Inspirational

One of my latest projects came to me like most special things do; as an unexpected and complex occurrence. It turned into a full-circle marker and an excuse for life evaluation. On the surface it was simply being cast in a film called McFarland USA.   However, looking back at the many roads I've taken, choices I've made, pure coincidences, improbabilities, sacrifices, and even evidence of fate, I can't help but feel humbled by the order and disorder of things that take us to different...

A reminder that this Tuesday our CEO, RB, will be hosting the March edition of the On Stage With RB webcast. RB has two amazing guests lined up:   Omar Leyva Omar Leyva is a passionate actor and artist who can be seen in films such as McFarland, USA, The Gambler, Pineapple Express and Beverly Hills Chihuahua and TV shows such as Scorpion, Ray Donovan, Community, Heroes, 24, Entourage and dozens others. Omar is a true creative that thrives on challenges and the human experience. He...

We could not be more excited to announce the launch of our official Stage 32 YouTube channel! We have loaded up dozens of videos from our 3 1/2 year history for your viewing enjoyment.  These videos include tips for a variety of disciplines from the industry executives we work with, clips from our monthly On Stage With RB webcasts, interviews, success stories and more. Our goal is to provide you with countless hours of FREE educational and informational material.  We will be updating the c...

When I was looking at ways to finance my latest short film, Cross, I didn’t have a lot of options. I’m not independently wealthy and I don’t have some super rich uncle. I was familiar with crowdfunding, but the success stories I’d heard of came from already famous folks reaching out to their pre-existing fanbase. I’d read too many articles about the majority of crowdfunding campaigns failing and I knew I didn’t want to put myself in a situation where it felt I was begging people for money. Bu...

We received an amazing amount of excellent teleplays for our first annual TV Writing Contest.  Our judges shared with us throughout the process how amazed they were with the quality of material that was submitted.  Further, our panel of industry experts who judged the final round went out of their way to mention that the winning scripts were on point as it relates to the character, tone, voice and story consistent with current programming. Stage 32 is excited to work with these writers to help g...

When I graduated from college and stepped into the world of entertainment, I was determined to climb the mountain in front of me and achieve the career success I had singularly focused on since high school. No matter what unknowns lay in the terrain ahead of me, I had the ability to conquer them. I was naive, I was unprepared, and I had no idea how challenging the path I had chosen would turn out to be, unstable and full of rejection. But of course that confidence, even if it comes from inexperi...

Just a mid-month reminder that we are in the middle of our 1st ever Spring Member Drive. We’re asking all of our members to take a look at their contact lists, their social media followers and friends, their acting, writing or other creative groups or the cast and crew they’re working with at the moment and send them an invite to Stage 32.   We're all in this together!   Every person who joins Stage 32 helps strengthen the community by inspiring more communication, more opportunity, mo...

We are honored that Film Reverie had our fearless leader, Richard "RB" Botto on their popular podcast. For 90 minutes RB talked with hosts Michael Bekemeyer and Brad Kingston about all things creative, industry, networking, filmmaking and more. Just some of the things that RB, Michael and Brad go over are: What you can do to help your networking to improve your career How social media is playing a large part into today's independent filmmaking Fears that all filmmakers go through a...

I am a filmmaker. That’s what I do. I am also a podcaster, a high school TV instructor, a dad, a friend, a son, among many other things I just won’t go into. You get the point. But when someone asks me what I do, I almost always say, “I’m a filmmaker”. The response to that answer always gets a head nod or comments about how interesting and exciting it sounds. But that’s only if the person I’m speaking to is not a filmmaker them self. If they are a filmmaker, the answers range from looks of...

Just DO IT! Don’t let a PASS get you down! Get Up! Go on and WRITE! Be successful by NOT having everything you want! Do you want to be a screenwriter? If so, you probably like to write and write and write. If you don’t like to write, this job is not for you. What I’ve realized about this industry is that it’s not as glamorous as everyone thinks it is. It’s hard work and you have to be proactive and highly organized to stay on track. Thanks to Stage 32, we have everything at th...