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A Stage 32 Success Story: Short Films - Stepping Stones Paved with Grit & Growth
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Behind the Scenes: Part 1: The Making of ALIX from Catalyst Studios with Producer Lemore Syvan
Stage 32 Certification: Ladders Are Meant To Be Climbed
How I Made a Short Film with a $0 Budget
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Follow The Yellow Brick Road To Your Goals!
Celebrate the February 2025 Stage 32 Community’s Successes
A Theme Runs Through It
The Evolution of the Romantic Comedy: What Today’s Rom-Coms Teach Us About Love, Storytelling, and Success
How To Turn Your Ideas Into Movies
Making a film is a 'Big idea" that tends to overwhelm and can be an endless challenge to try and set sail. Where does one begin? This is your dream, after all, and here are a few methods that will help inspire your creative life. Understand That Writing Is Everything For as long as I can remember, if I wanted to create something, it would not be discovered without reading about it. In fact, reading is a prerequisite to writing. I think that what you read changes your thoughts and then …
Celebrating Black Filmmakers for Black History Month
I wanted to share my journey as a black filmmaker for Black History Month. Part 1 I started developing my Black Salt franchise over 10 years ago because I was tired of seeing how they depicted black men in TV and film. I create a black hero who was strong, disciplined and people could look up to. I loved martial arts, so I wanted my hero to have mastered Shaolin Kung Fu and be an Interpol agent, where he traveled around the world with great adventures, defeating the bad guys and stan…
How Writing a Stage 32 Blog Helped Me Get Distribution for My Transmedia Film Project
Today's success story comes from Las Vegas-based filmmaker and transmedia producer, Owen Ratliff. Back in October, Owen wrote a blog for the Stage 32 community about his experience developing his transmedia film project Black Salt. Now, Owen is back with an extremely excited Stage 32 Success Story - he procured distribution for his project after connecting with an agent who had read his blog on Stage 32! As the blog editor here at Stage 32, these success stories simply make my hea…
5 Things Learned while Developing my Transmedia Film Project
I wanted to share some of my experiences that can hopefully help other indie filmmakers in the Transmedia world. While I was developing my project entitled “Black Salt”. #1 The Comic Book When I started the project through my company Ratti Entertainment LLC, my goal was to do the Black Salt comic book first and then leverage one transmedia product line to help me get to the next piece. The franchise includes, but is not limited to, the following: Black S…
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