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Coffee & Content: How Bad Do You Really Want It?
Red Carpet Roll-Out: July 2024's New Educators & Executives At Stage 32!
Always Be Filming. Real World Tips to Help Make Your Feature Film a Reality
Using AI-Powered Tools to Build Stronger In-Person Relationships
5 Tips To Make Networking Opportunities Valuable
Top 10 Beginner Mistakes Made At Music Studios!
How Stage 32 Turned A Dream Into A Reality!
Unlock Your Creative Flow: 15 Summer Wellbeing Tips for Writers
Celebrate the June 2024 Stage 32 Community’s Successes!
Understanding The Heroic Journey: The Importance Of Character Arcs
Coffee & Content - Storytelling of INSIDE OUT & More
Happy Sunday, everyone. And for those celebrating in the States, a Happy 4th of July weekend. For Coffee & Content this week, I'm sharing two terrific videos I'm sure you'll all find enormously entertaining and informative. First, it's the Personal Storytelling of INSIDE OUT. I'm sure many of you are familiar with the painstaking process all Pixar scripts go through from concept to screen. This video provides some more insight into why INSIDE OUT was Oscar nominat…
Finding Success by Paying it Forward
We see posts here on Stage 32 and elsewhere posing the age-old question of how critical it is to live in LA to be a successful screenwriter/filmmaker and the usual replies are that it is probably beneficial but not necessary. Kinda like if swimming in the ocean is your thing, you should probably live near one. But that overlooks a larger question: How do you define “successful”? If the Holy Grail is Hollywood, get your butt out there. But I’ve discovered other definit…
Join Stage 32 at Warner Bros. in July for AT&T SHAPE
We've been working with our great friends at AT&T and they have put together an incredible filmmaking weekend at Warner Bros. Studios that we are excited to share with the Stage 32 community. July 14-15, 2017 AT&T is bringing you SHAPE - the ultimate entertainment & tech expo featuring some of our industry's most influential filmmakers. If you can make it to LA, you are in for a real treat filled with lots of learning, creativity, technology and innovation in f…
10 New and Undiscovered Locations for Your Production Shoot
Whether you’re planning for a film shoot, product shoot, or casting call, every production project is different and comes with a various set of needs. While aesthetic is important, we know that budget, noise, and location are additional factors to keep in mind. Instead of scouring the web or driving around for hours, Peerspace has thousands of hidden gem locations to choose from all in one place and we’re adding new spaces daily. That’s why every month, we’ll…
Coffee & Content - True Detective: Developing Characters
Happy Sunday, everyone. Hope you're all having a terrific weekend. For this edition of Coffee & Content, I've chosen one of the best videos I've seen lately on writing and developing compelling characters. The main focus of the piece is on the first season of True Detective written by Nic Pizzolatto. But the video also covers some weak examples from other films and television shows and offers some sage advice from Aaron Sorkin, John Truby and others. So whether yo…
Coffee & Content - Inspiration, Motivation, Determination
Happy Sunday to all. Hope you are having a fun, relaxing and creative weekend. As you know, we've been selecting some of our favorite blogs written by members of the Stage 32 community and sharing them with the global audience of Medium. We always ask our members to share the content we publish here on Stage 32, and by posting these articles on Medium, we're practicing what we preach. Today, we have 3 articles designed to inspire, motivate and educate. I hope you enjo…
Fear: Friend or Foe?
When I was first approached to write a blog, an emotion I know all too well hit me - fear. After many hours of trying to figure out what am I going to write about and reflecting on my journey into this crazy business, I realized I can't be alone. No matter how successful or how green we are, fear comes knocking on everyone's door, even if no one talks about it. Regardless of what we do, the thought of putting our work out there for all to see, for all to judge, can be frankly....terrifyi…
Four Ways To Make Your Own Luck
Keeping yourself prepared is one significant way to make sure that luck is on your side. Success in our business requires 120% effort every day, so you must always be preparing and working on your craft. Work hard on your dialects, monologues, auditioning and camera skills, so that when opportunity comes, you are ready. You will never know when opportunity will come knocking and when it does, if you’re not ready, it will fly on by. Opportunity will always award those who are prep…
Coffee & Content - David Fincher: Invisible Details
Happy Sunday, everyone. Hope you are all having a relaxing and creative weekend. Today I wanted to share a video showcasing filmmaker David Fincher. It's no secret that Fincher uses CGI as a major tool in his creative arsenal. But unlike most, Fincher uses the technique to enhance the storytelling, and does so with a quiet, but meticulous finesse. So sit back and prepare to be amazed. I hope you enjoy the video and will share this blog with other creatives you f…
Shoot Your Short Film at Warner Bros. Studios - AT&T Create-a-thon
As we all know, short form content is exploding and is more popular than ever. Whether it's a proof of concept for a larger feature film idea or just a way to show off your creative chops, short form content can absolutely serve as a calling card for you. We've started working with AT&T who is providing a unique opportunity to a selected group of filmmakers to make your short form dreams a reality! If you're interested in the opportunity to get $20,000 to shoot part of your shor…
Coffee & Content - Acting, Screenwriting, Filmmaking
Another Sunday, another chance to share some great content. As many of you know, in an effort to inspire and motivate creatives across the globe, we've been publishing some of our most popular blogs from the last 6 years over at Medium. Today, we feature some truly interesting content published by Stage 32 members working in the acting, coaching, filmmaking, producing and screenwriting arenas. All we ask from you is that you pay it forward by not only sharing the content, bu…
Join Us at the Cannes Film Festival!
The 2017 Cannes Film Festival has begun! For the 4th straight year Stage 32 will be hosting a meetup for our incredibly talented Stage 32 members. We have partnered with the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Film Commission to bring you films and fun! Join us! OFFICIAL STAGE 32 MEETUP Stage 32 Founder & CEO, Richard "RB" Botto would like to welcome all Stage 32 members who are in Cannes this year to a Stage 32 meetup at the St. Petersberg Clearwater Flor…
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