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Insider Intel: Packaging your Project- The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
November Write Club Week 4: The Art of the Pitch- What Managers & Execs Actually Want to Hear
Stage 32 Now Certifying Centro de Portugal Film Commission!
How Modern Franchises Became Our New Religion
Forbes Spotlights Stage 32 Certification!
What Stage 32's Community Is Really About (Beyond Scripts, Sets, and Showreels)
Insider Intel: 2026 Predictions
Coffee & Content: Why Your Pitch Needs to Be Human
Green Lights and Grey Areas: Expanding Creative Collaboration in Publishing
Stage 32 + DramaBox Join Forces to Launch World's First Vertical Drama Incubator
Live From Cannes - Success Story after Success Story!
Stage32.com Founder & CEO Richard Botto live from the Charles Finch Filmmakers Dinner recaps the day at Cannes Film Festival - including meeting with Winston Baker, Raindance Film Festival, Deadline Hollywood, and tons of success stories of members connecting on the platform.
Live From Cannes - Film Freeway Partnership & 31 Members with Films Screening
RB reporting live from Cannes about the Stage 32 party & that 31 Stage 32 members have films screening at the Marche du Film this year. Like this blog post? Please share it on social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email etc) by using social media buttons at the top of the blog. Or post to your personal blog and anywhere else you feel appropriate. Thank you. As always, we welcome thoughts and remarks on ANY of the content above in the Comments …
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (May 13, 2016)
Greetings from the Cannes Film Festival! Deep in the planning for our panels, parties and meetups, not to mention a full slate of meetings on the agenda, so no big opening this week. But, fear not! I’ve still collected a wide and varied list of news and information for you to enjoy this weekend. As always, I welcome discussion and debate on any of the content below in the Comments section! Bonjour! RB
Let’s Celebrate YOU!
Hey there, my Stage 32 fam! I have some very exciting news for you all today. You know, I say this all the time, but we are so lucky to have this incredible platform. I know for many of us, it has jumpstarted our careers and totally transformed our lives. We have immediate access to a world of opportunities at our fingertips, as well as this amazingly supportive community to keep us going forward. Not to mention, the incredibly affordable educational resources. WE know how incredible th…
On the Page Podcast - 5 Things to Avoid When Pitching a Screenplay
Last week, President of the Stage 32 Happy Writers, was a guest on Pilar Alessandra's top ranked screenwriting podcast, On the Page. In this enjoyable 45 minute interview, Joey discussed: - The President he's related to - The origins and history of the Stage 32 Happy Writers - The number of Stage 32 Happy Writers Success Stories - 5 Things EVERY writer should avoid when pitching This is one informative and entertaining podcast. Our thanks to Pilar for having Joey as a guest and f…
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…
What is Stage 32 Anyway? IndieWire Answers.
***Update - we are grateful beyond words for those who've contributed to the IndieWire article. Please show your support. If you haven't left a comment on the article we ask that you please do so here.*** At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival Stage 32 sat down with legendary and iconic Hollywood journalist Anne Thompson who writes the immensely popular column "Thompson on Hollywood" for IndieWire. Anne's pedigree is nothing short of spectacular having scribed for Variety, The Hollywood Repo…
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…
From Hawaii to Europe: How Stage 32 Helped Make My Dream a Reality
Today's guest blog comes from Stage 32 member Stephanie J. Castillo. Stephanie is an Emmy award winning independent filmmaker who has been developing television documentaries full-time since 1989. In today's blog, Stephanie shares with us how, after 30 years of filmmaking, Stage 32 -- in a click -- helped make her 10th documentary, Thomas Chapin, Night Bird Song, a reality by connecting her with an essential crew member (and filmmaking partner in crime) half way around the wor…
9 Success Stories in 10 Days
It's been an incredible week and a half here on Stage 32 for a number of members of our remarkably talented community. In the past 10 days a director in Amsterdam was hired by a producer in New York, a Director and a DP met on Stage 32 and are in post production on a film starring Ed Asner and Danny Trejo, three writers were signed, two scripts were picked up and 1 script received a green light and will go into production next month! These success stories were accomplished f…
What Are Your 2015 Goals?
Welcome to the first weekend of 2015, everyone, and a very Happy New Year to you all. Due to travel and time constraints, there is no Weekend Blog this week. Instead, I thought it would be a great time to discuss and share our plans and goals for the coming year. Some of what I am planning on accomplishing in 2015 includes writing 2 scripts, completing my crowdsourcing book for Focal Press, dipping my toes back into acting, filming a short and implementing a myriad of Stage 32 init…
2014: What a Year...
The end of year is always special because it’s a time to reflect on your last 12 months of accomplishments. 2014 was an incredible year for Stage 32: Some Stage 32 milestones: We reached over 325,000 members from every country on the planet! We added a ton of new site features including a major redesign, the addition of JOBS, Stage 32 Next Level Classes and so much more. We launched the On Stage with RB broadcast – a free online broadcast once a month bringing in specia…
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