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Making Our First No-Budget Feature: The Pure Vortex Production Chaos (Part 2)
Green Lights and Grey Areas: Expanding Creative Collaboration in Publishing
Insider Intel: 2025- Your Year of Breakthroughs (+ What's Coming in 2026)
Stage 32 Featured at the 43rd Torino Film Festival!
Stage 32 Now Certifying the Dallas Film Commission!
A Practical Guide for Actors: Tips & Advice Every Performer Should Know
Part I: Welcome To Hollywood: Talking the Talk - Tips On Celebrity Interviews,
Today I welcome back regular Stage 32 Blog contributor, Dennis Coleman. Dennis is a writer, producer and director with decades of experience in broadcast television and feature films. Having conducted over 10,000 celebrity interviews in his career, I think it's safe to say that Dennis knows a thing or two about the interview process. Whether you're conducting an interview for a documentary, research, a host or for other film related endeavors, you won't find better tips than those below.…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (November 6, 2015)
Welcome to the first weekend in November, everyone. How are your yearly goals coming along? We’ll discuss that in another blog, but for the next three days, how about we absorb ourselves in some content and discussion points? I thought you’d might be up for that…Let’s roll. Under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS this week: a 68-year old novice filmmaker takes the indie world by storm; the challenge for indie filmmakers to find the personal/professional balance; Bullock and Co…
Creatives Need To Know Producers Are Looking At Their Social Media
You can tell a lot about a person the way he or she handles themselves online. Today our Founder & CEO, RB, goes over why it is so important that you "complete the circle" of who you are online on social media. He talks about how it is a key place for producers and employers to look at who you are and why you should put your best foot forward. In this 7-minute clip (which is part of his Film Courage interview series), RB goes over why you shouldn't do anything online tha…
Post and Sort Your Loglines and Screenplays
Hey guys. We've vastly improved the interface for posting and uploading your loglines and screenplays. Also, we've added the ability to assort your loglines in any manner you see fit. See below for more details! Big thanks to Stage 32 developer, Julie Zhou, for building the structure and senior web developer Tomasz Mieczkowski, for tightening the screws. RB Here's an overview on how it works: How to add a logline: OR &n…
Starting Up Your Own Animation IP
Today I welcome regular contributor Einar Gabbassoff, a seasoned technical artist and creative director, back to the Stage 32 Blog. Einar made his debut on the Stage 32 Blog with Jurassic Park - 22 Years Later (the CGI Evolution). If you haven't given that one a whirl, do so, it's a phenomenal read. And, for that matter, so is today's entry! I think you'll agree. Today's post came from Einar's impressive blog Renderstory and I'm excited to share it with you. Enjoy! RB
It Takes A Team
What do you do when you don't live in one of the world's main entertainment hubs? You take matters into your own hands and create. That's exactly what Stage 32 screenwriter John Radtke from Spring Green, Wisconsin decided to do. Upon joining Stage 32, John discovered there were a tremendous amount of talented film creatives in his area, so he formed the Midwest Film Group in the Stage 32 Meetup section. After only one meeting the group decided to produce a short film together. Now, month…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (October 30, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Our Director of Education, Shannon Stegall, the President of the Stage 32 Happy Writers, and yours truly are down working at the Austin Film Festival, but does that stop the Weekend Blog? Hell no. Let’s get to it. Kicking off this week is an interesting article from Indiewire that has spurred some debate – How Can Middle Class Filmmakers Make a Living? I’ve placed this one in the pole position this week and invite you to discuss i…
Stage 32's November 30-Day Write Club!
Writers...We love to procrastinate, don't we? Like all creatives, we do well with a bit of support and a gentle push. That's why when one of my favorite Stage 32'ers, the awesome Beth Fox Heisinger, came up with the idea outlined below, I immediately asked if she would be willing to take it site wide and make it a Stage 32 community event. To no surprise given her selfless and collaborative spirit, she agreed immediately. This is her party, so I'm not going to spoil it. But my extreme t…
Behind 'Fallen Stars': Premiering AFF Opening Night
One of the most exciting things about running Stage 32 is watching our members reach success through networking and hard work. Today I'm excited to share the story of writer/director and Stage 32 member, Brian Jett. Through networking, Brian developed a relationship with Stephanie Marin, a veteran producer and Stage 32 executive. Together they helped bring Brian's latest film, Fallen Stars, featuring Ryan O'Nan (The Iceman, Eat, Pray, Love) to the 2015 Austin Film Festival. As…
Stay Focused and Motivated - On Stage With RB Now Available!
The October 2015 edition of On Stage With RB was almost 3 hours jam-packed with incredible tips and advice! Up first RB interviewed Jeff Kitchen. Jeff Kitchen has been one of the top screenwriting teachers in the film industry for twenty years, and is a sought-after script consultant. He worked as a dramaturg and taught playwriting in New York theater, and is the author of Writing a Great Movie: Key Tools for Successful Screenwriting. Jeff has taught development executives from all the …
Stage 32 At The Austin Film Festival
This week Stage 32 and the Stage 32 Happy Writers descend upon Austin, Texas for the Austin Film Festival. We are proud to be a sponsor of the 2015 Austin Film Festival and we have a week filled with educational panels, events and more! We invite our Stage 32ers to come join us! Here's what's in store: We invite all our Stage 32 members for a fun night to celebrate the most creative community on the planet at the Handlebar Austin Rooftop Patio. This is a 21 an…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (October 23, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. A very full slate in this edition of the Weekend Blog. Plenty of content to peruse and discuss. Under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS this week: Martin Scorsese talks female-centric films; casting directors for Scorsese and other top directors share their secrets; Project Greenlight continues to take its lumps; the EEOC begins interviews in their discrimination probe; Jennifer Lawrence is taken to task on her recent diversity rant; a look at whether Paramount&rsquo…
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