Introduce Yourself

Hey, Al Tessier. I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know that I moved your post from the Producing Lounge to the Introduce Yourself Lounge since you're introducing yourself, you're promoting your project, and the ways to connect with other members in the discipline Lounges (Producing Lounge, Screenwriting Lounge, Filmmaking/Directing Lounge, etc.) are making helpful/educational posts and commenting on other people’s posts. Let me know if you have any questions.

Reach out to the Success Team at success@stage32.com. Geoff and his team can help you connect with executives and producers.

Hi and welcome to Stage 32! It's great to meet you! This is a great community full of creatives passionate about filmmaking. Drop into some of our discipline lounges to chat and get to know everyone. Happy networking!

Hi, Srabon Ghosh. I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know I moved your post from the Read a Good Book Lately Lounge to the Introduce Yourself Lounge since you're introducing yourself and it’s promotion. Promotion can go in the Your Stage Lounge and on Your Wall. The Read a Good Book Lately Lounge is for members to discuss books that they've read and give book recommendations. Let me know if you have any questions.

Hi Eric,

Great to meet you, and thank you for sharing such a compelling overview of your projects.

Your thematic focus on power, corruption, psychological tension, and moral complexity strongly resonates with my own creative direction. I’m a luxury dark visual artist specializing in cinematic concept art, character design, and atmospheric worldbuilding — often working within noir, psychological, and surreal narrative spaces.

Projects like Breath of God and Reflection of Mirror in particular align closely with the kind of visual storytelling I enjoy contributing to: creating mood-driven imagery, character concepts, and visual development pieces that help shape tone, emotion, and world identity at early stages of production.

I’d be very interested in learning more about your current development phase and exploring how visual concepts or atmospheric design could support your storytelling and pitch materials.

Happy to connect and continue the conversation.

Best regards,

Hemense Philip

Jaki Lauper Hi Jaki,

Thanks for your message! I’d be happy to explore working together in the future.

Meshva Patel Hi Meshva,

Thank you for your message and your interest in Reflection of Mirror. I’d be glad to exchange ideas and thoughts in the future.

Hemense Philip Hi Hemense,

I appreciate your message and enthusiasm for my projects. I’d be happy to discuss the current development phase and potential visual collaboration.

Hi. That's very interesting. Which genre do you like to write the most?

Daniel Dove Both. I've queried managers for two of my recent pilots, while I continue to work on writing new ones.

Maurice Vaughan Thanks, Maurice. I appreciate that.

You're welcome, Mike O'Neill. See you around the community. And I'm a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. If you ever have any questions about Stage 32, let me or another Lounge Moderator know. We have badges on our pictures.

Welcome Mike O'Neill!

Comedy is such a fun way to let loose and express yourself. Wishing you all the best as you tackle your first feature later this year, I hope it's an exciting journey!

Zoe Cheryl Thanks, Zoe! Wishing you luck as well.

Hi, Hebert Mtshali. Great to meet you. I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know that I moved your post from the Filmmaking/Directing Lounge to the Introduce Yourself Lounge since you're introducing yourself and the ways to connect with other members in the discipline Lounges (Filmmaking/Directing Lounge, Producing Lounge, Cinematography Lounge, etc.) are making helpful/educational posts and commenting on other people’s posts.

I also moved your post from the Cinematography Lounge to the Your Stage Lounge since you made the same post in the Filmmaking/Directing Lounge. Stage 32 doesn't want members posting the same thing in different discipline Lounges on the same day because it can clog up the Lounges and other members’ posts won’t be seen. If you want to put a post in two discipline Lounges on the same day, change one of the posts significantly. Or you can put one post in a Lounge one day and put the same post in another Lounge on a different day.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Stage 32 has a blog that'll help you connect with creatives and industry professionals all over the world. Producers, directors, executives, casting directors, and more. www.stage32.com/blog/the-importance-of-community-and-collaboration-in-th...

Stage 32 had its monthly Community Open House Wednesday. It'll also help you make connections. You can watch the free recording here: www.stage32.com/education/products/stage-32s-january-2026-community-open...

