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7 Life Hacks For Creatives
A Practical Guide for Actors: Tips & Advice Every Performer Should Know
11 Tips For Bringing Your Animated Characters To Life
Want Success in the Entertainment Industry? Start Writing Your Own Narrative
Coffee & Content: Why Your Pitch Needs to Be Human
Insider Intel: Packaging your Project- The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
Stage 32 Now Certifying Centro de Portugal Film Commission!
Stage 32 Certifying Columbus, Ohio!
Stage 32 Featured at the 43rd Torino Film Festival!
Talking Business: Key Agreements in Film Financing Part 2
Stage 32 + Hollyshorts Film Festival - Events All Week!
We have an exciting week of events lined up at the HollyShorts Film Festival beginning this Friday! If you are in or around the Los Angeles area, you are more than welcome to come join us for any one or all of our special Stage 32 panels, parties and screenings! "HollyShorts is the benchmark most up-and-comers are striving for - and the festival is impressively dedicated to advancing the careers of its filmmakers", says Daniel Sol, Co-Founder of HollyShorts. "We are equally impressed, d…
What's New with Stage 32 Education This Week
It's a great week here on Stage 32 with 2 extremely informative webinars for filmmakers, writers and producers, and for those members based in or around LA, we have an educational panel on Friday at the Hollyshorts Film Festival! Let's get to it! Distribution: Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix 101 - Wednesday, August 10 If you are interested in distributing your project via a VOD platform, I've brought in Chad Miller, who has spent over a decade in on-demand entertainment and…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (August 5, 2016)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. New month, new possibilities. Under ENTERTAINMENT AND INDUSTRY NEWS this week: Amazon and Netflix are changing the industry; the casting workshop controversy continues; faith based films continue to surge; the reasons behind Suicide Squad’s struggle; Oscar diversity news; a look at pilot production in L.A.; Red Granite fights on; Funny or Die cuts some staff; what’s new on Netflix this month; filming is on the rise in South Africa and much, …
2nd Annual Feature Screenplay Contest Semi-Finalists Announced. Stage 32 Happy Writers
The 2nd Annual Stage 32 Happy Writers Feature Screenplay Contest semi-finalists list is here! We pen-salute these talented group of writers on this achievement. Be sure to check back here on the Stage 32 Happy Writers Feature Screenplay Contest page August 17th for when we announce the finalists! Please celebrate on social and tag us on Twitter: @stage32 and Instagram: @stage32online #stage32rocks Congratulations to the semi-finalists and best of luck! A LITTLE TURBULENCE …
Success! Stage 32 Screenwriter Gets His Script Into Development with Ramo Law!
We’ve had some incredible success stories lately here on Stage 32. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be shining a light on those 32’ers who have found success either through networking on the platform, through our Jobs section or through pitching with the Stage 32 Happy Writers. Today, we congratulate screenwriter Joe Downey! Joe contacted Erik at the Stage 32 Happy Writers with information regarding a screenplay he was looking to pitch. Joe was looking for suggestions on…
Story Development Tools & Techniques—'The Whistles and Bells Test™'
'The Whistles and Bells Test™' is a quick test you can carry out whenever you get the inspirational flash of a new story idea. It is a simple, cut-to-the-chase technique that can quickly give you a sense if you have either a story or a situation. It is not a substitute for learning the difference between a story and a situation, or for working through the full premise development process, but over time, with a lot of practice, using this test you can hone a kind of sixth-sense for …
Discover The Power In Creating Your Own Projects!
There is incredible power as a performer when you make the choice to create and produce your own projects. By creating my own pieces and producing my own work, I have been reviewed by the New York Times, received four and five stars for my performance at the Edinburgh Fringe, nominated for an Amnesty International Award, received significant film exposure at several film festivals and have dramatically strengthened my resume and network. Oh and I kind of had fun doing it and gained a lot…
What's New at Stage 32 This Week Part III
This week we have a lot of great things happening on Stage 32, kicking off on Monday with our monthly "On Stage With RB" webcast, hosted by our founder & CEO, Richard Botto. Then, we have a lot of great things in store for our producers, financiers, creatives who live outside the U.S. and our indie filmmakers! Join me! Monday 8/1: For all our Stage 32ers FREE Online Webcast - July Edition of "On Stage With RB" 3 hour broadcast hosted for our founder & CEO, Ri…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (July 29, 2016)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. I have so many cool articles under ENTERTAINMENT AND INDUSTRY news this week, I’m not even going to list them. Go discover for yourself. Kick back and enjoy. Big shoutout to all 32’ers who have been so damn actively lately in the Lounge. The quality of the discussions and the content being shared over the last few weeks is off the charts. Really exemplifies what this platform is all about. The collaborative and selfless spirit of the creati…
How Three Stage 32’ers Achieved Success!
Collaboration is paramount in today’s competitive and rapidly changing film industry. It has been said that there is 'strength in numbers' or that 'a three-fold cord is not easily broken'. Well, three Stage32’ers (Terrell Lamont, Justin Lewis and Art Thomas), along with Alicia Cole Heinrich, Heather Webb and 51 others, took that sentiment to heart and successfully collaborated to produce the dramatic thriller ‘HUSH MONEY’, a feature-film. Shot on-location in Denve…
Camera Update by PlanetMitch: Mid-Year Progress Report
2016 has been a very interesting year so far. We are just over half way through and we're bound to have some more tidbits coming our way. So what things might you have missed? Nikon? Well, it appears that Nikon is getting out of the professional video arena blog They ended up pulling out of NAB at the last minute. Financial troubles abound for Nikon and we may even see reductions in other areas. Many may argue that they have never had a very large presence in the first place, bu…
On Stage With RB (July 2016) - Special Guests Announced!
What time is it? I bet you already guessed it! Time for the July 2016 edition of On Stage with RB! of course! This month it'll be taking place on MONDAY, August 1st at 1PM PDT! Yes, August for July! As you may know, every month our Founder & CEO, RB, brings on special guests who work in the industry, such as filmmakers and executives to offer advice to our community in an online webinar. Plus, he discusses the best way to use Stage 32 to help your career. Check out RB's messag…
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