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Coffee & Content: The Machinery of the Business
Red Carpet Roll-Out: October 2024's New Executives at Stage 32!
Stage 32 Presents: The 11th Annual Austin Film Festival Rooftop Bash!
11 Types of Horror Scripts to Scare Up This Halloween
Avoiding the Rabbit Hole: Story Research Tips
A Roadmap for Filmmakers: Are You Financing Ready?
My Move To Los Angeles: Leading A Life To The Ocean From A Pond
Celebrate the September 2024 Stage 32 Community’s Successes!
How Stage 32 Was An Essential Tool For Making My Short Film!
How To Successfully Navigate The Stage 32 Platform!
Stage 32 Search For New Blood Contest - Deadline at Midnight!
Tonight is the final deadline for our Stage 32 Happy Writers Search for New Blood Contest. Do you have a horror, thriller, action or sci fi feature that you think could be the next break out hit? We have hand selected 9 executives from the most sought after companies in the industry including Blumhouse Productions, The Safran Company, Cross Creek Pictures, Energy Entertainment, Ghost House Pictures, Revolver Picture Company, Unique Features and Dimension Films to just our final round of …
Sharing Some Amazing Stage 32 Success Stories
Today, I'm extremely proud to share some of our most recent success stories. Many of our successful writers were inspired to record a video speaking to how they found success. Others have provided written testimonials. All of them had one thing in common: they put in the work and never gave up or in. It's my hope that you will be able to draw inspiration from their stories. My heartfelt congratulations goes out to each and every one of our successful writers. All we ask is that you reme…
30 Minutes With... Agustine Calderon | Studio Level Comedies
This summer I ran the popular "30 Minutes With..." series where I interviewed some of the executives we work with at Stage 32 Happy Writers. In each of these highly informative interviews I went over all things screenwriting, development, marketplace and the industry. Today I'm bringing you my interview with Agustine Calderon, who is a creative executive in the feature film development department at RatPac Entertainment. At RatPac, Agustine has been responsible for bringing in var…
2nd Annual Search For New Blood Screenwriting Contest
Dark. Twisted. Scary. Creepy. Suspenseful. Psychological mindf***. Bring it. We want it. Stage 32 and the Stage 32 Happy Writers are thrilled to bring back our (now 2nd annual) Search for New Blood Contest. We are looking for the darkest, scary, creepy, suspenseful, mind-boggling, most twisted scripts from undiscovered writers from all over the world. We are searching for NEW blood. We are looking for the top 3 unrepresented horror/suspense/thriller writers that come from Stage 32. Tha…
Crutch: The Journey Of A Disabled Artist
For those of you who have been on this site for a while, watch the On Stage With RB webcasts, or know me personally, you've surely heard me speak of my love for personal stories and, therefore, my love for documentaries. As I've said many times in the past, the most nourishing thing a creative can receive is support. It's the foundation on which this site was built. For any creative the process of getting your project made can be challenging. But being a creative with a disability prese…
Part II: Advice from Stage 32's "Happiest" Writer
We now continue with Part II of Frank Ponce's blog. If you missed Part I of Advice from Stage 32’s “Happiest” Writer, click here. In this entry, Frank speaks the rapid movement of his career after he placed 2nd in the Stage 32/Blood List Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest. The exposure he received from that placement led him to developing a new short film starring Danny Trejo, which he will direct this summer. It gets better...His script has been picked up for …
Part I: Advice from Stage 32's "Happiest" Writer
Today's blog is from producer, director, screenwriter and Stage 32 member, Frank Ponce, from Hollywood, California. In this entry Frank talks about how he used Stage 32 to cast and crew his short film, a film that eventually placed in the top 10 of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Project Greenlight. And, most recently, how improving his skills through Stage 32 Next Level Education, discussing his craft with people in the Stage 32 Lounge and working with the Stage 32 Happy Writers led…
Entrepreneur On Fire Podcast
RB was on the highly popular podcast Entrepreneur On Fire hosted by John Lee Dumas and it is jam-packed with great advice! It's important for every creative to treat their career like an entrepreneur. This free podcast will help you, as a creative, apply some practical entrepreneurial tips to your career. RB talks about the first 60 minutes of your day, mentors, motivation, mistakes and successes - you don't want to miss it! "The only bet in life that's worth taking, in a lot of wa…
Introducing Pitching Perks
Stage 32 is thrilled seeing the hundreds of success stories that continue to roll in as we uncover talented creatives from all over the world. More short films, features, plays, TV shows and new media than ever before are being created because of the incredible networking and collaboration happening on Stage 32. In addition, The Stage 32 Happy Writers recently has been uncovering extremely impressive new talent including: Just last week writer Frank Ponce (Los Angeles) signed a shop…
Stage 32 & Film Interchange Filmmakers Lounge at the TriBeCa Film Festival
For those of you who are traveling to the TriBeCa Film Festival in New York City, NY USA, we invite you to the Stage 32 and Film Interchange Filmmakers Lounge on April 13. On tap we have two excellent panels on using social media as a filmmaker and crowdsourcing & crowdfunding your film. We're excited to have amazing industry executives from Stage 32, Film Interchange, Indiegogo and Seed & Spark on the panels. Best of all, the event is FREE and you do not need …
Hollywood Insight Podcast
Our fearless leader, Founder & CEO, RB, was on the Hollywood Insight podcast hosted by Steven Trautmann, a longtime comedy writer in Hollywood. Joining them was actress Allira Jaques, a Stage 32 member who - just this year - used Stage 32 to help her move from Australia to Los Angeles. For a lively 45 minutes, Steve talked with RB about all things revolving around the industry - writing, filmmaking, producing, acting, education, the global reach of projects and so much more. And, All…
Introducing the Stage 32 YouTube Channel!
We could not be more excited to announce the launch of our official Stage 32 YouTube channel! We have loaded up dozens of videos from our 3 1/2 year history for your viewing enjoyment. These videos include tips for a variety of disciplines from the industry executives we work with, clips from our monthly On Stage With RB webcasts, interviews, success stories and more. Our goal is to provide you with countless hours of FREE educational and informational material. We will…
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