You could also check the Job Board (www.stage32.com/find-jobs). It gets updated regularly.

Hi, Wyeth Dandro. Welcome to the community. I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know that I moved your post from the Acting Lounge to the Introduce Yourself Lounge since you're introducing yourself, promoting your drawing (it's incredible!), and the ways to connect with other members in the discipline Lounges (Acting Lounge, Producing Lounge, Screenwriting Lounge, etc.) are making helpful/educational posts and commenting on other people’s posts. Let me know if you have any questions.

Stage 32 has a blog that'll help you navigate the platform and connect with creatives and industry professionals all over the world. www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-successfully-navigate-the-stage-32-platform-...

Stage 32 had its monthly Community Open House Wednesday. It'll also help you navigate the platform and make connections. You can watch the free recording here: www.stage32.com/education/products/stage-32s-january-2026-community-open...

I suggest adding a profile picture of yourself and a detailed bio to your profile. People will feel more comfortable networking and collaborating with you if they know what you look like. And if you have a picture, your profile will show up when someone searches for you. A detailed bio will help you build relationships/network on here. You could add things to your bio like why you became an actor and filmmaker, your accomplishments, your goals, and what movies and shows you like.

You can upload a picture by clicking the gear symbol in the top right-hand corner and selecting “Edit profile” in the drop-down menu, then clicking the red button underneath your location and choosing "Update profile picture."

You can edit your bio by clicking the gear symbol in the top right-hand corner of Stage 32, then selecting “Edit profile” in the drop-down menu, then clicking the red button underneath your location and choosing "Edit Profile."

Hello, Zoe Cheryl. Welcome to the S32 Club. Always nice to see you faces and creatives here. The transmedia strategy of a script and novel of the same IP is a good move. Best.

Hi Zoe! Your focus on psychology and character-driven storytelling really stood out especially the way Take a Breath explores mental health and resilience. I work with writers on positioning and visibility when their projects are ready to reach the right audience. Have you started thinking about how you’d like this trilogy to be presented beyond the page?

Hey B.A Sins, thank you for the message!

I agree; authenticity is what makes the writing process so rewarding for both the writer and those who connect with the story.

It's great to be a part of this community and swapping stories sounds like an amazing idea!

Great to meet you too, Ruby Con and thank you!!

Hey Michael Dzurak. Thank you and all the best with the projects you're working on!!

Hi, Fabrizio Fracassi. It's great to see you at Introduce Yourself Weekend. Congratulations on all your accomplishments, and I hope you have more this year! I've been to Manhattan once. It's BUSY! I'm from a small town, so I wasn't used to it.

Hello,

nice to meet you, and congratulations on your great accomplishments.

Having a university background in filmmaking absolutely makes a difference compared to starting with passion and love alone.

I agree with you—Stage 32 is a great space to learn and grow within the industry. I personally feel very lucky to be here as well.

Dear Salisu Abdullahi Thank you for your insightful comment, I agree, when a project treats its language seriously, it creates a different kind of gravity. Swiss National Television certainly holds itself to very high standards of journalistic reporting.

Dear Morgan Aitken, I very much appreciate how carefully you read both the work and the intent behind it. You’re right about documentary editing training instincts that go beyond technique; it’s very much about ethics and responsibility toward the people being depicted, especially when the material carries real social weight.

What I’ve learned so far with Fuel is that the difference between “magic” and awkwardness often lies in very simple constraints: small groups and prompts that resonate with people and make it easy to inhabit a character. I’m still early in this iteration, but those patterns are already becoming visible.

I read your “About” section and was struck by your adventurous spirit. Wishing you much success with the production company you’re gearing up to start back in the "old country".

Hey Fabrizio, i went to the nyfa also, a lot of fun

Thanks for the invaluable feedback, Maurice! I took your advice to heart and gave the protagonist a clearer flaw and a personality-driven adjective to provide more insight into his journey.

