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Attending Cannes Film Festival Marche du Film for the First Time!
Unleashing The Heroic Journey: A Framework For Screenwriters
Announcing the 5th Annual New Voices in Animation Screenwriting Contest
Unlock Your Creative Flow: 15 Summer Wellbeing Tips for Writers
The Power of Comps: How They Break (Or Make!) Your TV Pitch
Captivating Heroic Journey Narratives: The Art Of Beat Sheets
Always Be Filming. Real World Tips to Help Make Your Feature Film a Reality
Stage 32 Success Story: Zero To Zealful In Under Six Months!
Coffee & Content: Be Bold & Stop Waiting For Permission!
Coffee & Content: How Bad Do You Really Want It?
The Power of "No"
In publishing, you hear the word NO a lot. From your own critique partners and beta readers --"NO, this scene doesn't work." From agents -- "NO, this isn't right for me to represent." From editors and publishers -- "NO, we don't have room in our line for this." Sometimes, NO is a good thing. For example, when your scene could use a little more work or when you're career is heading down the wrong path that isn't right for you anyway. But sometimes, NO has nothing to do with your book and…
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…
3 Ways You Can Create Meaningful Social Media Relationships Today
If there was one subject that dominated the questions asked during my recent Stage 32 AMA, it was about best practices on social media. Many of you wanted to know how to go about creating meaningful relationships that would help accelerate your path to success. You know my feelings on this subject as it relates to launching and maintaining a career in film and content creation: Relationships = Reads Relationships = Jobs Relationships = Financing Relationships = Champions …
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…
Let's Talk Screenwriting!
Hey guys, You all know I love to talk, but there are few topics I enjoy talking about more than screenwriting. And based on many of the questions submitted for the AMA this past week, many of you are looking for some direction, clarity and productive strategies as it relates to the craft and business of screenwriting. That's why I'm excited to announce that I will be returning as a guest on Scriptchat this coming Sunday at 5PM PDT. What's Scriptchat? Well, it's an hou…
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…
Coffee & Content - The Best Acting Lesson in the World & The Storyteller in All of Us
Happy Sunday to all. Hope you are all enjoying and taking advantage of Introduce Yourself Weekend! Back with another 2 videos designed to entertain and educate. First up, New York Acting Coach John Windsor-Cunningham with an acting lesson he says saved his own career. The vid is titled The Best Acting Lesson in the World (I don't name 'em folks) and I'll be very interested to get your feedback. Next up, a TEDx talk from Zach King: The storyteller in all of us. …
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…
Coffee & Content - Ridley Scott on Directing & 10 Important Lessons on the Craft of Screenwriting
Hello, my fellow creatives. Happy Sunday. Hope you are all enjoying and participating in what has been a very lively Introduce Yourself Weekend! Today for Coffee & Content, I'm bringing you some voices with years of experience talking directing and screenwriting. First up, legendary director, Ridley Scott waxes poetic on the craft of directing. As usual, no pulled punches from Sir Ridley. Nothing more for you to do with this one than pour yourself a full cuppa an…
Coffee & Content - Michael Caine on Acting for Film & Overcoming Writer's Block
Good morning, 32'ers. Happy Oscars Sunday. Don't forget, it's not too late to get your Oscars ballot in. Prizes and bragging rights are at stake. Fill out your ballot here. Leading up to the ceremony, I have two more videos for your enjoyment as part of this edition of Coffee and Content. First up, a classic and extremely celebrated video of Michael Caine discussing acting in film. Next, from Actualized.org, comes a terrific video on overcoming writer's block.…
Have You Read the Oscar Nominated Screenplays Yet? Let's Discuss!
Hey guys! Last month, I posted the 10 Oscar nominated screenplays right here on Stage 32. Since that day, over 50,000 of you have hit the page! Good on you for investing in yourself by using your valuable time to read and explore these acclaimed works. As much as we learn from reading great screenplays, we can learn even more by discussing them. So whaddaya say we do that today and this weekend leading up to the broadcast on Sunday. Which screenplay was your favorite…
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