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Coffee & Content: Low Stakes Stories, High Stakes Decisions
Coffee & Content: Why Your Next Step Matters More Than the Perfect Step
Insider Intel: Packaging your Project- The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
Talking Business: Key Agreements in Film Financing Part 2
The Author + Screenwriter Collaboration: Adapting A Novel Into A Screenplay
Coffee & Content: Why Your Pitch Needs to Be Human
7 Life Hacks For Creatives
Forbes Spotlights Stage 32 Certification!
Stage 32 Certification Featured In IndieWire!
Green Lights and Grey Areas: Expanding Creative Collaboration in Publishing
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (March 27, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. In this edition of the Weekend Blog, under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: The SEC finally sets the parameters for equity crowdfunding in the U.S. I have all the details. Also in that section: speaking of crowdfunding, meet the producers behind Indiegogo’s highest-funded film; the 13 breakout films from SXSW; the cameras used by the 2015 SXSW filmmakers; 46 directors talk filmmaking; why filmmakers shooting on film need to preserve their work; Ed Asner speaks…
Introducing the Stage 32 YouTube Channel!
We could not be more excited to announce the launch of our official Stage 32 YouTube channel! We have loaded up dozens of videos from our 3 1/2 year history for your viewing enjoyment. These videos include tips for a variety of disciplines from the industry executives we work with, clips from our monthly On Stage With RB webcasts, interviews, success stories and more. Our goal is to provide you with countless hours of FREE educational and informational material. We will…
Crowdfunding and Connectivity: Financing and Marketing Your Film in a Digital Age
Today’s blog comes from Los Angeles-based independent filmmaker and Stage 32 member Gerry Maravilla. Gerry graduated from Occidental College with a BA in Art History and Visual Arts and an emphasis in Film and Media Studies, with his short sci-fi thriller, Patient 1221, gaining particular praise. In 2011, Gerry directed a series of documentary short films for the youth organization, Casa Clementina. He is currently working on post-production of his next film, Cross. In today&rsq…
On Stage With RB (March 2015) Announced
It's that time again - time for the March installment of On Stage With RB. We are inviting 2,000 Stage 32 members to join us LIVE Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 1pm PDT for On Stage With RB. Stage 32 Founder & CEO, RB, will be covering some of the latest and greatest site features, speaking to members of the community and spending at least 90 minutes answering questions about the industry, your chosen discipline and just about anything else that's on your mind. …
The Next Voices in Television
We received an amazing amount of excellent teleplays for our first annual TV Writing Contest. Our judges shared with us throughout the process how amazed they were with the quality of material that was submitted. Further, our panel of industry experts who judged the final round went out of their way to mention that the winning scripts were on point as it relates to the character, tone, voice and story consistent with current programming. Stage 32 is excited to work with these…
Les Miserables & The Buttons That Held it Together
Today’s blog comes from Stage 32 member and costume designer, Alix Beech, from Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Alix specializes in the art of button-making and has worked on such famous projects as the film Les Miserables and the television show Black Sails among others. In today’s blog, Alix gives us a glimpse into an art form that plays a significant role in the wardrobe design of every actor and actress, but can be generally overlooked by the movie-going public. Alix'…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (March 20, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Spent a terrific week down at SXSW. It was great to meet and reconnect with so many Stage 32 members throughout my time down there and especially at the Pond5 / Stage 32 Filmmakers Lounge. The dominant conversation on the SXSW film side of things was all about distribution. The indie film community is abuzz from all the latest news regarding new streaming and online opportunities for indie content providers. Mark Duplass shook the foundations from …
How to Keep Your Confidence Level Up in a Creative Career
Today’s guest blog comes from Stage 32 member, producer, writer and social entrepreneur Amanda Toye. As a former creative executive for Little Engine and Sander/Moses Productions, Amanda developed over 100 drama, comedy, and reality projects to network and cable, as well as developed web series, interactive content, digital assets, apps, and other content. She is currently working in Costa Rica to expand film initiatives in the country. In today’s blog, Amanda points to so…
Reminder - Spring Member Drive
Just a mid-month reminder that we are in the middle of our 1st ever Spring Member Drive. We’re asking all of our members to take a look at their contact lists, their social media followers and friends, their acting, writing or other creative groups or the cast and crew they’re working with at the moment and send them an invite to Stage 32. We're all in this together! Every person who joins Stage 32 helps strengthen the community by inspiring more com…
The "Despised" Craft: Writing for Corporate Videos
Today’s guest blog comes from Stage 32 member Geoff Holder. Geoff is the award-winning author of 35 non-fiction books, has also contributed to magazines and, anonymously, to publications by other authors. He’s given dozens of presentations to organizations and conventions on subjects ranging from poltergeists and witchcraft to bodysnatching and "zombies from history" (yep). He started screenwriting in 2014 and has had two short film scripts commissioned, one, I plea…
Film Reverie Podcast
We are honored that Film Reverie had our fearless leader, Richard "RB" Botto on their popular podcast. For 90 minutes RB talked with hosts Michael Bekemeyer and Brad Kingston about all things creative, industry, networking, filmmaking and more. Just some of the things that RB, Michael and Brad go over are: What you can do to help your networking to improve your career How social media is playing a large part into today's independent filmmaking Fears that all fi…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions and Other Fun Stuff (March 13, 2015)
Welcome to the weekend everyone. I’m down at SXSW mentoring and gearing up for our panels and party with Pond5. If you’re in town, be sure to stop by. Information under STAGE 32 NEWS. Under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS this week: Big loss as Simpsons co-creator and animal activist Sam Simon passes at 59; the Midnight Rider sentencing is finally upon us – I have all the coverage; Christopher Nolan goes to bat on behalf of film; an Oscar winning screenwriter rings in on why h…
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