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Forbes Spotlights Stage 32 Certification!
Happy Holidays From The Stage 32 Team!
Stage 32 Certifying Columbus, Ohio!
Coffee & Content: Why Your Pitch Needs to Be Human
Stage 32 Now Certifying the Dallas Film Commission!
Coffee & Content: Know Who You Are, Know Who You’re Pitching To
Stage 32 Featured at the 43rd Torino Film Festival!
Stage 32 Certification Featured In IndieWire!
Stage 32 + DramaBox Join Forces to Launch World's First Vertical Drama Incubator
7 Life Hacks For Creatives
32 Ways to Grow Your Following on Social Media for Actors And Filmmakers
Building an audience is important for any actor or filmmaker. Every acting job you get, each day on set or piece of content you create is an opportunity to build your audience. In honor of Stage 32, here are 32 ways you can grow your following on social media. 1. Makeover your social media bios! Your bio is a mini advertisement for why someone should like, subscribe or follow you! Tell us what you do, what you stand for and what you love! If you have a YouTube account, your ‘Abou…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (November 11, 2016)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. It was an inspiring and productive week at the American Film Market. Not only was the energy high, but we had a number of meetings with a variety of industry influencers, film commissions and high level insiders which we believe will ultimately lead to new opportunities for all members of the Stage 32 community. I also had the pleasure of hosting the Producing Studio Films on Independent Budgets panel with Zanne Devine of Miramax, Paul Hanson from Cove…
Comedy Writers! Win a chance to meet with Kevin Hart's company LOL Network
Stage 32’s Happy Writers 2nd Annual Comedy Contest is back by popular demand and we’re searching for original comedy features and original comedy TV pilots and comedy TV specs! Grand Prize Winner meets with Kevin Hart's LOL Network, Paradigm Agency, Vertigo Entertainment, Big Beach Films, and more! 2nd Place Winners meet with industry executives! All finalists will have their loglines presented to 500 working industry executives! 72hr Super-Early Bird Deadline is Nov…
AT&T Entertainment Project | Call for Short Films
sponsored Have a great short film and looking for your big break? The AT&T Entertainment Project is an open competition seeking imaginative, undiscovered short films from aspiring filmmakers, both professionals and students. The competition seeks to identify talented storytellers from across the U.S. who want their voices heard. From the network that brings you critically acclaimed shows such as Kingdom, Rogue, to special events, and groundbreaking documentarie…
Women Write Now: Breaking Barriers in Film, TV & The Web
We've got some BIG NEWS! I'm extremely excited to announce that Stage 32 has partnered with the amazing team over at The Writers Guild Foundation! We'll be hosting a number of writer focused special events together that'll be both entertaining and educational for all of our writer friends. And without further ado, here is the first live event: WOMEN WRITE NOW: BREAKING BARRIERS IN FILM, TV AND THE WEB As the landscape of storytelling on film, television and the web evolves a…
Keep Writing... KEEP WRITING!
November is a month of writing! The goal is to... WRITE! Whatever it is, let's get 30 days of writing each day, every day! Join us in the Stage 32 November Write Club! But I know, I know... writing each day can be tough. Believe me, as a fellow writer I know the pain of opening Final Draft WriterDuet and staring at that blank screen. I think to myself, "Yeah! Let's do it! Let's write some 'ish!" I sit up straight, stretch out my fingers, lay them on the keyboard and.... Nothing. A…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (November 4, 2016)
Welcome to the first weekend in November, everyone. How are your yearly goals coming along? How about we absorb ourselves in some content and discussion points? I thought you’d might be up for that…Let’s roll. This month, we kicked off our second year of November Write Club! The idea is to make each day in November count by having our writers support and encourage one another. The goal is to get thoughts on paper, words on pages and, ultimately, projects complet…
How Not To Freak Out If You Lose A Crew Member Prior To Shooting Or During Production
Someone recently asked me if I’d ever lost a key cast or crew member during a shoot… and while telling the story, it occurred to me that it might be something worth sharing. After all, if you’re like me, you work in indie film where, very often, we’re flying by the seat of our pants and just trying to keep everything moving. So. I was in early prep on my second feature film as a producer and was getting ready to head to Massachusetts for the shoot. I wasn’…
Entrepreneur Magazine Names Stage 32 One of the Top 360 Privately Held Companies in America!
Today we want to share a really cool piece of news with the entire Stage 32 community. Stage 32 has been named by Entrepreneur magazine as one of the top 360 privately held companies in America. The magazine will be celebrating all the top companies at an event in Southern California in November. To hear where we ranked and a listen to some heartfelt thanks from our CEO, RB, please click the video below! Like this blog post? Please share it on social media (Fac…
November Write Club: Let’s do this—again!
Last year, my good friend, fellow screenwriter and valued Stage 32 member, Beth Fox Heisinger, came up with the idea of running a 30 Day Write Club for the writers on this platform. The idea was to make each day in November count by having our writers support and encourage one another. The goal was to get thoughts on paper, words on pages and, ultimately, projects completed. Hundreds of writers participated. Some quit, but a large majority made it to the finish line, enriched and embold…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (October 28, 2016)
Welcome to the weekend everyone. And to the return of the Weekend Blog. The last 3 weeks have been quite the whirlwind. My thanks to the fine people at ITVFest and the Austin Film Festival for having and hosting me. Now it’s time to prepare for AFM along with a number of cool initiatives we’re preparing for our Stage 32 members. Until then, here’s a weekend’s worth of content. As always, I welcome remarks and thoughts on any of the content below in the Comments …
Stage 32 Joins Forces With the American Film Market!
I’m extremely pleased to announce that Stage 32 has been named as the official film networking and education platform of the American Film Market. As you know, we are big supporters of AFM and all they do to connect producers, financiers and distributors all over the world. To be recognized in such fashion is truly an honor and I thank head honcho, Jonathan Wolf, not only for all the support, but for his friendship as well. In an effort to give back to the film communit…
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