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Happy Christmas Eve everyone! With so many amazing Christmas movies having been made in the history of the industry it can be hard to keep track. The Rotten Tomatoes list is a great review. So while I'll be spending time with George Bailey in the next few days, there are so many more to choose from....
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Happy Holidays, everyone! Safe travels if you're traveling. Has anyone filmed a Holiday movie? What was your experience filming it? Or do you have any advice for filming a Holiday movie?
Happy Holidays Maurice!
Happy Holidays, Billy Kwack! That's nice of your sister! Was it for Christmas?
Happy Holidays, Laquan Copeland!
Hey Maurice Vaughan - I consulted on a $1M holiday feature a few years back. My biggest advice would be to play the game within the confines of the budget and schedule. Try to keep company moves to a...
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Hey, Sam Sokolow. Great tips! Thanks for sharing the advice and webinar! I added the webinar to my Education wishlist. Who knows? I might write a Holiday Rom Com one day. Knowing me, I'll probably mix...
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Happy Holidays! It’s the last day of Introduce Yourself Weekend! Monday’s included for anyone who didn’t get a chance to introduce/reintroduce themselves Friday-Sunday.
Don’t forget to comment on other people’s posts. It’s a great way to network and show your support for others.
Introduce Yourself...
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“Navigating Stage 32's Introduce Yourself Weekend!” www.stage32.com/blog/navigating-stage-32s-introduce-yourself-weekend-3460...
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“Take The “Work” Out Of Networking - The Importance Of A Polished Stage 32 Profile” www.stage32.com/blog/take-the-work-out-of-networking-the-importance-of-a......
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“How To Present Yourself Online To Book Jobs In The Entertainment Industry” www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-present-yourself-online-to-book-jobs-in-the-......
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“How To Attract Allies In The Film Industry” www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-attract-allies-in-the-film-industry-3706...
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“5 Tips To Make Networking Opportunities Valuable” www.stage32.com/blog/5-tips-to-make-networking-opportunities-valuable-3765...
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Filmmakers, I’d love to hear about your process when choosing a composer for your projects. I’m a composer specializing in film and game scores, and I’m always excited to connect with creators who value the power of music in storytelling.
I think I get what you mean Alessandro, it's a feel, a click, still many ways lead to Rome, but many more do not.
I look into portfolio's offered and listen if they match the vision for my project. Also I have to convince the team of my pick as a director, so experience and technical skills can be important. A co...
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Thanks everyone for the great comments and feedback!!
I have a composer that I've been working with since my high school projects. Kind of like a Steven Spielberg/John Williams type of collaboration. We met through snail mail when he put a classified in...
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It's a hunch thing...find 'em before fame does and buy 'em a beer...worked for me...
When I do storyboard jobs for film and media directors, each job is different in terms of the theme of the project and the script you get to board up the scenes. Here is an example of storyboards I did for a Victoria’s Secret Super Bowl Ad Campaign. This was a job I did with Madoff Productions. My t...
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Great tips, Rich Terdoslavich! How often do directors request changes to storyboards?
Very rarely. For this job, the director had specific visuals he wanted me to board. We had a meeting, reviewed over the script and knocked them out in a few days. Everything worked out and enjoyed working with the client.
Stage 32’s founder and CEO, Richard “RB” Botto, shares two videos in today’s blog.
“How Different Directors Create Different Looks: Pachinko”
“Global Opportunities Are Increasing”
Grab your coffee/tea/pumpkin spice latte/etc. and jump in! Happy Holidays!
www.stage32.com/blog/coffee-content-global-op...
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Happy Holidays! It’s Stage 32’s Introduce Yourself Weekend! Friday through Monday.
Meet people, build industry relationships/network, catch up with friends, talk about your projects/goals, and share your victories (small and big). And don’t forget to comment on other people’s posts. It’s a great wa...
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“Navigating Stage 32's Introduce Yourself Weekend!” www.stage32.com/blog/navigating-stage-32s-introduce-yourself-weekend-3460...
