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For over 12 years Stage 32 has been committed to helping screenwriters at every stage of the process and have helped launched thousands of careers! Our Stage 32 Team is made up of members who actively are working in the entertainment industry! All you have to do is shoot us an email at success@stage32.com and we can help you navigate your career no matter what stage you are at!
Whether you are brand new to writing and trying to hone your craft, to a mid-point where you're starting to get some traction and recognition in contests but wanting to take the next step, or if you are a paid professional in screenwriting, we are here to help you. We talk all day every day with executives in the business and help matchmake creators with film & TV makers and we absolutely love it!
Our Stage 32 team is the best in the industry. Our CEO produced the creator of EUPHORIA Sam Levinson's Sundance winning film and has sold feature film screenplays and an original TV series to a mini major studio which has an Apple Showrunner attached. Our Executive Liaison Nick Phillips is a producer and started his career as a studio executive at SONY and Miramax. He just had BARRON'S COVE come out from Mandalay and REVERSE THE CURSE with David Duchovney. Our Managing Director is a producer who just sold a TV show to USA. I ran development for ImageNation and developed FLIGHT, BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL and THE HELP. Our Marketing Coordinator was the production coordinator for all of White Labels' unscripted slate (Savage X Fenty with Rihanna, Can't Cancel Pride for iHeart & Hulu, Masked Singer: Japan, etc.), our Certification Director is a 2-time Emmy nominated producer on NatGeo/Disney's GENIUS, our international certification producer has worked on over 200 international films and is the President of Canacine Quintana Roo in Latin America for all filming in that region. Our Executive Assistant produces Stage 32 education programming for the Cannes Film Festival and FOCUS London. The rest of our team started their careers at places like Circle of Confusion, Buchwald, Pierce Law Group, Marsh Entertainment, Third Hill Entertainment.
Between our collective experience on our team, over 12 years of running Stage 32 and our current partnerships with companies like Netflix, Canon, the Cannes Film Festival, American Film Market and dozens of film commissions around the world we really pride ourselves on having our finger on the pulse of the business!
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Fingers crossed Joohee Muromcew You got this!!
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Joohee Muromcew -when you’re meeting with an executive the purpose of your call is to develop your script to the point where it’s attractive for a producer or a buyer to want to take it on and to deve...
Expand commentJoohee Muromcew -when you’re meeting with an executive the purpose of your call is to develop your script to the point where it’s attractive for a producer or a buyer to want to take it on and to develop it. That means an executive will be looking at your script for 2 things - 1 the story itself 2) the business potential of your script. to prepare for your call, first, I would take the time working with the executive on your story - drill into what can make your characters better, what can make your plot points better, what can make your voice stand out etc. He or she reads dozens of scripts a week and so you will want to learn from their notes what will make your story stand out amongst the dozens of professional scripts that are floating around town right now. You want to figure out how you can get a competitive edge there. Second, I would take time to learn what you can do to help make your script more attractive to a producer that can get you towards a green light. An executive will be able to provide you feedback and what could make it easier for someone to say yes to picking it up. This could mean combining scenes, reducing characters or figuring out ways to keep the budget down. There’s a variety of different things that you’ll have to keep an open mind to when you have the call. The number one thing to keep in mind is that executives are in your corner. They absolutely love storytelling and they love working with writers. Their purpose is to help the stories become the best they could be in order to get them made. This business is very difficult. It’s very hard to get anything made. Executive’s jobs are to do everything possible to try and get a script to where it needs to be in order to get it made. So know that the person on the other end of the call is completely in your corner and no matter what you want to get out of the call he or she is there to help you get exactly that. Don’t be nervous. Don’t be scared. Be confident in what you’ve written and be open minded. This is the collaborative part of the process where it starts to get fun.
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Some great advice here already, Joohee Muromcew. I'll just add to remember that the exec is a human being with goals (and job responsibilities) just like you. They want to help and, of course, they wa...
Expand commentSome great advice here already, Joohee Muromcew. I'll just add to remember that the exec is a human being with goals (and job responsibilities) just like you. They want to help and, of course, they want to find great material - it makes their job easier. As Matthew Parvin said, just be yourself and enjoy the time.
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Just remember that it is someone experiencing your work for the very first time, like anyone else reviewing your work going forward. Consider the notes they're giving to you from their perspective. If...
Expand commentJust remember that it is someone experiencing your work for the very first time, like anyone else reviewing your work going forward. Consider the notes they're giving to you from their perspective. If there is a note you don't unnderstand, feel free to get them to clarify for you, it may help to give you insight into the reviewer's process and what they're looking for.
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Keep us updated on how it goes! Now we’re all invested :)