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What Do You Do When Life Knocks You to Your Knees?
Today’s blog is an incredibly inspiring story from Stage 32 member Cali Gilbert. Cali is an international bestselling author, currently working on her seventh book, PEARL, due out in November. She is also an award-winning photographer whose work has been featured in multiple art galleries across America. In today’s blog, Cali discusses the struggles she had to overcome and the risks she had to undertake to get to the fruitful point in her career that she enjoys today. C…
Blog Update - "Did You Get Some Work Done?"
Those of you who have been members for a while know that the entire Stage 32 staff is always looking for ways to improve the site. Sometimes the improvements are major, like the new Stage 32 Meetups or Stage 32 Jobs section. Other times, the improvements are more subtle like those we've highlighted below. Big or small, all of these improvements are designed to increase your networking and career opportunities as well as enhance your Stage 32 user experience. So here…
4 Steps to ePublish
Today’s blog comes from Stage 32 member Brian Shell. Brian has enjoyed a prolific career as a writer having published seven paperbacks and a total of forty-one eBooks. (You read that right - forty-one!) In addition to his writing pursuits, Brian has worked as a cameraman, a production assistant on three TV commercials, and an extra in four feature films. In this blog post Brian, ever so graciously, provides an extremely informative step-by-step approach on how to electronically …
Shorts as Proof of Concept & Surrounding Yourself with Support
The March 2015 edition of On Stage With RB was our best broadcast yet! For 3 hours our Founder & CEO, RB, discussed Stage 32 site updates and had on 2 very special guests, actor Omar Leyva and Manager & Producer Jairo Alvarado! RB went over the Stage 32 Meetups section, the new Stage 32 You Tube channel, the March Stage 32 membership drive and much more! He then brought actor Omar Leyva (from Disney's McFarland, USA) on for an inspirational and tear-jerking interview ab…
Ask, Believe, Receive.
Today’s blog comes from Stage 32 member Chandre Laura Cloete of Hollywood. About a year and a half ago, Chandre decided to move from South Africa to LA to pursue her creative dreams. She has since built up a very versatile career working as an actress, boom operator, set crew member, and assistant director. In today’s very inspiring blog, Chandre shares her experiences since she arrived in LA including insight into her recent successes. In addition, she shares 3 special wo…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (April 3, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Quite the week around these parts. We added a couple of thousand new members to the community, had a spirited 3 hour On Stage With RB (On Demand soon) with actor Omar Leyva and manager (and Stage 32 educator) Jairo Alvarado, made some site improvements, launched an initiative with the Producers Guild of America and recorded a couple of podcasts. And that’s just for starters. You can read more of what’s been happening on the site and what&r…
Stage 32 & the PGA Women's Impact Network
The subject of the diversity in the industry is a hot button topic these days. Just yesterday Variety published two stories on the state of women in film not only as it relates to employment, but to female-centric stories (I'll have one of them for you on the Weekend Blog tomorrow). I'm extremely proud to announce that we have joined forces with The Producers Guild of America's newly formed Women's Impact Network (PGA W.I.N.) to shine a spotlight on women working within the industry and …
Stage 32 & Film Interchange Filmmakers Lounge at the TriBeCa Film Festival
For those of you who are traveling to the TriBeCa Film Festival in New York City, NY USA, we invite you to the Stage 32 and Film Interchange Filmmakers Lounge on April 13. On tap we have two excellent panels on using social media as a filmmaker and crowdsourcing & crowdfunding your film. We're excited to have amazing industry executives from Stage 32, Film Interchange, Indiegogo and Seed & Spark on the panels. Best of all, the event is FREE and you do not need …
Hollywood Insight Podcast
Our fearless leader, Founder & CEO, RB, was on the Hollywood Insight podcast hosted by Steven Trautmann, a longtime comedy writer in Hollywood. Joining them was actress Allira Jaques, a Stage 32 member who - just this year - used Stage 32 to help her move from Australia to Los Angeles. For a lively 45 minutes, Steve talked with RB about all things revolving around the industry - writing, filmmaking, producing, acting, education, the global reach of projects and so much more. And, All…
Part II: Finding Signs & Meanings on My Creative Journey to 'McFarland USA'
If you haven't checked out Part I of Omar Leyva's blog Finding Signs & Meanings on My Creative Journey to McFarland USA - Part I, you can view it by clicking here. Below is Part II of Omar Leyva's journey, which takes us through his landing a role in Disney's McFarland USA and what he learned as a result. Enjoy, RB
Part I: Finding Signs & Meanings on My Creative Journey to 'McFarland USA'
Today we welcome Stage 32 member and actor, Omar Leyva. Omar is a passionate actor and artist who can be seen in films such as McFarland, USA, The Gambler, Pineapple Express and Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and in TV shows such as Scorpion, Ray Donovan, Community, Heroes, 24, Entourage and dozens more. Omar is a passionate creative who thrives on challenges and connecting with the human experience. He believes that acting unleashes our creativity and shows us the limitless potential of thoug…
On Stage With RB Guests Announced!
A reminder that this Tuesday our CEO, RB, will be hosting the March edition of the On Stage With RB webcast. RB has two amazing guests lined up: Omar Leyva Omar Leyva is a passionate actor and artist who can be seen in films such as McFarland, USA, The Gambler, Pineapple Express and Beverly Hills Chihuahua and TV shows such as Scorpion, Ray Donovan, Community, Heroes, 24, Entourage and dozens others. Omar is a true creative that thrives on challenges and the human exper…
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