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Protecting Your Ideas, High-Concept Films & Everything In Between
The November 2015 edition of On Stage With RB was a 3-hour affair and now it's available to watch for FREE on-demand! Joining RB was Jaia Thomas, leading entertainment attorney who assists clients with transactional and intellectual property matters. She regularly counsels filmmakers and producers on all aspects of film financing, production and distribution, with an expertise in copyright protection and how it affects the television, film, and new media industries. She also regularly as…
13 (Big) Reasons Foreign Actors Succeed In Hollywood
Much has been said on the topic of non-U.S. actors landing prime acting gigs in Hollywood, but much of it accuses America of offering inferior training, which I don’t believe necessarily to be true. Though it may account for a small part of the difference in success between actors from different countries, for my money there are many other highly influential factors than training alone. Lower cost, good training Regardless of the standard of acting training, the Unit…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (November 27, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Hope all those celebrating are enjoying their holiday weekend. This is a jammed packed edition of the Weekend Blog with plenty of interesting content to digest and discuss. New York Times reporter, Maureen Dowd, caused quite a stir with her fascinating look at Hollywood sexism, The Women of Hollywood Speak Out. It’s a compelling and complete read. Also fueling controversy, a female television business assistant gave a first person accoun…
Major Announcement - Top Comedy Icons Working With Stage 32!
The beauty of comedies is that a good comedy can make you forget about your troubles. Your problems seem to dissipate as you laugh along with and at the characters on the screen. When I think of comedies that pull this off successfully I think of Old School, Airplane!, Starsky & Hutch, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Naked Gun and The Hangover. So when Stage 32 Happy Writers decides to launch a comedy contest, we decided to go right to the filmmakers behind these…
Why Quitting Acting Is Not an Option
An actor walks into an audition and says to him or herself, “If I don’t get this part, that’s it. I am giving up acting.” The list of successful actors that have thought of quitting is long. The path is filled with rejection. You have to know that. Every time you put yourself out there, know that it may be "no" for now, but your big "yes" could be just around the corner. Today, I'm going to go over some famous faces that almost gave up, and, if they had, we'd m…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (November 20, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. My favorite kind of weekend around these parts…an Introduce Yourself Weekend! Be sure to head over to the Introduce Yourself section of the Lounge and get your networking on! In this edition of the Weekend Blog under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: Spike Lee goes on a 30-minute rant about diversity; why one studio is claiming that diversity is the key to its success; Bryan Cranston and 19 other actors share secrets for getting lost in character; Alexander Pa…
The "30 Minutes With..." Winter Series Exclusive to Stage 32 Members
The holiday season is upon us and it’s a time of reflection. What have you learned this year? How have you grown as a creative? What types of leaps did you make in the past 12 months? Like any good movie, what type of arc did you have? But, the year is not over yet and there is still a lot to learn. Over the summer we introduced our inaugural "30 Minutes With..." Summer Series. Exclusive to Stage 32 I hosted over a dozen educational webinars with some of our favorite execu…
On Stage With RB (November 2015) Announced!
It's that time again! We are excited to bring you the November edition of On Stage With RB - a FREE Stage 32 online webcast hosted by our Founder & CEO, RB. This is available FREE to the first 2,000 Stage 32 members who register. Whether you have a been long time Stage 32 member or just joined, this is an exciting educational (and entertaining) webinar we offer once a month free to our members. Each On Stage with RB has maxed out and had 2,000 members attend from all over the world.…
How To Build A Community And Stay Creative Even If You Don’t Live In A Big Movie Town
Do you ever feel isolated and alone? That your creative juice is slowly drying up as big ideas come and go without ever seeing the day of light? Are you looking at a growing pile of projects in which nobody has shown interest to, wondering if maybe you are in the wrong field? That maybe it is in fact not your calling? If the answer to one or more of these questions is “yes”, you’re not alone. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Your limitations are wher…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (November 13, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Hope you all had a terrific week. In this edition of the Weekend Blog, under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: a look at the biggest challenges filmmakers at the AFI FEST faced in getting their films completed; at AFM, indies feel the studio squeeze; 4 indie directors talk shop; the WGA East/West announces their choices of the 100 funniest screenplays; Keira Knightly takes a pay cut for a meaty role; top actresses are fighting back over equal pay rights; this year&rs…
Bouncing Back From A Terrible Audition
I once had an audition for a HUGE casting office that I wanted to read for. When it was my turn to go in, the casting director did this super weird move. No one I had ever encountered, by this point, had ever done it before, and no one's done it since. A SIDE HUG... Striped cat - casting director; Orange cat - me Being the naturally (hopelessly) awkward person that I am, I stiffened up and tried to smile, (with pretty much just bared teeth) and allowed myself to be s…
3 Reasons You’re Not Raising Money For Your Indie Film
As those in the film industry can relate, the majority of the time you are more likely to hear the word ‘no’ than the word ‘yes.’ This is especially true when you are trying to part the film financier from his money. There may be a number of reasons why a financier will pass on your project and you will no doubt here a variety of reasons from, ‘We already have a similar project in development,’ to ‘It doesn’t fit with our current slate of f…
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