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Networking in Hollywood
Today we're excited to bring you another clip in the 3-hour installment of our Founder & CEO RB's Film Courage interview, which discusses how to best network with people of influence. In this 5-minute clip, Hollywood Networking Advice, RB goes over the keys to networking with people of influence in a creative market such as Hollywood. He touches on the key points of looking at networking from the other person's perspective in order to increase your chance for success. Plus, he gives…
Finding and Pursuing your Passion
Today I welcome long time Stage 32 member Justin Sloan to the Stage 32 Blog. Justin is a video game writer, novelist, and screenwriter and currently writes full time for Telltale Games on such titles as Tales from the Borderlands and Game of Thrones. Justin studied his craft at the Johns Hopkins University MA writing program and at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's Professional Program in Screenwriting. Additionally, he has published short fiction and poetry. As if all th…
An Investment In Knowledge Pays The Best Interest
Hello everyone, Shannon here. For those of you who don’t know me yet, I am the Director of Education here at Stage 32. If you've ever wondered who puts together all of our Next Level Webinars and Classes, that's me. If you ever have questions about our education, how to watch an on-demand video or Stage 32 in general, that's also me. It’s been an incredible past couple of months for Stage 32 Next Level Education and we’ve seen record-breaking attendance in our Next Level Webinars and C…
Give Me Filmmaking Or Give Me Death
Today's guest blog comes from Stage 32 member Leon Pierce Jr. Leon is a writer, producer and director who recently graduated from the cinema program at Los Angeles City College. Currently, his award-winning comedy short Alcoholics is playing the festival circuit and he plans to enter his drama short Without Her into consideration for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Since graduating, Leon has completed roughly 40 films and his fierce passion for storytelling is nothing short of inspiring…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (July 17, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend everyone. An Introduce Yourself Weekend to boot. Within the ENTERTAINMENT NEWS section this week, A Hollywood Reporter journalist fires back against Dustin Hoffman; J.J. Abrams and company traveled back to the future for the new Star Wars film; Amazon announces the first film they will release theatrically; Quentin Tarantino hires a legendary composer for The Hateful Eight; a deeper look at Paramount’s shorter movie windows; an extremely comprehensive look at the …
The Most Important Page on Stage 32
Very often we'll receive emails or posts here at Stage 32 from members who are interested in learning how to best use the network. Most of the time, they're looking for the best way to stand out for a job opportunity, how to draw attention to their brand or work, or simply how to put best networking practices to use. Whenever we receive this kind of correspondence, there's always one thing we look at before answering: the user's profile page. 90% of the time (conservatively), the user h…
From SXSW to Cannes: An Actor's Journey
When the film you star in wins the Grand Jury Award at SXSW it's quite a rush. But, when you find out that same film will screen during critics week at the Cannes Film Festival, it's surreal. This scenario happened this year to actor Bryan Casserly, the author of today's guest blog and a long time Stage 32 member. Following a series of successful short films and gigs, in 2014 Bryan snagged the lead role in a short film called His Keeper, which won the Remmy Award for best dramatic shor…
2nd Annual Search For New Blood Screenwriting Contest
Dark. Twisted. Scary. Creepy. Suspenseful. Psychological mindf***. Bring it. We want it. Stage 32 and the Stage 32 Happy Writers are thrilled to bring back our (now 2nd annual) Search for New Blood Contest. We are looking for the darkest, scary, creepy, suspenseful, mind-boggling, most twisted scripts from undiscovered writers from all over the world. We are searching for NEW blood. We are looking for the top 3 unrepresented horror/suspense/thriller writers that come from Stage 32. Tha…
#1 Reason Why Actors (& Creatives) Get No Results From Social Media
Today, our Founder & CEO, RB, goes over the #1 reason why actors (and all creatives) don't get their desired results when on social media. And, the answer is probably not what you think. In fact, it's one that will cause you to step back and look in the mirror. In this 6-minute clip (which is part of his Film Courage interview series) RB goes over what mistakes most people make when they are getting no results on social media, the importance of social currency, "giving" and putting …
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (July 10, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. This week, sadly, saw the passing of producer, Jerry Weintraub. Jerry was a legend in Hollywood, a self made guy who defied all the odds and became one of the industry’s most powerful producers. Along the way, Jerry promoted Elvis and Sinatra to name a couple and always found a path from impossible to possible with a smile and charm to spare. For those of you who weren’t familiar with Jerry and love a good showbiz story, I urge you to pick up his phen…
The Perks of Not Being a Wallflower
Hey guys. Many of you have written regarding the special Stage 32 perks associated with supporting Crutch, the documentary I'm co-producing. Unfortunately, the way Kickstarter allows for listing perks, things can get quite confusing. We can assure you that all of these Stage32-centric perks can be found down the right hand side of the Crutch Kickstarter page. So to clear things up a bit, here are the 4 special Stage 32-centric perks associated with Crutch: Pledge $50 or more - Stag…
Crutch: The Journey Of A Disabled Artist
For those of you who have been on this site for a while, watch the On Stage With RB webcasts, or know me personally, you've surely heard me speak of my love for personal stories and, therefore, my love for documentaries. As I've said many times in the past, the most nourishing thing a creative can receive is support. It's the foundation on which this site was built. For any creative the process of getting your project made can be challenging. But being a creative with a disability prese…
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