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Talking Business: Key Agreements in Film Financing Part 2
Coffee & Content: The Genius of Weapons and How to Know When Your Script Is Ready
Insider Intel: Packaging your Project- The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
Insider Intel: 2025- Your Year of Breakthroughs (+ What's Coming in 2026)
Happy Holidays From The Stage 32 Team!
The Author + Screenwriter Collaboration: Adapting A Novel Into A Screenplay
Stage 32 Is My Magic Key To International Networking And Education
Coffee & Content: Why Your Pitch Needs to Be Human
Want Success in the Entertainment Industry? Start Writing Your Own Narrative
Stage 32 Certifying Columbus, Ohio!
30 Years Of Chasing The Dream Of Being A Television Writer and How It Came True
Over the past month we've been posting clips from the awesome interview Film Courage did with Stage 32 CEO RB Botto. These clips cover a variety of subjects including screenwriting, filmmaking, acting, distribution, indiefilm, the state or the industry, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, social media, and networking in person, online and outside of LA to name a few, and serve to provide you with some free educational tips and advice. Film Courage has begun releasing the interview in segments …
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (May 29, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Things are as exciting as ever. I'm still traveling internationally on business and even though Cannes is over, the meetings aren't. I'll have some cool things to announce shortly so make sure to stay tuned. We're running our first ever Instagram contest to find out how you live a #stage32life and to showcase some of the fantastic success stories that have resulted from creatives using Stage 32. You can read more of what’s going on in and around …
Self Portrait on Filmmaking (17 Top Filmmakers)
Nothing beats the art of brilliant filmmaking. Fortunately over the last couple of weeks we at Stage 32 had the opportunity to view remarkable filmmaking at the 68th Annual Cannes Film Festival. Our good friends over at Film4 had four films in Competition this year including Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth and Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth, Yorgos Lanthimos's The Lobster (which was awarded the Jury Prize), and Todd Haynes' Carol (which Rooney Mara won Best Actress). They have a remarkable talent for …
Discovering My Moment Of Truth
Today's guest blog comes from Andrew Bee, an actor, dancer and Stage 32 member from Toronto, Canada. Even as a small child, Andrew always knew he wanted to be an actor. Unfortunately, his dream was sidetracked, as dreams often are, and it took him almost forty years to pursue it in earnest. Andrew now has 17 IMDb credits and is finally living the life he always envisioned. In this entry, Andrew discusses the very common, but somewhat taboo subject of parental rejection as a small child.…
How Do You Live A Stage 32 Life?
Over the past 4 years, Stage 32 has had hundreds of success stories, and we love nothing more than seeing creatives network and collaborate on projects through meetings in this community. Introducing our brand new, first ever Instagram contest: How Do You Live A Stage 32 Life? #stage32life We're looking to see how you have incorporated Stage 32 into your creative career. Whether you have been cast in a project, found your camera operator, gotten a script optioned or co-produced a …
A Complete Stage 32 Member Production - 'Brooklyn Haunting' Short Film
Today's guest blog comes from actor, photographer, singer and Stage 32 member Felicia Mariah D'Ascanio from Astoria, New York. Felicia Mariah is a glowing example of how networking online (and in this case, right here on Stage 32) opens up doors and possibilities previously unavailable, and how connections made online can lead to connections, jobs and more opportunities in the "real world". Felicia Mariah discusses how she moved to New York with no contacts, yet almost immediately got in…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (May 22, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. The excitement continues here at Stage 32. Our panel on crowdsourcing and the importance of using social media as a filmmaker and/or producer at the Cannes Film Festival NEXT Pavilion was a smashing success. Over 300 RSVP'ed and over 200 attended. It has been such a pleasure to not only be invited to present at Cannes, but to meet Stage 32 members from all around the world along the way (we'll have more soon). Creativity truly is universal. You can rea…
Walk The Boards
Today's guest blog comes from Stage 32 member Annaliese Morgan, an author in Halifax, United Kingdom. After a 20 year career in veterinary nursing, Annaliese began a career writing true stories, as she believes people’s journeys are the glue of this world. To date, she has published 6 books. In this entry, Annaliese exposes her own true story - a remarkable tale of how one split-second accident changed her whole life. Rather than letting the accident destroy her, she used it to push he…
From Fisherman to Filmmaker: The Career of an Artist from the Scottish Highlands
Today's blog comes from David Hutchison, a screenwriter, director and Stage 32 member from Edinburgh, Scotland. While David grew up being exposed to farming and fishing, his true passion in life was filmmaking. Since beginning his incredibly unique journey, David has written and directed three feature films (one of which comes out later this year) and he shows no signs of stopping. In this entry, David shares with us how he went from filming whimsical, short animations in a cow barn wi…
How To Change The Thought In Your Approach To Auditions
Today's blog comes from actor, teacher, acting coach and Stage 32 member Marcus Giamatti. Marcus has been a working actor for 30 years, best know for the role of Peter Gray on the long running CBS Drama, Judging Amy. Currently he is a regular on the new Comedy Central series Big Time In Hollywood, FL. Marcus has had over 100 guest star and recurring roles on television, including NCIS Los Angeles (CBS recurring), The Mentalist, Monk, Fringe, CSI, Perception, Bones, Bunheads, House, Mediu…
Ten Ways for Me the Best Things in Screenwriting Came for Free
Today we welcome back guest blogger and screenwriter (not to mention, one of my favorite Stage 32 members), CJ Walley. CJ is one busy guy and someone who truly understands the importance of networking and being visible both online and off.Recently, CJ optioned shorts for production in Zurich, NYC, and Washington D.C and connected with an assistant for a top Hollywood director on Stage 32. He also contributed to the Stage 32 Success Story Video for YouTube (featured at 4:28). CJ is a true…
Dreaming My World into Existence
Today’s blog comes from actor, writer, director and Stage 32 member Carlisle Antonio from New York. After leaving his acting career, Carlisle took up writing and directing, but found that the studio system wasn't interested in telling the stories that interested him. Carlisle decided to take matters into his own hands, writing and shooting his own material thereby controlling his content from concept to completion. In this entry, Carlisle talks about the struggles he’s experienced tryin…
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