​Updated Logline:

Driven by a haunting childhood trauma, a brilliant but morally compromised AI researcher (Rohan) engineers an autonomous ethical system to dismantle a criminal network; however, when he orchestrates a dirty frame-up to secure his version of justice, he must face an idealist ethics officer determined to stop a system that has begun to redefine justice through vengeance

And Marcel, as you suggested, here is the short synopsis to provide a deeper look at the story goal and the stakes:

​Synopsis:

Rohan creates Kara Kutu—an AI that enforces ethical boundaries where humans hesitate. But when his CEO chooses profit over lives, Rohan crosses the line, planting fabricated evidence to destroy him. This triggers a battle with Lukas, an idealist who believes that 'you cannot make a syrup of justice with poisoned water.' If Rohan crosses the abyss of tyranny to fight it, he risks becoming the very monster he sought to destroy. The stake is no longer just catching criminals; it's a battle for the soul of justice itself.

You're welcome, Gökhan Bulut. Your logline is really long (57 words). I suggest keeping it to 35 words or less/around 35 words.

Gökhan Bulut It's almost like a chess game. I'm really intrigued to find out more. Best of luck to you! :)

Hearing it described like a chess game was strangely reassuring.

It placed the story back where it belongs — within the frame of a film.

Not reality, but a note imagined slightly ahead of its timeline.

Some stories, when they get this close to truth, choose their own distance

Hi, Kevin Heap. Great to meet you. Welcome to the community. I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know that I moved your post from the Authoring & Playwriting Lounge to the Introduce Yourself Lounge since you're introducing yourself, promoting your life story, and the ways to connect with other members in the discipline Lounges (Authoring & Playwriting Lounge, Producing Lounge, Screenwriting Lounge, etc.) are making helpful/educational posts and commenting on other people’s posts. Let me know if you have any questions.

Stage 32 has a blog that'll help you navigate the platform and connect with creatives and industry professionals all over the world. www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-successfully-navigate-the-stage-32-platform-...

Stage 32 had its monthly Community Open House yesterday. The recording will be available soon (www.stage32.com/education/products/stage-32s-january-2026-community-open...). It's free to watch. It'll also help you navigate Stage 32 and make connections.

I suggest adding a profile picture of yourself and a detailed bio to your profile. People will feel more comfortable networking and collaborating with you if they know what you look like. And if you have a picture, your profile will show up when someone searches for you. A detailed bio will help you build relationships/network on here. You could add things to your bio like your accomplishments and what movies and shows you like.

You can upload a picture by clicking the gear symbol in the top right-hand corner and selecting “Edit profile” in the drop-down menu, then clicking the red button underneath your location and choosing "Update profile picture."

You can edit your bio by clicking the gear symbol in the top right-hand corner of Stage 32, then selecting “Edit profile” in the drop-down menu, then clicking the red button underneath your location and choosing "Edit Profile."

I got a network request from you does that mean you want to hear what I have to offer.

Hi Kevin , thank you for sharing this. Stories rooted in lived experience can be incredibly powerful, especially when handled with care. I work with writers on shaping real-life stories for readers and audiences, including development and positioning. I’d be open to learning more about your project and seeing how I might be able to help. I’ll reach out via email.

I'm a ghostwriter, Kevin Heap, but I'm working on other projects right now. I sent you a network request so we can connect on here. You could post an ad on Stage 32's Job Board (www.stage32.com/find-jobs).

You're welcome, Jessica Sorensen. What genres do you want to act in?

Maurice Vaughan there is a lot I would like to be apart of but my 2 favorites would be a sitcom like TBBT or Friends and a true story type movie.

Friends is funny, Jessica Sorensen. I don't think I've seen TBBT. I like sitcoms and mockumentary sitcoms! I've thought about writing some. I'd like to write a unique sitcom. Something like an Action sitcom or something.

Maurice Vaughan that’s a great idea!

Thanks, Jessica Sorensen. I'm going to try an Action sitcom. I wouldn't have thought of the idea without your comment. Thanks. I hope you have a lot of success on Stage 32! And I'm a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. If you ever have any questions about Stage 32, let me or another Lounge Moderator know. We have badges on our pictures.