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FREE Webinar – “Deconstructing the Script: Oppenheimer (2024 Best Picture Oscar Winner)”
Next Wednesday April 3rd, Stage 32 is hosting a FREE Script Breakdown webinar called “Deconstructing the Script: Oppenheimer (2024 Best Picture Oscar Winner)”!
Stage 32 Executive Liaison Nick Phillips will guide you through the main story engine introduction, character arc intros, and the nuanced p...
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- 1 month ago
How cool - such an amazing feat of writing, turning physics into an epic thriller. Excited to hear Nick break it down.
I have the script already, Sam Sokolow. Can't wait for Nick to break it down!
- 1 month ago
Hey Maurice Vaughan ! It’s been a while! I’m back on Stage 32 after a period of absence. This looks amazing but it won’t let me ‘checkout’ as it’s asking for billing details and I’m based in the UK, n...
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- 1 month ago
Sorted Maurice Vaughan! I was trying to register quickly on my phone!
Hey, Kirsty Louise Joyce! Welcome back. Glad it got sorted.
FREE Webinar – “Deconstructing the Script: Oppenheimer (2024 Best Picture Oscar Winner)”
Stage 32 is hosting a FREE Script Breakdown webinar today! It's called “Deconstructing the Script: Oppenheimer (2024 Best Picture Oscar Winner).”
Starts at 12:00 P.M. PST/3:00 P.M. EST
Stage 32 Executive Liaison Nick Phillips will guide you through the main story engine introduction, character arc...
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- 1 month ago
Looking forward to this!
So am I, Sydney Summers!
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Nick Phillips
Nick Phillips is having a 24-hour AMA in the Screenwriting Lounge, focused on “How to Make the Most of Script Coverage, Consultations, and Feedback.”
Nick is a producer, former studio executive, and Stage 32 Executive Liaison. He has nearly 30 years of experience. He spent 15 years as a studio exec...
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Celebrate The March 2024 Stage 32 Community’s Successes
Check out today’s blog and celebrate with members who had success on Stage 32 in March! If you also had success on Stage 32 last month, congratulations! Feel free to post about it in the blog comments.
www.stage32.com/blog/celebrate-the-march-2024-stage-32-communitys-succes......
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Review Swap Group
Looking to start a group for filmmakers with completed films looking to trade reviews.
- 1 month ago
This is a great idea! What genre film is yours? Are you open to all types of genres to participate?
- 1 month ago
How cool, A. Cizak! I don't have a completed film to share, but I wanted to comment to help your post reach my contacts. I'm sure this would be helpful to some of my connections here on Stage 32!...
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Upcoming 8-Part Budget Lab! Create A Professional Budget & Schedule For Your Feature Film!
Stage 32 is excited to welcome Julie Buck back for this upcoming lab. Build your professional feature film budget step-by-step with guidance from an accomplished film producer and member of the DGA. Julie has budgeted & scheduled hundreds of films.
Anyone who wants to make a movie should know somethi...
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FREE Webinar – “Deconstructing the Script: Oppenheimer (2024 Best Picture Oscar Winner)”
Tomorrow April 3rd, Stage 32 is hosting a FREE Script Breakdown webinar called “Deconstructing the Script: Oppenheimer (2024 Best Picture Oscar Winner)”!
12:00 P.M. PST/3:00 P.M. EST
Stage 32 Executive Liaison Nick Phillips will guide you through the main story engine introduction, character arc intro...
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LAST DAY! Television Drama Logline Contest
Do you have an awesome TV drama pilot script to take the industry by storm? Send Stage 32 your logline!
The top logline will be given a FREE CONTEST ENTRY to Stage 32’s 4th Annual Television Drama Contest. And the TOP THREE LOGLINES will be entered to win the GRAND PRIZE at the end of the year.
The...
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TOMORROW – Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Nick Phillips
Nick Phillips will be having a 24-hour AMA in the Screenwriting Lounge tomorrow April 3rd, focused on “How to Make the Most of Script Coverage, Consultations, and Feedback.”
Nick is a producer, former studio executive, and Stage 32 Executive Liaison. He has nearly 30 years of experience. He spent 1...
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Don't Let Them Put You In a Box
What's up, Stage32 fam? It's been a minute since I've been on here. I've been in a deep creative zone for the past year and a half. During that time, I conceptualized a wild, unique, fun idea that's been bouncing around in my head for quite a while. I took my time, gathered my resources, assembled a...
