Inspirational

This year Stage 32 is taking SXSW in Austin, TX by storm! SXSW has always, and continues to be, a leader in emerging developments in film, tech and music. As the shift for filmmakers continues to evolve into the tech space, Stage 32 is at the forefront of this revolution with our platform that helps connect filmmakers and film creatives all over the world. We have 2 exciting opportunities as you plan your trips to visit SXSW this year!   SXSW Mentoring Session - Sunday, March 15  ...

In the February 2015 broadcast of On Stage With RB we were able to increase the number of viewers with our new system, and what a difference it made - there were some great questions! For over 2-1/2 hours RB had on 2 special guests, Tiffany Boyle, VP of Packaging & Sales at Ramo Law, and actor David Banks, who's appeared in numerous features and over 100 commercials. Once the floor opened up for questions, RB hit on everything from filmmaking, acting, distribution and more, and then finished wit...

As many of you know, since day one, the Stage 32 community has been completely crowdsourced. When we were about to go into beta with the site, I asked 100 people to join, look around, contribute and if they liked what they saw to please invite 5 fellow creative peers to the community. We then asked the same of the people those initial users invited. Within a month or so, we had over 5,000 members in the community resulting in meaningful business relationships and projects being launched. We were...

Here’s a short story from my college days, which by the way, takes us back to 1973. My composition teacher, Dr. Walter Hartley, told the class one day that, if you are going to be composer then you have to start with a note. And if you are going to become a good composer you will pick a second note, and it will be the right note. Well, as a senior in a fairly prestigious music school (at least within the New York State University system), I smugly thought to myself, “Of course it...

I asked myself, “What are ya gonna do?” You live in Hawaii and you’re making a documentary film in New York City and you want to go to Europe to capture interviews? How can you find a cameraman in Europe? How are you going to raise $7,500 to pay for all this? And how can you begin to get all this lined up? That’s what I was facing back in August 2014. Let’s start with what I did to find an affordable, experienced, European cameraman. I turned to Stage 32 and did a search — cameraman + A...

I remember when I had my epiphany. I was sat slumped on my sofa watching Grey’s Anatomy. It was an episode where Dr. Hunt and the recently demoted Dr. Webber were putting together competing proposals to perform a difficult tumor surgery. While presenting their intentions, acting Chief Shepherd said he felt more comfortable with Hunt’s plan and Webber responded with this: “He doesn’t have a plan, he has an attitude!” And, for a brief moment, I stopped stuffing my face with chocolate. Th...

It’s that time again! Time for the February 2015 edition of On Stage with RB. Every month our Founder & CEO, RB, in a webinar setting goes over the best way to use Stage 32 to help your career. He brings on special guests who work in the industry, such as literary managers and development executives to offer advice to our community. Afterwards, he opens up the floor to you for a live Q&A session about anything and everything in the industry. Best of all, this is FREE, exclusively for Stage 32 me...

A special thanks goes out to Stage 32 member Dave Bullis, who had RB on his popular filmmaking podcast. On the podcast, RB and Dave discuss a wide variety of topics including RB's experiences at this year's Sundance Film Festival, how to market yourself, the state of the film industry and were they think it's headed, RB's latest screenplay and then closed the discussion with RB going into depth about his new book on crowdsourcing. There is a lot of information to learn, so get your pen and...

We are honored to announce that Stage 32 Founder & CEO, Richard "RB" Botto was featured on the cover of the February 2015 issue of Robert McKee's STORY Magazine. Inside the magazine is an exclusive interview with RB.  Some of what RB discusses includes his professional background, his journey from acting, writing and producing to starting Stage 32 and what the future holds for the site and the community.  He also tells the story of how he met his manager, David Greenblatt of Greenlit Creative, d...

Registrations for the January 2015 On Stage With RB were in high demand, smashing all previous records. As you know, we normally open registration to the first 1000 members. We almost always hit capacity, but this time we were well above. As a result, many Stage 32'ers were shut out from the broadcast.  We apologize for this inconvenience! In an effort to make things right, we've taken the following steps: 1 - We've converted the video at record speed and it is now available by clicking be...