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November Write Club Week 4: The Art of the Pitch- What Managers & Execs Actually Want to Hear
Stage 32 Featured at the 43rd Torino Film Festival!
Find Your Footing on Stage 32: Join Our December Community Open House
Coffee & Content: Reinvent the Story, Reinvent the Industry
How to Get Help from Stage 32: Meet the Teams Behind the Scenes
What Stage 32's Community Is Really About (Beyond Scripts, Sets, and Showreels)
A Practical Guide for Actors: Tips & Advice Every Performer Should Know
Stage 32 + DramaBox Join Forces to Launch World's First Vertical Drama Incubator
Coffee & Content: The Genius of Weapons and How to Know When Your Script Is Ready
Insider Intel: 2026 Predictions
Top 10 Posts - Let’s Get Excited for 2021
As the season of giving winds down, we are temporarily offered a reflective reprieve before launching into the agendas of the next year. There are so many hopeful opportunities on the horizon! Book adaptations, scripts in development, scripts going into production, new technology for making films, and of course a virtual workflow that has changed the industry. Where is one to start? Since the name of the resolution game is focus, today’s posts come directly from the Introduce You…
Counting Our Blessings - Happy Holidays to All
On behalf of the entire Stage 32 family, I'd like to wish you all a happy, safe, and loving Christmas and remainder of the holiday season. While the holidays are a time of celebration, I hope everyone will take a moment to reflect on the many blessings life has offered and afforded all of us. We personally feel blessed to have had so many of you enter and enrich our lives. We have welcomed over 100,000 new members since March, and we are beyond honored to provide each and every one of y…
How to Produce a TV Pilot for Next to Nothing
So I am the director and a producer for a pilot episode called Innocent Love that we developed for a tv show called Forgotten Wisdom. It’s set in historic times but also very relatable to current day problems. It is also educational in showing how problems were once dealt with. We were able to shoot during the summer of 2020 with the intention of pitching to a local streaming service in Slovenia and maybe once even internationally. 1. How it all Started A friend of ours, Sandi t…
6 Tips for Writing & Producing Award-Winning Films
Hello Stage 32-ers! I am thrilled to present an article by your fellow Stage 32 member Avery Rouda. Avery is an amazing screenwriter, producer, and director whose animated short film Dream Catcher was one of the winners of our 4th Annual Short Film Contest! Through winning our contest, Avery screened Dream Catcher at the Oscar-Qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, at the Raindance Film Festival in London, and the Austin Film Festival. If you hav…
Announcing the 6th Annual Stage 32 Short Film Contest
For the past 6 years I've been really proud to oversee our Stage 32 Short Film Program. This has become one of the most anticipated programs of the year for all the industry professionals including development executives, managers, producers, agents and financiers that we work with on a day to day basis. Being a part of the Stage 32 Short Film Program is like joining a special tribe. If you make the final program not only do you get the honor of screening at the prestigious Hollyshorts …
(Believe it or Not) It's Been A Great Year!: Recapping the Best Stage 32 Success Stories of 2020 (Part 1)
I know, I know. Hold back on hurling the rotten fruit until I’ve made my point. Believe it or not, for as tumultuous as 2020 has been, this black cloud of a year is not without its silver linings. To start, we had over 550 connections made between screenwriters and filmmakers and the industry professionals who work with Stage 32 this year alone. (By comparison, last year, it was 327.) This year we have had more than - wait for it - 3,000 requests from industry professionals for s…
Coffee & Content - How they Made ELF & How to Use Holiday Lights in Your Film
Happy Sunday Creative Army! First of all, congratulations to all of you who have already participated in our monthly Introduce Yourself Weekend! Thousands of connections have been made between entertainment creatives and professionals from every corner of the globe. Whether you are a long-time member, or brand new to Stage 32, take a moment to pop over to the Introduce Yourself Lounge and say hello before the end of the weekend. Now, grab some fresh coffee and let's dive into this week'…
10 TV Series Bibles You Must Download & Read
If you think not writing a TV bible for your series is okay, think again. Studio and indie producers are asking for them, and there are a million reasons why having one can serve you. Okay, maybe no a million. But enough. Here are a few: 1) A bible can help you, the writer, understand your characters and your world better than you thought.2) A bible can give the producer faith that you know your world and are prepared to discuss the series with confidence.3) Creating a bible c…
Lessons from Lyric Poetry for Screenwriters
I started my creative writing journey as a hybrid poet and storyteller. I remember sitting in the back of my parents’ car at the age of 7 or 8 writing haiku poems in my notebook. I loved the beautiful but intense creative pressure of the haiku form -- trying to capture the essence of things in 17 syllables is extraordinary. Later, as I learned more about poetry, I moved into sonnets and villanelles -- both forms that have strict syllable counts and metrical requirements. But I also…
Worldwide Premiere of the of the 5th Annual Short Film Program
It is an honor and a privilege to bring you the worldwide premiere of the 5th Annual Stage 32 Short Film Program! Below you will find seven amazing short films to watch that were carefully curated by Stage 32's panel of leading industry executives. Our esteemed panel of judges is made up of top producers, managers, development executives, and Oscar-winning filmmakers. These films are only available for viewing Thursday 12/17/20 - Sunday 12/20/20 Plus, join the filmmakers for a live Q&a…
Blood is Thicker Than Water… And Celluloid
Blood Family + Film Family = Efficient and Successful Production Now, when you read this headline, it’s important to note that the original quote - “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb” - was meant to say that blood shed on the battlefield creates a stronger bond between soldiers than simple familial or genetic ties. I guess you could say the same about blood shed on film sets, however, I know a filmmaker that recently combined his Blood Fa…
Update on the Development of the Winning Script from the Stage 32 Microbudget Horror Script Competition! Originally Seen in Deadline Hollywood
Good morning Stage 32 Creative Crew! We're coming to the end of the year and I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on one of the biggest success stories of 2020. In August, we announced that Martin Reese of Cleveland, Ohio was the winner of the Microbudget Horror Script Competition presented by Stage 32, Trick Candle Productions and Glasshouse Distribution with his script, THE EYE OF OWUO. There were a record shattering number of entries from around the world and it…
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