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Most people in Hollywood have no idea what actors actually do. Modern Hollywood sees the ideal actor for any given role as the person who most closely resembles that character’s “look,” and who projects a demeanor that most accurately parrots whatever performance the director and the producers might be imagining. In advertising, these are fundamentally essential performance techniques because portraying a product or service in a clear, specific tone is how you get people to invest time and money...

Good morning Stage 32 family! Happy Monday! I hope you are all ready to kick off another exciting and action-packed week in creative greatness! To help get us rolling and inspired, I want to share an update from a dear friend in the Stage 32 community. Late last year, I shared the story of Greg Mania, the winner of our 4th Annual Comedy Writing Contest, who wowed the judges with his hilarious semi-autobiographical pilot, “Mania”. Greg is a very talented writer who has written an independently...

Happy Sunday Creative Army! You have your coffee ready? In true Sunday fashion, we have some boiling hot content coming your way. Drink it in before your Superbowl Sunday festivities.  First up, let's get down to basics. When you are on set, it can get a little hectic and overwhelming if you are unprepared. Everyone has a specific job in order to help the production run smoothly and efficiently. In our next video, Cinematic J covers How to Use a Clapper Board. While this job is typically don...

Creatives usually don’t like being limited or bound by time. Expressing your creative thoughts through words, imagining worlds, coming up with plots and twists, and giving life to characters isn’t something you should rush. But what happens when you face the challenge of rewriting the screenplay? This task usually comes with a deadline that you need to respect. You can be the most talented screenwriter but if you don’t act respectfully towards the people who are willing to bring your play to l...

Yesterday, we were thrilled to announce that Stage 32 CEO RB's book Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers: Indie Film and The Power of the Crowd is the textbook for the first-ever crowdsourcing class to be taught at a major US university! This triumphant news is the product of a powerful industry relationship that has been years in the making between RB and fellow filmmaker, Marty Lang.  Now, it's time for you to meet the actual students from University of Central Arkansas who will be taking Marty's cl...

Today in the video below, you're going to see Stage 32 networking at it's finest which resulted in something very cool for our fearless leader, Richard Botto and fellow award-winning filmmaker and Stage 32er Marty Lang.   Back in 2014, RB and Marty met at the Austin Film Festival after being connected through our Stage 32 platform. A friendship grew as Marty went on to be a production manager at Chapman University and RB went on to start writing his book Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers: Indie Fil...

Officer or enlisted, active duty or the Reserves, by signing your name on that government document, you served your country. Through that service, you gain advantages over your civilian counterparts. Here are 5 of them that are pretty darn important when it comes to screenwriting: 1. It was Against the Law for You to Fail in the Military You signed a government contract that held you legally responsible, on a federal level, to not screw up. You couldn’t just quit because you were having a bad...

Happy Sunday Creative Army! Last weekend, we hosted our monthly introduce yourself weekend, and I want to personally say thank you for engaging in the most exciting one yet! We welcomed hundreds of brand new creatives to Stage 32, and exchanged warm regards with long-time members. Join the conversation anytime in the Stage 32 Lounge! Your next amazing connection is waiting for you right now.  Now, without further adieu, I hope you have your coffee in hand and are ready for this week's dose o...

When you are a creative entertainment professional, you never know when inspiration might spark your next film. If you have ever had the pleasure of attending a film festival, you are undoubtedly familiar with the live-wire electricity that flows through festival screenings. The energy and inspiration are so tangible, you feel like you can literally walk right out of the theatre and start filming your next movie! Well, in the case of our fearless leader, Stage 32's CEO Richard "RB" Botto and f...

Back in October, I sat in my chair and started a journey that really put a lot of things perspective. It was an adventure I never really thought much about. I love music - it’s in my blood. So, when I stumbled on the 21 Days of VGM challenge a while ago, I thought “Oh, I got this.” Making music every day isn’t so bad. Easy. However, I got a rude awakening. It seems simple right? Sit down, get some notation paper or open your DAW and make about 16 bars of music every day and to be honest, it wa...