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“Take The “Work” Out Of Networking - The Importance Of A Polished Stage 32 Profile” www.stage32.com/blog/take-the-work-out-of-networking-the-importance-of-a......
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“How To Present Yourself Online To Book Jobs In The Entertainment Industry” www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-present-yourself-online-to-book-jobs-in-the-......
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“How To Attract Allies In The Film Industry” www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-attract-allies-in-the-film-industry-3706...
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“5 Tips To Make Networking Opportunities Valuable” www.stage32.com/blog/5-tips-to-make-networking-opportunities-valuable-3765...
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One of my cast members made me aware that one of the roles for the short film I'm planning on making is "locked/reserved". I tried editing the job to see if I could unlock it, but it didn't show anything. Can anyone help me figure out how to fix it? I get the feeling that it might be affecting other roles for the short as well.
You might need to email Technical Support, Tony Ray. support@stage32.com
Maurice Vaughan I'll try that. Thanks!
You're welcome, Tony Ray.
Brian Carlin shares lessons he learned from film festival rejections in today’s blog, like “Research Festivals Before Submitting” and “The Latest you Should Submit is the Regular Deadline.” www.stage32.com/blog/7-lessons-i-learned-from-film-festival-rejections-3957...
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Happy Holidays! It’s Stage 32’s Introduce Yourself Weekend again! Friday through Monday.
Meet people, build industry relationships/network, catch up with friends, talk about your projects/goals, and share your victories (small and big).
And don’t forget to comment on other people’s posts. It’s a gre...
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“Navigating Stage 32's Introduce Yourself Weekend!” www.stage32.com/blog/navigating-stage-32s-introduce-yourself-weekend-3460...
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“Take The “Work” Out Of Networking - The Importance Of A Polished Stage 32 Profile” www.stage32.com/blog/take-the-work-out-of-networking-the-importance-of-a......
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“How To Present Yourself Online To Book Jobs In The Entertainment Industry” www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-present-yourself-online-to-book-jobs-in-the-......
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“How To Attract Allies In The Film Industry” www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-attract-allies-in-the-film-industry-3706...
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“5 Tips To Make Networking Opportunities Valuable” www.stage32.com/blog/5-tips-to-make-networking-opportunities-valuable-3765...
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Don’t miss this Friday’s Stage 32 Community Wrap-Up LIVE on Instagram with Head of Community, Ashley Smith, & Head of Certification, Sam Sokolow! You can tune in on the @Stage32 or @Stage32Scripts Instagram accounts every Friday at 10:00 am PT/ 1:00 pm ET, to keep up to date on all of the wonderful...
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I'm excited to join you for this week's Community Wrap-Up Live, Ashley Renee Smith!!
It's going to be awesome, Sam Sokolow!
If anyone missed today's Live, you can watch the full conversation HERE: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDz8hvgR_ek/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&......
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I had so much fun with you there today, Ashley Renee Smith!
I haven't seen too many "worst films" lists but Variety dropped their today. Have you seen any of these films and do you agree or disagree with Variety's scribes? https://variety.com/lists/worst-movies-of-2024/owen-gleibermans-5-worst-......
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I haven`t seen none of the movies but I would like to see.
Goes to show how subjective all this can be. I've seen LISA FRANKENSTEIN on a top 10 list or two.
Haven't seen any of them! :)
Dan MaxXx - I have some major Marvel universe friends who still show up for the first showings and they said KRAVEN was unwatchable. They'd usually praise The Hulk going to the liu so I'm gonna skip t...
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Happy Christmas Eve, Sam Sokolow! I watched The Grinch, Red One, and The Merry Gentlemen this month, and I rewatched Krampus. Here's my watch list/rewatch list for the week: A Christmas Story, Die Har...
Expand commentHappy Christmas Eve, Sam Sokolow! I watched The Grinch, Red One, and The Merry Gentlemen this month, and I rewatched Krampus. Here's my watch list/rewatch list for the week: A Christmas Story, Die Hard, Christmas with the Kranks, Christmas Bloody Christmas, Jingle all the Way, Home Alone, Carry-On, and Candy Cane Lane.