stage 32 members!  Curious? To find out more, please RSVP here!

This week we released our top 13 finalists for the Stage 32 / Blood List Search For New Blood Contest and there is already quite the buzz around town for these scripts! Now, these finalists will be moving on to compete for the top 3 spots which will be featured on a new section of The Blood List, which comes out on October 31. Good luck!

In our continued mission to bring you the best possible experience on Stage 32, we introduced our brand new and completely dynamic Jobs Section. Now, you can search and apply for jobs directly in this section, as well as list jobs you have available for your production. Best of all, this service is FREE!

Stage 32 was featured on the Huffington Post. An enormous thanks goes out to MeiMei Fox, who wrote an incredible piece on Stage 32. If you haven't checked it out yet, please click here to read the article: The Life Out Loud: Fostering A Creative Community.

October’s On Stage with RB is now available on-demand for free. 1,000 Stage 32 members from 36 countries joined our Founder and CEO, for almost 3 hours he went over site features, answered questions and brought on 2 special guests – Producer Mitchell Peck and Filmmaker David Rountree. You can watch it here, or you can find it under EDUCATION > ON STAGE WITH RB. 



SOME GREAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNIES HAPPENING AROUND STAGE 32:

First, we have an awesome class starting this Saturday 10/18 for screenwriters looking to improve their dialogue writing skills. We’ve brought in Jared Iacino, Vice President of Film & TV Development at Panay Films to teach How to Write Compelling & Authentic Dialogue.  This is an exclusive Stage 32 Happy Writers 4-week online class which is LIVE and interactive.  You will work directly with Jared to assure that your dialogue will pop and jump off the page.  There are only 2 spots left! To learn more, see a video from Jared and to register, please click here:  How to Write Compelling & Authentic Dialogue

Next, this Tuesday 10/21, is our exclusive Stage 32 Next Level Webinar, Option Agreements: Everything You’ve Always Wanted To Know, hosted by Emmy-award winning producer Lane Shefter Bishop.  Lane will go over an option step-by-step, section-by-section and you don't want to miss it! To learn more, see a video from Lane, and to register, please click here: Option Agreements: Everything You’ve Always Wanted To Know

Introverts - listen up! We have a 2-week online class focused on networking for introverts taught by Producer, Writer and Guild coach Jessica Sitomer. Find a personalized solution for any networking situation that you find challenging, both on and offline. You will get helpful tools, conversation scripts, and a variety of networking examples so you can choose which works best with your personality type. To learn more, see a video from Jessica and to register for the class, please click here: Networking for Introverts


 STAGE 32 SUCCESS STORIES
 POPULAR AND INTERESTING LOUNGE DISCUSSIONS
STAGE 32 PLANNED AND PROPOSED MEETUPS
 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
 VIDEOS
 TIPS  
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