Producing

The place for all producers to discuss, share content and offer tips and advice on raising funds, setting a budget, on set strategies and all other topics related to producing a film, television or theater project

Ashley Renee Smith
Don't Miss This Week's FREE Stage 32 Webinar!

Hey, Producers!

You don't want to miss out on Stage 32's upcoming FREE Webinar on Wednesday, March 13th, about How to Navigate the Cannes Film Festival Marche du Film taught by the Executive Director of the Marché du Film of the Festival de Cannes, Guillaume Esmiol! Whether you're going to Cannes or...

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Ashley Renee Smith
Don't Miss Friday's Ask Me Anything in the Writer's Room!

Hey All,

There's a new free 24-Hour Ask Me Anything happening from Friday 3/8 to Saturday 3/9 over in the Stage 32 Writer's Room Lounge! Stephan Dubreuil, Founder of Woolf+Lapin, Producer (GRAND PRINCE), VR Storyteller, & Stage 32 Executive will be answering people's questions about "VR & Interactive...

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Mandi Allen
Survey for doctoral research

Hello,

I've been a member of Stage 32, for ten years, most of that while I have been doing academic study. I'm currently finishing my doctorate in Transmedia and looking at ageism with the production of content. I would love to know your thoughts, as producers or part of the production team, and ple...

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Charlotte Grant

Interesting topic. Both in the context of :

- " Too old to have any good, fresh ideas."

and

- "Age demographics." content for 24 to 55-year-olds.

Anyone have an idea how much TV watching and streaming...

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John Michael German

Hello:

The Golden Girls were a classic that even younger audiences could giggle and have fun viewing. As someone who is 43, there are plenty of YouTube and other content that could be seen as younger...

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Mandi Allen

Charlotte Grant from my research the average older adult watches 9 hours + TV per day, but media stakeholders still focus on 'new' adults, who watch on average 1.5 hours.

Mandi Allen

I'm 52, and would not count myself as older, there are a few initiatives at the moment to engage older people over 50!! 50! A s a rule we seem to forget that we are living older, and boundaries change.

Ashley Renee Smith
Red Carpet Roll-Out: March 2024's New Educators & Execs at Stage 32!

In today's Stage 32 blog, let's roll out the red carpet and welcome some of the fantastic new Industry Leaders, Executives, and Educators joining our Stage 32 Community this March!

https://www.stage32.com/blog/red-carpet-roll-out-march-2024s-new-educato......

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Nick Phillips
The Return of a Producer Who Is Also a True Supporter of Filmmakers?

I was just wondering the other day what had happened to Megan Ellison, producer and founder of Annapurna Pictures. For a while there, she was backing "risky" mid budget, auteur driven films such as Her, Zero Dark Thirty, The Master, American Hustle and Phantom Thread, among others. She fearlessly ba...

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The Second Coming of Megan Ellison
The Second Coming of Megan Ellison
With her billionaire dad's backing and taste that money can't buy, she emerged as the town's most celebrated champion of prestige filmmakers - then vanished after a run of bad bets and erratic behavio…
Dan MaxXx

It's only money :)

Sydney Summers
Webinar soon! Pros and Cons of Your Representation Producing Your Project

Hosted by literary manager and producer Nicholas Bonner!

As a literary manager Nicholas Bogner has run the literary branch of Affirmative Entertainment for the last fifteen years. Under his stewardship, he has had numerous movies made including Wedding Season for Netflix announced in Deadline, Infini...

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Sam Sokolow
I am so excited for my new webinar!

Hi Stage 32ers!

I am really excited to teach my upcoming webinar, PRODUCING 101.

I love being the Director of Education at Stage 32 and I've had the privilege of working as a producer my entire adult life. I started out producing commercials. Moved into independent films. Then into television, where I...

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Sydney Summers

Excited for tomorrow :)

Gabrielle Nehring

I haven't gotten the email with the link to the zoom. Are you guys in?

Sam Sokolow

I am so excited for this webinar and can't wait to share all I can with the community members who attendees. Please bring questions. Or post them here and I'll answer them on this chain. I'll be on at 1pm PT/4pm ET to get it rolling!

Gabrielle Nehring

Really looking forward to this!

Sam Sokolow

I hope everyone who had the chance to attend had a positive experience. I'll be checking in here periodically and will answer any questions that I see. Thanks!

Ashley Renee Smith
Don't Miss Wednesday's Ask Me Anything with David Zannoni in the Financing Lounge!

Hey, Producers!

Don't miss out on Wednesday’s fantastic AMA with David Zannoni, Producer, Founder of Zannoni Media, Consultant for Freeway Ent., & Stage 32 Thought Leader in the Financing Lounge! David is sharing his time with us to answer YOUR questions about "Understanding Recoupment Schedules".

The...

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Emily J

Love David! This is going to be so good!

Ashley Renee Smith

Heck yeah, Emily J! David is so knowledgable and there's so much to learn about film finance to better understand the process.

Sam Sokolow
My new producing webinar on March 5th!

Super excited for my Stage 32 webinar tomorrow, BREAKING DOWN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCING: PRE-PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION, POST PRODUCTION.

I'm going to discuss the full process of producing films and TV shows from idea to delivery and we'll have a Q&A where you can ask me any of your own questions ab...

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Ashley Renee Smith
Announcing The 2nd Annual Palm Springs Women in Film & Television + Stage 32 Short Script Competition!

Do you want your Short Film Script PRODUCED for $10,000? Then you definitely don't want to miss today's blog post!

https://www.stage32.com/blog/announcing-the-2nd-annual-palm-springs-wome......

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Karen "Kay" Ross
“Survive Until ‘25” How Bad Could It Get In Hollywood?

Reading this profound essay in The NY Times right now, and it’s got me thinking…

What are your thoughts?...

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Dan MaxXx

Time to get a new hobby; no idea how someone makes livable income by just doing show business.

Shane Stanley
Ask Me Anything (AMA) Wednesday 2/28 to Thursday 2/29- Being A Producer & Director On Your Own Indie Projects

Good Monday morning to ya, Stage 32! On Wednesday, 2/28  I will be hosting an AMA here in the Prod. Lounge re: Producing and Directing your own indie projects. It's something I have been doing for many years, so let's talk about the pros, the cons, and everything in between on the subject. I look fo...

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Shane Stanley

Nick Phillips moochas gracias senior. I really appreciate that.

Geoff Hall

Ah, Shane Stanley that makes sense. Well, I’m fortunate as the writer/director of the film that I have a great EP and Producer to learn from. I’ll be taking copious notes! And yes, I will check out yo...

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John January Noble

Shane Stanley Thanks for the tips and time with us! Thank you STAGE32! This shows how you should conduct your projects in the future. Very useful ! You go hunting, get the trust and investment (money)...

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Shane Stanley

John January Noble thanks for the kind words… and yes sir, 100%. Now, go get em!

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