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6 Tips To Know Before Editing Your First Feature
Feature Film in Pre-Production after Completing Stage 32 Certification - Now Casting!
How To Make Deals in Hollywood Without Getting Hustled
Celebrate the July 2024 Stage 32 Community’s Successes!
The Role Of An AD (Assistant Director) On Set!
The Tools Needed To Be A Content Creator!
Coffee & Content: The Secret To Moving The Needle
Coffee & Content: Take Risks & Break Rules!
5 Things To Help You Stand Out At An Improvised Audition
Many commercials and some re-enactment parts come to you with one simple instruction: 'No sides, all improvised'. For all those trained comedians, this is a huge relief and they can walk in excited to play with new scene partners. For the actors who are more comfortable with scripts…panic will start to set in. "Improv?! Do I have to be funny, what if my scene partner stinks at improv?" Here are five things you can focus on that will make your auditions memorable. 1: Focus o…
Camera Update by PlanetMitch - March 2016
Greetings Earthlings! What a great reaction for the first article - thanks to everyone for reading and commenting! February has been a busy month for camera announcements. And I suspect March will be as well leading into major events like WPPI and NAB. Canon, Nikon, Sony, and even Pentax had major announcements. And interestingly, only one of them was mirrorless. I don’t know… seems like the entire planet is talking ‘mirrorless this&…
4 Tips for Building a Novel Writing Career Right Now (no waiting!)
I wrote my first book when I was five years old. Ok, 'book' may be a bit strong. What I wrote was five pages of a story, on notebook paper, front and back. I stapled this along the left-hand side and finished it with a nice masking tape binding. I even did a custom illustrated cover and a hand-lettered synopsis on the back. The finest in artisanal publishing. Of course, when I brought it to school the next day, my teacher and my fellow students laughed. “Real books aren’t …
The Flipside Of Film
The casting agent said all I had to do was show up and the role of the prosecuting attorney in 'Lincoln Lawyer’ was mine. I remember that call very distinctly. It’s the call every actor waits for, as they drag themselves from audition to audition. The difference was that a week before I had decided I was not going to act any more. Shocked? You should have heard the riot act the casting agent read me. After she calmed down, she explained that the first actor they had selected…
5 Tips for Aspiring Music Producers and Composers - Digital Audio Workstation
Currently in this day and time, with modern computer technology, there are plenty of options to choose from when it comes to purchasing and using a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Using a DAW, also means the use of dedicated music software, in conjunction with a personal computer and a separate pro audio interface. Some people still prefer to center their music production around a hardware based DAW, which is an all in one box for sampling, sequencing and looping. Often hardware DAWs ar…
It's Never Too Late - The Creative Leap of Faith
"We're going to have to let you go..." were the first words that prompted my acting journey. I had been working in IT for nearly 22 years when my company down-sized and, after a testing time personally, with a difficult divorce, I made a decision. They say that as one door closes another opens, well, the door to regular and comfortable salary-earning did slam firmly shut and like any redundancy, fills you with that initial fear and trepidation. What has happened since then has seen me e…
Tragedy On Set - Remembering Sarah Jones 2 Years Later
It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog – even for my own site. In all honesty there just hasn’t been anything that compelled me to sit down and put my thoughts out there… but as I had previously written about the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones, and as two years have now passed since the incident that took her life (she was killed on February 20th, 2014), I decided to revisit my feelings on the topic and look at what has come of that loss. Sever…
Setiquette - 16 Tips On How To Behave On A Film Set
In my career on various TV news and interview shows, I’ve visited more than 5,000 sets – movie, TV and web series. This is my advice for when you visit a set. I was there primarily as a journalist to interview the filmmakers and cast, but I think it applies to anyone who might find themselves on the set of someone else’s production. 1. THEIR PRODUCTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE This means that you shouldn’t interfere in any way with their shoo…
The One Thing You Need To Do To Succeed Is To Keep Going Forward
As an artist and storyteller, I know all too well the struggles of making art. Your very first sketch is met with resounding confirmation: "I am wasting my time." Eventually that's partnered with "I am not good enough." If you somehow survive this double onslaught of internal doubt, you will meet the most vicious internal critic of them all: "No one will care." Let me tell you a story. A little over three years ago one of the lowest points in my life occurred. …
Call Sheets To The Rescue: 5 Tips for Saving Your Film Set
We’re all looking for a hero. This is especially true on a film set where all too often, chaos reigns, but not every superhero jumps around in spandex and underwear. Indeed, one hero carries a more unsuspecting symbol of hope. That hero is you—the 2nd AD! Your on-set weapon for combating chaos: the call sheet! but how can you get the most out of this secret weapon? Strap yourself in; we’re about to tell you how to take your set to the next level. &nbs…
Overcoming Obstacles To Do What You Love
When I was invited to share with the masses my first thought was the Pet Shop Boy's 'What Have I Done To Deserve This'? I am one of those proverbial aspiring creatives with an insatiable hunger, looking for a foot in the door. So far, only small work on projects that aren't even a blip on an intergalactic map. Then it hit me like a kick to Rhonda Rousey's head. I've always had a certain mindset. A manner of thinking that everyone and I mean EVERYONE who wants to succeed in a creative ind…
The Only Rule Is Success - 3 Lessons I Learned
The Only Rule is Success. Sounds easy, right? Not always, but it is something you can trust. I was taught three things growing up: 1) You can be anything you want to be if you are willing to work for it. 2) You have a gift and talent, learn your skills. 3) The questions are what is interesting, the answers are all around you. My life began on a beach in South Texas, with a family from a farm and a college town in Arkansas. I always knew what I wanted -…
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