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Want Success in the Entertainment Industry? Start Writing Your Own Narrative
November Write Club Week 4: The Art of the Pitch- What Managers & Execs Actually Want to Hear
7 Life Hacks For Creatives
Stage 32 + DramaBox Join Forces to Launch World's First Vertical Drama Incubator
Stage 32 Now Certifying Centro de Portugal Film Commission!
Making Our First No-Budget Feature: The Pure Vortex Production Chaos (Part 2)
Insider Intel: Packaging your Project- The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
Stage 32 Is My Magic Key To International Networking And Education
Coffee & Content: Why Your Next Step Matters More Than the Perfect Step
Stage 32 Featured at the 43rd Torino Film Festival!
How I Turned An Ancient Parable Into A Contemporary No-Budget Political Thriller
What started it all was the 2016 election. I was at the Napa Valley Film Festival showing my documentary The Lost City of Cecil B DeMille and I remember sitting in my hotel room watching the results come in and being devastated. While in Napa, it dawned on me that I had worked on many other people’s films and it was almost two decades since I had made a film of my own. I’d spent much of this time trying to get one particular project made and was not successful. It felt like…
Advice for Screenwriters from an Award-Winning Producer & Repped Screenwriter
Hello Screenwriters. My name is Shaun. I am a Stage 32 Exec, Gotham Award-winning independent film producer, member of the Producers Guild of America, Repped Screenwriter, Script Consultant and educator. I've been in the film and television industry for 28 years and producing for 14 of those years. In that time I have been privileged to work with and learn from some of the greatest filmmakers and performers in our industry - from James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and Judd Apatow to Joe W…
Another Screenwriter is Making Moves via Networking on Stage 32!
DON'T STOP BELIEVING "I've written a play. Can you direct it?" AN OFFER! It was 2013. Two friends of mine recommended to playwright, Robin Pond, that he approach me to direct his play, 'The Retirement Plan', which had been selected to appear at The Toronto Fringe Festival. I had directed plays before, but all of them had been from scripts I had written. However, I was intrigued, and asked Robin to send me his script. I read 'The Retirement Plan', a dark comedy that dealt with a reti…
Coffee & Content: BTS of TOPGUN: MAVERICK & Breaking Down the Story Structure of JURASSIC PARK
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, IGN shares a fascinating behind the scenes look at the adrenaline-pumping fighter jet shots captured in Top Gun: Maverick. In this video, Director Joe Kosinski talks about the 15 month process he and his crew went through working with the Navy to perfect the real in air shots captured …
Three Times I Failed And Succeeded Anyway
I know a lot of people who live very small lives in very small places. The one I actually know the best is me. I’m the woman who was scared to not only leave her home state but also her town until I hit my 40’s. I was scared to fail at everything, including getting from A to B in a car. So I sat, safe, in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. A divorce thrust me into a new life and I realized if I didn’t take risks that led to failure I was going to disappear off the radar, broke…
The Importance of Secondary Characters in Your Story
Many times, when writing a script or a novel, you might consider the task of creating strong secondary characters for granted. That is, you have created a unique and interesting Sci-Fi world or main character that drives the action in your novel or screenplay. This drives the main character to overcome major obstacles and emotional challenges in order to achieve their goal by the end of the movie or novel. Their “Need” or “Desire” to achieve their goal is paramo…
The Types of Actors You Notice in Social Media Groups
How Do You Interact on a Social Media group? It is not an easy task these days. Whether it’s Facebook, Clubhouse, Twitter Threads, Zoom- it has become easier to connect with other like minded people across races, genders, time zones, and nations. The Covid-19 pandemic has grown this way of communication even more. You may not know how or what to contribute to the conversation. Everyone’s reason for joining a social media group is different: networking, community, finding i…
Delivering The Cut - A Post Production Insight
Back in 2010 I shot my first feature film in HDV on miniDV tape. Once finished I formatted the hard drive to make the next project. Unthinkable really, but I did this as I knew HDV wasn’t a great technical standard and I couldn’t afford a new drive. This February I watched sixty or so hours of those tapes import back into Final Cut Pro 7 for a potential remaster. It flashed me back to how naive I was when it came to the data created by film production. Whatever your role in…
On Indie Productions, Auditioning is… Different
I had the great fortune recently to audition a few wonderful actors for a role in one of my passion projects. Every single one of them was professional, courteous, kind, talented, and funny. As someone who does not consider herself an actress, I’ve never experienced the auditioning process from the other side, and I must say… I cannot imagine what it must be like. Actors are a special and wonderful kind of gang… they are out there, they keep their emotions in a s…
European Screenwriter Signs an Artist Management Agreement through Pitching on Stage 32!
There's only one way to break into the show business as a writer and it's different for everyone. My access point to Hollywood has a name: Alexia Melocchi of LITTLE STUDIO FILMS in Beverly Hills, my accomplished, dedicated Manager, a successful entertainment industry professional and a courageous visionary dreamer I was lucky to meet after connecting through a Stage 32 pitch session. Let me thank the entire Stage 32 Team for the great connections they helped me make and Alexia from the…
Coffee & Content: 3 Ways Wes Anderson Balances his Edits & TV's Biggest Stars Answer Questions about Acting
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, StudioBinder has a fascinating video about how director Wes Anderson (French Dispatch, The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox) balances his edits. Specifically, you will see this illustrated through blocking, timing, and use of symmetry with examples from Isle of Dogs, Moonrise Kingdom, The Life Aquatic, and more. N…
How to Get Paid Like a Pro in the Entertainment Industry (with money, not lunches)
Getting paid for being a filmmaker is an art form and rarely taken to heart, so artists starve for their craft. This image of the "starving artist" must not and should not be perpetuated. Most people believe that the work of a writer, a producer, a filmmaker is based on passion alone, and as a result it is assumed that all artists are meant to work for free, or to get paid later, because their passion for the craft will make them accept work under any condition, including the freebies or…
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