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Stage 32 Now Certifying Centro de Portugal Film Commission!
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Forbes Spotlights Stage 32 Certification!
Green Lights and Grey Areas: Expanding Creative Collaboration in Publishing
Coffee & Content: Why Your Pitch Needs to Be Human
November Write Club Week 4: The Art of the Pitch- What Managers & Execs Actually Want to Hear
Insider Intel: Packaging your Project- The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
Coffee & Content: Wes Anderson on Writing and Directing Films & WHIPLASH vs. BLACK SWAN: The Anatomy of the Obsessed Artist
Happy Sunday Creative Army! Have you had a creative weekend so far? I have some content here for you that is sure to get the creative juices flowing, so grab your coffee and let's dive in. First up, our friends over at StudioBinder have a series called "The Director's Chair" where they highlight key tips from successful film directors. In this episode, they feature Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch, Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom, Fantastic Mr. Fox) and his unique and distinctive styl…
3 Strategies to Help Build Creative Intimacy
Creativity requires you to stay present and connected with all that you are - your talents, skills, and vision, as well as your feelings, thoughts, and inspiration. Your most private experiences and aspects of your internal life all come together and, one creative moment at a time, they become your art. As an artist, you know what it’s like when you merge with your art. You and your art flow together and become one. It almost feels like magic. You enter into a state of creative bl…
Film Producing Advice from Producer Bradley Gallo (WILD MOUNTAIN THYME, THE GREEN HORNET AND KATO, THE CALL)
Happy Thursday Stage 32! I have a special treat for you today from long time Stage 32 member and Producer Bradley Gallo (WILD MOUNTAIN THYME, GREEN HORNET & KATO, THE CALL, MR. RIGHT). Bradley recently wrote an amazing blog for the Stage 32 community about The Making of "Wild Mountain Thyme" Starring Emily Blunt & Jamie Dornan. As part of that blog, I had the supreme pleasure of hosting a video interview with Bradley about his storied career as a producer. Tod…
7 Items You Must Include in Your Netflix Pitch Document
Today's blog comes from our fearless leader Richard "RB" Botto. Over on his Medium he has broken down the 7 items you must include in your Netflix pitch document and he is bringing them exclusively to you, the Stage 32 community. He has posted this exclusive information over on his Medium account, and we've provided an excerpt below... Enjoy Creative Army!
Coffee & Content: Nicole Kidman on BEING THE RICARDOS & Behind the Scenes of DOWNTOWN ABBEY Locations
Happy Sunday Creative Army! I've got my coffee in hand and your weekly dose of content coming in hot - grab your coffee of choice and let's dive right in. First up, The Tonight Show recently interviewed Nicole Kidman about her recent role play Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin's Being the Ricardos. Nicole talks about the complexity of playing such an iconic person - and the different approaches to playing the off screen version of "Lucille" versus playing "Lucy" as depicted on I Love L…
How Perfectionism Kills Your Craft & Crushes Your Spirit
At age 17, my artist-father was taught a mantra. ‘Near enough isn’t good enough. It has to be perfect.’ So he slaved for his mentor, re-doing work over and over again until one day, the mentor was moved to tears and whispered; ‘now it’s perfect. And that’s near enough.’ But the damage was done. Over 60 years of painting, dad couldn’t bring himself to have an exhibition. Nothing was perfect. It robbed him of so much joy and satisfaction and…
8 Tips to Kick Start Your Acting Career in 2022
I have been a full-time actor for 35+ years. When I first started in the industry, I knew nothing and had no connections. It was very difficult breaking in. I did things by trial and error and spent money on things that were not helpful. It took me years to finally understand what both actors and models need to do in order to give themselves their best chance for success. So far, I have been booked 1,275 times in acting and commercial print projects. I was cast in a recurring role on Ho…
3 Steps Social Networks Can Take to Foster Community - Richard Botto for Fast Company Executive Board
Happy Tuesday Creative Army! My first article as a Fast Company contributor - Three Steps Social Can Take to Foster Community - was published recently and I wanted to share it with you.Having run Stage 32 for over 10 years, I couldn't be more proud of our amazing community of nearly 1 million members and even more so that the business world has recognized our community as the shining example of positivity and productivity anywhere on the planet. It's been amazing to he…
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…
How to Attract Allies in the Film Industry: The New Approach to Goal-Setting
Have you ever fallen in creative love? Perhaps you idly chat about your favorite director (like this fun getting-to-know-you post), only to discover that you both love their most obscure film the most. Over your first coffee date, you playfully square off about who has the worst set stories, but you share a laugh over the resiliency it takes to keep going. Now you're about to start a project and your new creative ally is firmly entrenched in your corner. 'How in the world did I get so fo…
How To Handle Advice and Critique
Happy New Year, Stage 32! Last month, I wrote a pilot and a feature in my labors as a script doctor and ghostwriter… and in the final tally, I wound up writing 6 pilots and nine features in 2021. Just one of these films was under my own name. Going into 2022, my goal is to make enough headway with my own spec sales, films in development, and transmedia projects that I can charge more, work less, and focus on what I have to give the audience. If I can get my sci-fi heist feature …
How to Use Speaking to Brand Yourself & Network
The inclination nowadays is to try to promote yourself online as much as possible. However, while there – understandably (and unfortunately) – are still some locales in varying forms of lockdown, more events are (back) out there where you can go speak! Getting in front of people opens a new lane for you to get your name, face, and what you do “out there” while also providing opportunities to make valuable new connections. Let me immediately nip something in the b…
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