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- 2 months ago
What's your new movie about Trey Alessio ?
- 2 months ago
Pat Alexander it's a unique take on influencer culture and the negative effects of social media!
- 2 months ago
@Trey Congratulations! I’m really looking forward to this. Hope to see on festival circuit soon. Social media truly is a double edged sword. Who is really who? Too many now think a “friend” is a “blue tick” or “red heart.”
- 1 month ago
Debbie Croysdale 100%! Can't wait for you to see it!
- 1 month ago
That sounds really interesting, Trey Alessio!
Spring Into Creativity: Harnessing The Power Of The Season For Inspired Writing
Maria Baltazzi shares thirteen practical tips to support, boost, and inspire your creativity this spring in today’s blog. Maria is an Emmy-winning TV producer, director, founder of Sojourn Media, wellbeing teacher, and Stage 32 executive consultant.
www.stage32.com/blog/spring-into-creativity-harne...
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- 1 month ago
I've been focusing on that more, Niki H. Taking care of myself mentally and physically. I was gonna write a few pages in a script last night, but I took the nght off. I needed the rest.
- 1 month ago
Beautiful blog, thanks for sharing!
- 1 month ago
Bravo!
- 1 month ago
You're welcome, Sydney Summers.
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Titanic 4K vs Blu-ray comparison: https://youtu.be/mM02OWNlTQQ...
Expand commentAliens 4K Remastered UHD vs Blu-ray: https://youtu.be/nqMiw8k07sU
True Lies 4K vs Blu-ray Comparison: https://youtu.be/pzvLwPvGQfw
Titanic 4K vs Blu-ray comparison: https://youtu.be/mM02OWNlTQQ
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Great share Florin. You could tell his work ethic “it takes about a week of me there all day, supervising the transfer, correcting every shot, every little bit of repositioning and working on every p...
Expand commentGreat share Florin. You could tell his work ethic “it takes about a week of me there all day, supervising the transfer, correcting every shot, every little bit of repositioning and working on every pixel of the image, and I don’t want to just phone that in and I don’t want to have somebody else do it for me.”
I admire too James Cameron, his movies, his dedication in making the movies, I admire him also for the scientific researches and his implication in ecology and environment...but in this case - remaste...
Expand commentI admire too James Cameron, his movies, his dedication in making the movies, I admire him also for the scientific researches and his implication in ecology and environment...but in this case - remastering some of his movies, I don't like how it looks.
I like the film grain look, but also I think I wouldn't have a problem with a "clean" picture (without the grain), if it really looks better. In this case, I think the use of AI (Digital Noise Reduction) for "cleaning" the image did some bad things too for the picture. In some parts I can say that maybe the image looks better than the Blu-rays (colors, light), but don't like how the faces look. It seems like (especially actors faces) look unnatural; they look like plastic or wax. This bad effect I think, is seen more maybe in the remaster of "True Lies".
What do you think about the look of these remasters, Amanda Toney? Are you fine with that effect that the digital noise reduction did on the picture? Maybe some people don't have a problem with that, but for me those details are obvious and somehow they get me out of the movie and don't want to watch anymore.
Yeah, I'm with you Florin Şumălan . The remasters always look cheap and take away the nuanced texture of the original films. Not a huge fan of doing this to the classic films...
Expand commentYeah, I'm with you Florin Şumălan . The remasters always look cheap and take away the nuanced texture of the original films. Not a huge fan of doing this to the classic films
Pat Alexander , I think there are many 4k movie remasters that look very good, better, compared to the DVD or Blu-ray versions (there is much improvement to the image in some of them) and I thought th...
Expand commentPat Alexander , I think there are many 4k movie remasters that look very good, better, compared to the DVD or Blu-ray versions (there is much improvement to the image in some of them) and I thought that these 4k remasters of "Aliens", "True Lies" ,"The Abyss" and the others from James Cameron would have an improved picture compared to the older releases.
I think the "Aliens" Blu-Ray version looks very good too, but I hoped the 4k version would have something more (dynamic range, colors, resolution, more detail...)
I don't like what the Digital Noise Reduction and maybe other tools like this did to the image of these remasters.
If you wish, you can find on this website many screenshots from 4k/Blu-Ray screenshots of movies:
https://highdefdiscnews.com/4K-screenshots/
Some of the 4K are put side by side with the Blu-ray screenshots and you can see the difference.
I don't think the remasters look cheap and I hope that more classic movies get remastered, but with an improved picture.