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Insider Intel: The Studio War & The Rise of Indies
Coffee & Content: The Genius of Weapons and How to Know When Your Script Is Ready
Stage 32 Certification Featured In IndieWire!
7 Life Hacks For Creatives
Insider Intel: Packaging your Project- The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
Green Lights and Grey Areas: Expanding Creative Collaboration in Publishing
Insider Intel: 2025- Your Year of Breakthroughs (+ What's Coming in 2026)
Stage 32 Now Certifying Centro de Portugal Film Commission!
Making Our First No-Budget Feature: The Pure Vortex Production Chaos (Part 2)
Coffee & Content: Know Who You Are, Know Who You’re Pitching To
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions, and Other Fun Stuff
Hope you're all having a creative weekend…Let's get right to it! In Stage 32 news, Pitchfest 2 is on, Next Level Webinars are a go, and some tremendous Lounge discussions were started by members of the community. In the entertainment world, the Producer's Guild aims to clamp down on producing credits, Disney delays Pirates 5, AMC kills The Killing, and FX is bringing American Psycho to the small screen. In our videos section, there's a can't miss parody of The Newsroom, a …
All Aboard: The Filmmaker's Journey
Today's guest post comes from one of my favorite 32'ers. He was one of the earliest members of the community and immediately led by example through contributing, assisting, and sharing his knowledge with the network. Additionally, his work ethic and dedication to his craft is nothing short of inspiring. Oh, and he's talented as hell. Edwin Adrian Nieves is a film director from Tarrytown, New York. He freelances in film and video production with…
Introducing Stage 32 Next Level Webinars
As part of our "Next Phase" series, we are proud to introduce Stage 32 Next Level Webinars. Stage 32 has joined forces with some of the most knowledgable, influential, and accomplished minds from the film, television, and theater industries in an effort to bring the community webinars and classes which will help further your abilities in your chosen craft and take your career to the next level. Have questions on how to land a manager or agent? How to launch a successful …
The Next Phase of The Next Phase
A couple of weeks ago, I made a post here speaking to the next phase of Stage 32. Our plan was to introduce new opportunities and educational features and events into the community. This past weekend, we had the first phase of The Stage 32 Creativefest: The Stage 32 and Happy Writers Online Pitchfest. It was a rousing success. Eight managers and producers heard over 200 pitches from Stage 32 screenwriters. Every one of them left their session blown away n…
RB's News, Videos, and Tips (Weekend Reading Style) - September 6th, 2013
Hope you're all having a creative weekend. Let's see what's going on… Jack Nicholson retires… then doesn't, studio heads are in fear, but will inevitably do nothing about it, Betty White and Breaking Bad have something in common, Vin Diesel pulls the wool over our eyes, Robert DeNiro stars in another mob comedy, and VOD is changing the distribution model for independent films. Plus, some cool acting, writing, and filmmaking tips I think you…
char·act·er - A Stage 32 Exclusive
One of the best films I've seen on the festival circuit over the last few years is a documentary called char·ac·ter. Featuring some of the most accomplished craftsmen of the last 50 years including Sydney Pollack, Peter Falk, Harry Dean Stanton, and Charles Grodin, it's a brilliant examination of what makes an actor tick – the motivations, the fears, and the challenges. I was so enamored with this film, I caught it three times along the way. I viewed …
Part II: Bottom Line on Above the Title
To read Part I of Diane's guest post, click here.
Part I: Bottom Line on Above the Title
A huge shoutout and welcome to all our new members from the UK. Great to have you in the community! In your honor, today’s guest blog comes to us from across the pond. Diane Messias lives in London and is a former BBC Comedy Producer/Director (One Foot In The Grave, The News Quiz). Also with extensive experience in theatre, Diane has worked as a freelance comedy writer for the past 20 years, and teaches comedy writing and standup at Secret of Comedy. She i…
RB's News, Videos, and Tips (Weekend Reading Style) - August 30th, 2013
Hope you're all having a creative weekend. Some cool acting, filmmaking, and screenwriting tips I think you'll find interesting and helpful. In the entertainment world, the mayor of Los Angeles declares a state of "Emergency" as film and TV production flees Hollywood, The New Republic says Hollywood is in trouble and we're ALL going to pay (cue the dramatic music), JT wants to channel his inner Riddler, Clooney pisses off the mild mannered folks of Venice, Kyl…
Introducing the Stage 32 Worldwide Creativefest
A quest for education, representation, options, sales, and career changing connections. How would you like to get beyond the ivory gates, past the thorny forest of “no unsolicited material”, and pitch your screenplay directly to some of the most active and influential managers and producers in Hollywood? How would you like to share your reel, perform a monologue, and receive invaluable feedback from producers and casting agents who have not only have discovered and cast som…
The Next Phase
Next week will mark two years since we launched Stage 32. During our first phase of development, we approached various industry friends and colleagues and asked them to help us populate the network by inviting at least 5 fellow creatives to the community. To our surprise and pleasure, the concept of Stage 32 was so well received many went above and beyond, inviting twenty, thirty, and in a few cases more than fifty people to become first adopters. By the time we officially launched St…
RB's News, Videos, and Tips (Weekend Reading Style) - August 23rd, 2013
Hope you’re all having a creative weekend. This week, one of the greats, Elmore “Get Shorty” Leonard, has passed, Netflix scores a win, Duck Dynasty roars, 7 box office questions heading into the fall, Melanie Griffith says Hollywood screenplays are shit, Ben Affleck dons tights, and Woody Allen goes pimpin’. Plus, 23 literary query letters that worked, 17 reasons why women are better film directors, and we’re still talkin’ Breaking Bad! An…
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