Michael DiGiorgio Jr.: Director, editor and producer in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Jessica Young
Pre-production

Is it better to have a completed Script prior to hiring a crew? Or is it ok to hire a crew and complete the script with them?

Pup Che

You cant hire crew before you have money... You cant have money before you finish your script, unless you pay for the project yourself... In the last case you can do whatever you like...

Anthony Gettig

Thanks for connecting! I appreciate you putting Christian in your profile. We need more people of faith making media. :)

Simon King

Interestingly I just had to reinforce this point with a writer I am considering producing for. He was so excited about sending out offers to talent and getting department heads contracted. SLOW DOWN!!...

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Jackie Sass
Unscripted films?

I'm curious if you've ever shot an unscripted film where you have a basic premise and characters, then you just film their interactions? Does this sound like a terrible idea, or have you had success with it?

Jackie Sass

Hahaha, Owen Mowatt!!! You know what is in my heart.:-) Thank you everyone for your insights. I need to start tapping into the talent here on Stage 32.

Douglas Eugene Mayfield

Jackie. I've seen business plans for two low budget unscripted projects. One was a comedy. I passed on that one because I could not find the laughs in the examples of story moments included in the bus...

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Erik Grossman

SWINGERS was largely improvised, I think. At least, they just had an outline of the conversations and such. Apparently, Toby MaGuire and some others filmed an all-improv movie way back when, and Toby has had that shit shut down.

Michael DiGiorgio Jr.

Michael DiGiorgio's Demo Reel

Highlights from films I've directed and edited from 2015.

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Michael. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

This is a network for you, built by you. Lik...

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Amanda Toney

Hello Michael -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that you...

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