Filmmaking

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela "The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." - Herbert Spencer I'm very excited and proud to announce the launch of our new and improved Next Level Education section. When I first conceived of Stage 32, my wish was to bring education to all film, television and theater creatives r...

In 1973, I quit college as a senior. My intention was to screw the paper chase and pursue a career in the arts… more specifically, music and film. After bouncing around as a singer/songwriter for a while, I determined a person could reach a larger audience by filming or taping one’s band than by gigging in clubs night after night. I invested what little money I had in a Sony reel-to-reel video recorder and a cheap black-and-white video camera. In 1978, I experimented with a three-ca...

Since we launched the Stage 32 Meetup section last month, over 150 meetups have been posted around the world. The stories that have come out of these events have been nothing short of inspiring. We have received many questions about this new and exciting section of the site. Allow me to take a moment to answer the most common questions regarding Stage 32 Meetups and point out which Stage 32 meetups are coming up. As you'll see below, we have meetups taking place all over the United States, Ge...

We're celebrating the One Year Anniversary of On Stage With RB (where has the time gone?) and we have a killer show in store for our members! Joining RB is special guest Jon Sperry, World Renowned Acting, Voice, Dialect and Accent Reduction Coach who has coached such actors as Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rodrigo Santoro, Sofia Vergara, Zoe Saldana, Russell Crowe, Matt Dillon and Harvey Keitel! Jon and RB will be talking all things industry! Plus, RB will also have on Jake Detharidge, who is cur...

Two weeks later, we celebrated over cocktails. I had the opportunity to rub elbows with a few of the exec judges, the two other finalists and the fine folks of Stage 32. I met two fantastic producers I’m privileged to call mentors. I’m currently collaborating with one of them on a short film I will direct in June starring Danny Trejo, the one and only! I’ll be sure to post crew positions soon on Stage 32!   \ Stage 32, execs, and the finalists celebrating at the cocktail party of the Stag...

It just dawned on me. The end of April will mark my four-year anniversary since my pilgrimage to Los Angeles. Like most folks, my first year was learning the real ropes in the industry – mostly through trial and error. Although I served as a busy producer at a TV station in Savannah, Georgia with a Journalism & Mass Communications degree from USC (the University of South Carolina – sorry, not sorry Trojans), there was nothing at that time which could prepare me for Southern California’s entert...

The young lioness suddenly froze when she noticed me hiding in the shadow of a tree. Dark, feline pupils in yellow eyes dilated to better reveal me. Instinctively, I understood that I was prey. I backed up slowly as she stalked closer and closer. Suddenly without warning, she leaped and pinned me against a tree. Balanced on her hind legs, she thrust her front legs onto my shoulders. Her deadly paws closed tight around my neck. I could smell and feel her hot breath as her powerful jaws opened inc...

RB was on the highly popular podcast Entrepreneur On Fire hosted by John Lee Dumas and it is jam-packed with great advice! It's important for every creative to treat their career like an entrepreneur. This free podcast will help you, as a creative, apply some practical entrepreneurial tips to your career. RB talks about the first 60 minutes of your day, mentors, motivation, mistakes and successes - you don't want to miss it! "The only bet in life that's worth taking, in a lot of ways...

I was born in the sunny Fiji Islands and was raised on a small farm with eleven other brothers and sisters. Even though my father passed away at an early age, my mother, Lord bless her soul, made sure that we all got a good education. After finishing high school, I was accepted as an electrical apprentice with the Fiji Sugar Corporation and hence was sent to Fiji Institute of Technology, where I attained my degree in Electrical Engineering. A few years later and away from home, I st...

Part of my duty working for WNYT was mixing sound for the local news broadcasts twice a week. I took much more interest in it after my return, and began reading up on all things sound. For 7 months, I saved as much money as I could, and was starting to wonder what would be enough, and when I should consider moving. My mind was made up when I was working the morning of 9/11, when I saw the world change from the control room. I decided that life was too short to not go for it, so I put in my notic...