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Coffee & Content: Low Stakes Stories, High Stakes Decisions
7 Life Hacks For Creatives
Stage 32 Now Certifying the Dallas Film Commission!
Making Our First No-Budget Feature: The Pure Vortex Production Chaos (Part 2)
Green Lights and Grey Areas: Expanding Creative Collaboration in Publishing
Stage 32 Now Certifying El Paso, Texas!
Stage 32 Featured at the 43rd Torino Film Festival!
A Practical Guide for Actors: Tips & Advice Every Performer Should Know
Insider Intel: The Studio War & The Rise of Indies
Talking Business: Key Agreements in Film Financing Part 2
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (June 19, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. And an Introduce Yourself Weekend to boot! Full slate this week. Let’s get to what’s what, shall we? Under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: The dark impact of Jurassic World’s $500M weekend; Exorcist director William Friedkin says superhero movies are ruining cinema; Lexi Alexander speaks out as to why more women aren’t directing on television; Turner Classic partners with Women in Film partner to fight gender inequality; actors ethnicities come under fire due to h…
Landing 'August: Osage County'
Today's guest blog is presented by Stage 32 member and actress, Cassandra Seidenfeld. Cassandra graduated in 2014 from both Columbia University and The William Esper 2-Year Conservatory. In her short time as a professional actor, Cassandra has landed roles in two indie features for MoMa New York's New Films/New Directors and the Lincoln Film Society. But her breakout role came almost instantly when landing the role of 'Johnna Monevata in August: Osage County for The Rep. In this entry,…
How Networking Can Help A Screenwriting Career
Today we bring you another clip in the 3-hour installment of our Founder & CEO RB's interview with Film Courage. Film Courage has begun releasing the interview in segments and we're happy to announce that we'll be bringing these videos to the community right here on the Stage 32 Blog. The wide ranging interview covered a plethora of subjects including filmmaking, acting, screenwriting, distribution, indie film, the state or the industry, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, social media, an…
How “Field of Dreams” Landed Me a CNBC and Cosmo Feature
Today we welcome back Stage 32 member and guest blogger Jennifer Rudolph. In addition to being an actor and casting director, Jennifer runs the Actor's Green Room, a company that offers professional classes and events for actors in New York and Los Angeles. Jennifer has always had a passion for helping actors succeed and believes that every actor has an organic spark that if nurtured properly can become something amazing. She has now cast over 40 films, has launched the careers of variou…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (June 12, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Lots of content for you this week. Let’s get right to it. Under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, a really cool story on Marlon Brando and his secret A-List Acting School. Having seen Listen to Me Marlon at the Sundance Film Festival in January, I found this story particularly interesting. Even if you haven’t seen the documentary (it’s getting limited theatrical and then a Showtime run soon), I think you’ll find this article quite fascinating. Also in that section: …
Be Selfless. Communicate. Engage.
At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Stage 32 had the 2nd largest attended panel at the Marche du Film next to Netflix! Our fearless leader, RB, and managing director Amanda Toney spoke about crowdsourcing and the importance of using social media as a filmmaker to a packed pavilion where over 300 people attended! Following Stage 32's standing-room only panel, RB sat down with Cineuropa, founded by industry veteran Domenico La Porta to chat some more. In this video, RB goes over: Mo…
What is Stage 32 Anyway? IndieWire Answers.
***Update - we are grateful beyond words for those who've contributed to the IndieWire article. Please show your support. If you haven't left a comment on the article we ask that you please do so here.*** At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival Stage 32 sat down with legendary and iconic Hollywood journalist Anne Thompson who writes the immensely popular column "Thompson on Hollywood" for IndieWire. Anne's pedigree is nothing short of spectacular having scribed for Variety, The Hollywood Repo…
Stage 32 Meetups Currently Happening Around The World - Is There One Near You?
A few months ago we launched our new Meetup section, so Stage 32 members could take their networking offline and meet others in their area to collaborate with. We've had hundreds of Meetups occur since then. I personally have hosted a Stage 32 Meetup in Ireland, Washington DC, Austin, San Fransico and Los Angeles, and have met some pretty incredible people at each Meetup. I hope you utilize this fantastic free feature of Stage 32, and to help you do so I've complied and answered some c…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (June 5, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Finally back in the States after a remarkable 3+ weeks of business (and just a little pleasure) in France. Stage 32’s presence at the Cannes Film Festival was one to remember and our panel on social media, crowdsourcing and the state of the industry at the NEXT Pavilion was a huge smash. I’ll have more on what went down next week. In the meantime, let’s get to the action. This week under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, Steve Martin ponders (amongst other things) w…
What I've Learned Composing For Film and TV
Stage 32 member Mathieu Karsenti is a professional music composer for film, TV and media with over 20 years experience. Today, on the Stage 32 Blog, he not only shares his journey as a composer, but discusses why music is so important and vital to the framework of a film. Mathieu has studied at Poinblank College, Berklee College of Music online and at the Hollywood Music Orchestration Workshop under the tutelage of orchestrator Conrad Pope. For Intricuts music, Mathieu has composed and …
Part II: The Journey of an Accidental Filmmaker,
If you haven't checked out Part I of Frank Rogala's blog The Journey of an Accidental Filmmaker, Part I, you can view it by clicking here. Below is Part II of Frank's journey, which takes us through the theatrical release of his documentary and all of the mishaps that occurred during that first screening. Here's to experiencing the lessons you don't learn in film school!Enjoy, RB
Part I: The Journey of an Accidental Filmmaker,
Today's Blog comes from Frank Rogala, producer, filmmaker, sound composer and Stage 32 member from Anaheim, California. After getting his first record deal in 1980 (at the age of only 19!), Frank has crafted a brilliant career in music and film, and is currently a producer for HollywoodTrax creating cues for Access Hollywood as well as 10West Music providing music cues for MTV and The Style Network. In part 1 of this 2-part entry, Frank reminisces on how he originally stumbled into film…
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