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Unleashing The Heroic Journey: A Framework For Screenwriters
Coffee & Content: How Bad Do You Really Want It?
How Stage 32 Got My Work In Front Of The Right People & Connected Me With My New Manager!
Stage 32 Presents: Meet the Producers from this Year’s Cannes In-Competition Films!
What I Learned From Nic Pizzolatto's Work Part 2: Themes, Tropes, and Conflicts
Stage 32 Certification Is A Game Changer For Costa Rica!
It's Time For Our Cannes 2024 Recap!
Always Be Filming. Real World Tips to Help Make Your Feature Film a Reality
Unlock Your Creative Flow: 15 Summer Wellbeing Tips for Writers
Coffee & Content: Be Bold & Stop Waiting For Permission!
Advice On How To Break Into Entertainment
Recently during the 2018 Film Con Hollywood at the LA Convention Center we spent time with Stage 32er and panelist Jennifer Winberg, who is a Digital Specialist from MXM, an entertainment industry marketing & advertising agency. Jennifer has had a storied career in digital and has worked with Lionsgate, SONY, FOX, Gravitas Ventures and more. Today we've posted a video from Jennifer on our YouTube page as she gives advice on how to break into entertainment. Click here to hear Jennife…
Social Media: 3 Tips to Build a Personal Brand the Healthy Way
Where does your career end and your personal life begin? Where does your digital world end and your real world begin? As a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (EMMYS), I’m currently invited to a lot of For Your Consideration screenings and events around Hollywood. At a recent FYC screening for WESTWORLD, Jonathan Nolan, the co-creator of the show, had some very insightful words about the dangers of “people becoming brands” via social…
Coffee & Content - Screenwriting, Filmmaking, Acting, Financing, Distribution & More!
Hey guys! Happy Sunday. The past week has been consumed by Cannes prep (see all the details here), so I have something a little different for Coffee & Content this week. And it's something for everyone. How about we cover ground on all the following topics: - Why you need to cut the negativity out of your life- Today! - Why you do not need to be micromanaged as a screenwriter or a filmmaker - How you can bring value to every meeting - What I'm hearing …
Advice From an Agent at Gersh
Part of why I love overseeing Stage 32's education is because of the incredible array of talent that I get to meet. Recently when Stage 32 hosted the 2018 Film Con Hollywood conference we had the pleasure of working with some incredible executives, including Adam V., a talent agent at the Gersh Agency. Adam works in the TV literary department and has a strong eye for what's happening in the TV space, but he also has great knowledge of the entire industry right now. We took a few minutes…
Cannes Roll Call - Who's Going? Who Has Films?
Well, this is exciting. As you all know Stage 32 has has worked directly with and have had an official presence at the Cannes Film Festival for the last 4 years. This year, our role with Cannes has grown. We are thrilled to announce that we are an official education workshop partner with the Cannes Marche du Film! Stage 32 will be presenting an official workshop to producers, filmmakers and other content creators on the importance of audience building, branding and crowdsourcing at…
Join Stage 32 at the NYC Independent Film Festival in May
It's going to be an exciting time in New York City at the beginning of May. If you live in or around the area, come join Stage 32, as we are a proud partner with the 9th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival. Join us May 7-13 as the NYCIndieFF presents 27 World Premieres and screens 250 films this year! They will also have a free VR showcase and live sketch comedy performance! The 2018 official selections will be representing 35 different countries, from dramatic feature f…
Coffee & Content - Get Your Short Film Screened at Festivals & Editing: Holding Long & Cutting Short
Happy Sunday to all my creative friends. Hope you're all having an awesome weekend. First up for Coffee & Content this week, with so many Stage 32 members creating short films and short form digital content, I thought it might be worth having a look at Filmmaker IQ's recent video How to Get Your Short Screened at Film Festivals. Certainly interested in hearing your thoughts on this one! Next, from our friends at Cinefix, yet another comprehensive video. This…
Are You Ready to Get on the Hustle?
Hello, creative army! You've all heard me preach about the importance of relationships as it relates to accelerating your path toward success. In my humble opinion, the daily work you put into your craft should be matched by the time and effort you put into building and nurturing relationships. I'm not alone in this thinking. Just yesterday, I was having lunch with my screenwriting manager, a guy who has been around and seen it all. When I asked him the biggest m…
Here Are The Winners of Our 3rd Short Film Program!
When we started our short film program contest 3 years ago, our hope was to discover one or two filmmakers a year who had "next level" talent and bring their talent and works to our global network of industry executives in the hopes of helping them push their careers along. We're ashamed to say, we underestimated the talent within our community. Over the last 2 years, many of our winning filmmakers have gone on to significant achievements within the industry. Our first ye…
6th Annual Stage 32 Oscars Contest Results
It's the moment you have all been waiting for! It's time to announce the Stage 32 6th Annual Oscars Contest winners! We thank everyone who participated.With more entries than ever this year, we had a grand total of 22 winners! First up, we have a 6-way tie with 12 correct for 3rd place and a 4-way tie with 20 correct for 2nd place. And finally, with a BIG congratulations to our top prize winners, we have a 6-way tie for 1st place with 21 correct! Our thanks to all wh…
6th Annual Oscars Contest Is Now Live!
It's that time again! The 6th Annual Stage 32 Oscars Contest is now live! This is your opportunity to vote for who you think will win each Oscar this year. All you have to do is go down the list, point, click, and submit. It's that simple! There are many wide open races this time around. You think you've got what it takes to run with the big dogs? Our top record holder of all time is Jovanni Ibarra who set a pretty high bar nailing 21 selections in 2016. Let's see …
Coffee & Content - Here's All 10 Oscar Nominated Screenplays
Happy Sunday, everyone. Between the Sundance Film Festival and our incredible Women Creating Change event with Hollyshorts in Hollywood, it been an exciting, productive and inspiring last week and a half. I'm rewarding myself with some Death Wish Coffee and some screenplay reading. Care to join me? It's my pleasure to present the 10 screenplays nominated for an Oscar this year. Download em, save em or print em out. They'll likely only be available for so long. As yo…
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