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A Practical Guide for Actors: Tips & Advice Every Performer Should Know
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Coffee & Content: Know Who You Are, Know Who You’re Pitching To
Green Lights and Grey Areas: Expanding Creative Collaboration in Publishing
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…
From Devastation to Film Development: One Screenwriter's Journey
Today’s guest blogger is screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy. Caitlin received her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Emerson College, which is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best graduate programs in the country. An award-winning screenwriter at international film festivals and labs, Caitlin has two feature films in development: Wonder Drug with producer/star Alysia Reiner and Resistance with director Si Wall. Caitlin is also …
A Collaborative Effort
One of the coolest sites I’ve come across lately is called The People Project. It’s a tremendous initiative which aims to build communities with people around the world. It’s an incredibly positive space - informative, supportive, and progressive. Journalist Bree Marie, a remarkably talented writer and someone who embodies the spirit of everything The People Project aims to project, was kind enough to profile me for their latest issue and even more …
RB's News, Videos, and Tips (Weekend Reading Style) - August 17th, 2013
Hope you’re all having a creative weekend. This week, Lindsay Lohan bombs, Bruce Willis is STILL cranky (but now we know why), showrunners reveal their secrets, a tremendously cool video from the Breaking Bad writer’s room, trailers for Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and Lee Daniel’s The Butler, plus screenwriting and filmmaking tips, and…. Yep, Pepsi flavored Cheetos on the horizon… It’s a good day to be alive. Enjoy! RB
Fearing the Jump to Feature-Length Films
Today's guest post comes from filmmaker, Russell Hasenauer. Russell is a producer and host for the YouTube channel Indy Mogul which reaches over 600,000 subscribers. You truly need to check it out. They produce an amazing amount of interesting, relevant, and instructional content. Russell is also an award-winning short film director who lives at the Jersey Shore, but assures us he is nothing like those awful people on TV, and would rather everyone forgot a…
New Stage 32 Lounge Search
Hello all... We've just added a new feature to the site that we think will prove very popular and which should help streamline your Stage 32 Lounge experience. You can now search all Lounge sections and discussions by topic, title, name, and keyword. To get started, head over to the Stage 32 Lounge and start searching: Try searching for a topic or keyword: You can also search for posts by specific members: Remember, from any search re…
RB's Weekend Reading (and viewing) - August 10th, 2013
Hope you are all having a terrific and creative weekend. Back with some stories, tips, and videos that caught my eye this week. Along with some Stage 32 news (man, you guys got after it this week). In this edition, Woody Allen bares his soul, Johnny Depp and Jerry Bruckheimer spew some venom, Sly Stallone throws a verbal right cross at Bruce Willis' jaw, Denzel "My man, my man" Washington heads back to Broadway, and a report on how we're consuming media. Plus, …
Part II: My Big Move - From Visual Effects to Screenwriting
Today, Part II of Lyse Beck’s exclusive series: "My Big Move - From Visual Effects to Screenwriting". Click here to read Part I
Part I: My Big Move - From Visual Effects to Screenwriting
Today’s guest blogger, Lyse Beck, has worked on the some of the top grossing films of all time. From the Lord of the Rings trilogy to Avatar to, more recently, Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel, Lyse has packed a lifetime of experience into her twenty plus years in the visual effects industry. One would guess all this work would represent a life fulfilled… You’d be wrong. What Lyse really wants to do is write. Over the past few years, she’s dedi…
5 Reasons Screenwriters Should Dial in to the Film Festival Circuit: A Festival Organizer’s Perspective
Today’s guest post comes from the Founder & Producer of the Richmond International Film Festival and the Co-founder of the Creative World Awards, my friend, Heather Waters. Throughout her time at CWA and RIFF, Heather has been responsible for helping hundreds of writers develop material for the screen, and has assisted many in securing representation and option deals. Heather is also Founder & CEO of The Media Industry Xchange, a creative directory and onlin…
RB's Weekend Reading (and viewing) - August 1st, 2013
Hope you are all having a terrific and creative weekend. Back with some stories, tips, and videos which caught my eye this week. In this edition, Animal House turns 35 (They took the bar!), how Hollywood helped Hitler, Magic Mike heads to Broadway, Steven Soderbergh defends Spike Lee, Sony sweats Elysium, the possibility of less Johnny Depp in our future, Richard Linklater on being a self made man, some ideas on how to win over a casting director, plus filmmaking and cinematogra…
Improving Your Networking
Before getting into some new feature adds and tips to improve your networking here on Stage 32, my heartfelt congratulations to screenwriter PJ McIlvaine and literary agent Babz Bitela. After connecting here on Stage 32, Babz signed Pj over the weekend off the strength of her script, Heaven Sent. You can read more about how the connection was made here. I’ve known Babz for a couple of years now. She’s a tireless worker, a lover of good writing,…
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