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Film Contracts Made Simple: Expert Tips To Protect Your Work
11 Tips For Bringing Your Animated Characters To Life
Find Your Footing on Stage 32: Join Our December Community Open House
How to Get Help from Stage 32: Meet the Teams Behind the Scenes
A Practical Guide for Actors: Tips & Advice Every Performer Should Know
Happy New Year! Let's Talk Goals!
Insider Intel: Packaging your Project- The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
Stage 32 Featured at the 43rd Torino Film Festival!
Insider Intel: 2025- Your Year of Breakthroughs (+ What's Coming in 2026)
Why Is a Waffle-Loving Donkey So Memorable?
For the last month I've had the pleasure of working with Roger S. H. Schulman, the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA award winning writer of SHREK. Roger's impressive roster also includes being a scribe for Steven Spielberg Executive Produced BALTO, as well as two Disney films MULAN II, THE JUNGLE BOOK II, and plenty of other features and TV shows. I'm thrilled to bring in Roger as a special guest for Stage 32 THIS SATURDAY to teach a Masterclass on Creating Compelling Characters. I mean, the w…
4 Rules To Financially Protect Your Film With Indie Distributors
First of all, let me introduce you to the existence of Independent Film Predators. They are less-than-legitimate indie film distributors that want to distribute your film and unfortunately, there's a bunch of 'em. In fact I can vouch for their existence personally. 3 OF A KIND, my recently completed psychological thriller, premiered at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival. It's a film we literally scraped and clawed financially to get done. We ultimately had to take out per…
On Stage With RB - 2 New Yorkers In Hollywood Webcast Now Available!
What happens when you put 2 New Yorkers in Hollywood? Well, we found out in the most recent "On Stage With RB" special webcast - "2 New Yorkers in Hollywood". This fun, educational and definitely entertaining webcast featured our fearless leader, Richard "RB" Botto, and special guest Bradley Gallo, CCO of Amasia Entertainment. For those of you new to Stage 32 and may not know the hosts, RB is the founder & CEO of Stage 32, an actor & voice actor, producer (ANOTHER HAPPY DA…
Coffee & Content - P. T. Anderson, Christopher Nolan & More
Happy Sunday to you all. Hope you're having a fantastic weekend. In this edition of Coffee & Content, we go back to P.T. Anderson and a cut by cut breakdown of There Will Be Blood. We also turn our attention to Dunkirk director Christopher Nolan and his pluses and minuses as a filmmaker and storyteller. As always, I ask you to share this content where you can on your other social media accounts through the handy share buttons at the top of this blog. Pay it forwar…
Descriptive Writing: Don't Be Afraid
This blog may be stating the obvious and I don't want to come across as condescending, but I just thought I would impart a piece of advice I have recently given to a client of mine. I have found while doing my job as an editor, that I have a great responsibility, not just to the authors I work with, but to the work itself. It's not just about spelling and grammar, it is also about what is best for the story and looking at something from the point of view of the reader. I do know of cour…
July's Top 10 Production Locations
I've had the pleasure to work with Peerspace over the last few months and it's remarkable what they are providing for our creative community. Need a filming location? They have hundreds. Need a space to hold a table read? They've got that, too. How about a crazy and unique space for that scene in your webseries that you can't seem to find anywhere? Well, they have you covered. We are honored that we've expanded Stage 32 locations featuring all of Peerspace's locations. We've…
Dreams, Fears, Communism and My Trip to The Other Side of the World
Dreams are an interesting phenomenon. They are available to everyone to dream them, but there are only a few who go chasing them and fulfill them. Why is that? Why doesn't everyone grasp their dream and be what they want to be or do what they really want to do? Well, in my case, this question came a little later in my life, (let's say I'm not in the first flush of youth), but what's more important for me is that I took my time and efforts to answer it and the answer for me personally was…
Coffee & Content - Screenwriting, Acting, Filmmaking, Networking, Producing & More!
Happy Sunday, everyone. Hope you've brewed some strong java because I have some inspiring and motivational content to springboard you into a new week. As you know, we've had some remarkable talent contributing to the Stage 32 Blog over the past 6 years. Some of these terrific pieces have been buried (although you can always use the Blog search function!) and we've been reviving them and giving them a new audience on Medium. So without further fanfare, here are 5 fantastic a…
Mad Men Turns 10 - Here's the Pilot Script!
This past Wednesday marked the 10 year anniversary of the debut of Mad Men. For my money, this was one of the most well written series of the last 20 years. Rich in character development (particularly the secondary characters), period detail and sparkling dialogue, Matthew Weiner and his writing staff rarely disappointed. In honor of the anniversary of this landmark show, here's the pilot script for Mad Men, the world building Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Enjoy, share, dis…
Fantasy & Sci-Fi Screenwriting Contest Finalists Announced
We are pleased to announce the finalists of the Stage 32 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Screenwriting Contest! With hundreds of submissions this year, these talented writers cut through to the top with their amazing scripts. Now, it’s off to the races! Winners will be announced in August on theStage 32 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Screenwriting Contest page expertly selected by our amazing judges. Please celebrate with us on social and tag us on Twitter: @stage32 and Instagram: @stage32online#…
It's Show Reel Share Day - Share Your Reels With the World
Today on Twitter and Instagram, it's #ShowReelShareDay - That means whether you're an actor, filmmaker, cinematographer or other creative with a reel, today is the day to showcase your talents to the world. Let's show the social world that we are the most creative community on the planet! We're asking all our members who have reels and either a Twitter or Instagram account (or both) to help promote Stage 32 while promoting yourselves! All you have to do is share your reel link her…
From England to LA: 3 Simple Rules
Every day in this crazy LA film world I learn something new. I have been here for over 3 years now and have been able to go from a position of not knowing anyone to being able to produce a film that is doing the festival circuit all for a budget of $1,000. Being British has also made things harder. How do you even start when you need to get a social security number a home address and a cell? It can seem daunting. If I can do it, though, then so can you. &n…
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