Coffee & Content

Happy Sunday Creative Army! Here's hoping you had a happy, healthy, and creative week. What is your coffee of choice today? I had my first americano in weeks recently and it was glorious. Let's dive in - grab your coffee because I've got your weekly dose of content coming in hot.  First up, Vanity Fair sat down with real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield to discuss how Hollywood has portrayed space in the movies. Chris talks about the authenticity of the visuals used, as well as the actual scien...

Happy Sunday Creative Army! I hope you are having a great Memorial Day Weekend so far. This fine Sunday morning, I invite you to take in some film content while you sip your daily dark roast. Let's dive in, shall we? First up, let's talk about plot twists. Ever since Darth Vadar told Luke "I am your Father", filmmakers and screenwriters have been entranced with the art of perfecting the plot twist. In this first video, The Closer Look uses Rian Johnson's Knives Out to illustrate how to maste...

Happy Sunday Creative Army! Here's hoping you had a happy, healthy, and creative week. With everything going on right now, it is important to focus on things you can control - like soaking up new information and learning a new facet of the entertainment industry. So, are you ready for your weekly dose of content? I've got my coffee in hand and some piping hot content coming your way.  First up, the folks over at Indy Mogul sat down with cinematographer/director Justin Jones to talk about the...

Happy Sunday Creative Army.  Here's hoping you had a happy, healthy, and creative week! I hope you've got your coffee ready because this week's serving of content is coming in hot.  First up, Wired sits down with dialect coach Erik Singer to break down 17 actors playing real people. This video dives into different aspects of accents and performance from speaking while wearing mouth and/or face prosthetics, to how using different parts of the tongue affect your ability to make an "s" sound ju...

Happy Sunday Creative Army! We had another amazing week of creativity and community here on Stage 32, and I am keeping that creativity train going this Sunday with your weekly dose of Coffee & Content. So grab your coffee and settle in for some epic and inspiring content.  First up, Vanity Fair sat down with Leonardo DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino to break down Leo's character Rick Dalton in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. These two leaders of their crafts discuss men of 1960's Hollywood like...

Happy Sunday Creative Army! I hope you had a safe, healthy, and creative week. I've got my Sunday coffee in hand and some content coming your way to help you stay inspired, motivated, and creative while we are in quarantine.  First up, the folks over at The Closer Look have put together a comprehensive guide on how to do a fight scene. A great fight scene is made of much more than kicks and punches, and this video breaks down elements of cinematography, character motivation, and use of weapo...

Happy Sunday Creative Army, Here's hoping you had a healthy and creative week. I've got my coffee in hand and am bringing you some piping-hot content to help you stay creative and inspired while rocking self-quarantine.  First up, the folks over at Nerdwriter have put together an amazing video highlighting one of the many reasons Bong Joon Ho's Oscar-winning film Parasite is so cinematically stellar. In this video, they breakdown the masterful use of montage in scene where (spoiler alert) th...

Happy Sunday Creative Army! We are all on day who knows what of Quarantine, and I hope you are all staying happy, healthy, and creative. I look forward to sharing my Sunday morning Coffee & Content with you every week, so grab your coffee and get ready for some piping-hot entertainment industry content.  First up, Indy Mogul sits down with JoJo Rabbit cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. to talk about the script, lighting, and, of course, camera lenses and shot composition. This twenty-minute...

Happy Sunday Creative Army, Here's hoping you had a healthy and creative week. We had another amazing week of digital connections and virtual learning here at Stage 32 - and I am excited to say we have more online inspirational, educational, and aspirational content coming your way - stay tuned. So, is your coffee ready? Because your weekly dose of content is coming in hot.  First up, our friends over at Studio Binder have done it again. Filmmaking is a very visual medium, and the director i...

Happy Sunday Creative Army! I hope you have had a healthy and creative week. This past week on Stage 32 has been an epic testament to the power of our growing online community of film, tv, and digital creatives worldwide. We had over 1,000 of you tune in live from every corner of the globe for my Ask Me Anything: Quarantine Edition. This past Friday night, we laughed together over socially distant cocktails during our virtual table read and happy hour. Stage 32 is committed to bringing you ent...