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Bill Brock
Time to hang up the keyboard. The reason I’m writing my 9th and FINAL feature screenplay.

Hello, all you “Fancy Talk” screenwriters.

After watching the attached YouTube video, I’ve come to the conclusion that the film industry is dying…. Quickly. SO many industry folk are currently unemployed. Viewers are no longer attending theaters. Hell, even I’m guilty of it. I saw 6 movies that pique...

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Emilia-Maria

this is why I am writing TV shows instead. Easy access for the viewer, mostly.

Göran Johansson

My perspective. If Hollywood disappears, more room for people like me who do no-budget filming.

I don't live in USA. Here in Sweden, the film industry is subsidized by the taxpayers. Just as in many ot...

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Michael Thorn

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Leonardo Ramirez

Sharing so many of my colleagues and friends sentiments Bill Brock - I haven't been in quite a while but it's not the end. It's simply morphing into a different animal. And I couldn't stop creating ev...

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Bill Brock

Michael Thorn Swing over to YouTube and type the title into the search box. It’s there.

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Peter D. Marshall
Creating a Shooting Script from the Story Script

When a script is first written, it usually has no scene numbers and is unofficially called a “story script”. These scripts also tend to have more “written exposition” to help the story flow evenly from one scene to the next, which helps the reader better understand the narrative flow of the story -...

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Mike Boas

I agree with Shadow, though on low budget films I’ve worked on as AD, that job fell to me.

Generally, it’s not that hard for a good writer to construct their script correctly the first time so very li...

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David Ramey Gordon

Thats Hard Stuff. Great Insight. I can come up with a story line like no problem.. got like 600 of them.. but turning it to script is so much harder. Any of you want an idea to work on, just ask.. You guys work Magic.

Muhammad Muhammad

So a story script can be thought of easily but the script writing is the hardest part, script writers work hard alot

P. Oken

So, basically a story script differs from a shooting script?

Peter D. Marshall

Thank you all for the different comments regarding the difference between the story script and a shooting script. Like most things in this business, there is no "fast and hard rule" about how, or when...

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Nico Tramontana
No one shows up

What do you do if the executive you paid for never shows up to the zoom pitch session?

Ewan Dunbar

Contact support on here. They're good at contacting the executive to see if there was a technical problem and re-schedule.

Sanna Peth

If that happens, I would definitely recommend reaching out to the Stage32 team and letting them know. They’re usually very helpful in situations like this and can often help reschedule the pitch session.

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Elara Wright
Last message before morning

Genre: Psychological Thriller

What if the only person trying to save you… is the version of you that already failed?

Daniel works the night shift in a silent office complex where nothing ever happens. Until one night, his phone lights up with a voicemail sent from his own number.

The voice sounds like...

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Michael Dzurak

Interesting. Sounds like a real-time contained thriller. I'd read it.

Alex Bridge

That’s right up my alley!

Abhijeet Aade

Elara Wright Really intriguing concept. The idea of receiving messages from a future version of yourself is a great psychological hook, and the twist that the warnings might actually be guiding the di...

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Philip Sedgwick

Reminiscent of "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg."

Huneyn Ja'afri

wow

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Good Evening!!

Hello Everyone!! My name’s Yolanda, I am very new to the acting world and industry, I am 21 and I am just starting on my journey and am trying to find like minded people and opportunities. I hope everyone has had a great day so far!

Sharda Crawford

Hi Yolanda, welcome. You’re definitely in the right place to learn, grow, and meet like-minded people. Wishing you all the best on your journey.

Pat Alexander

Hey Yolanda Perez welcome to the community. What inspires you to act?

Anne Leighton

Yolanda, have a great time. I'm a music publicist and writer in a wonderful New York City borough.

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Abhijeet Aade
Director–Writer from Mumbai, India – Excited to Join the Stage 32 Community

Hello everyone,

I’m Abhijeet Aade, a director–writer based in Mumbai, India.

I’ve recently completed my feature-length indie romantic drama script Pie & Coffee, which I’m preparing for festival submissions and industry outreach.

As a filmmaker, I’m passionate about intimate, character-driven storytelli...

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Debbie Elicksen

Abhijeet Aade Welcome! One way to navigate and get the best out of Stage 32 is to sift through the Lounge section and check out the conversations that resonate. The Blog section has lots of tips and t...

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Abhijeet Aade

Debbie Elicksen Thank you for the advice, I appreciate it. I’ll definitely explore the Lounge and Blog sections more. It’s great to be part of the community and learn from the conversations here....

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Georgina Bedford

Hi, I love the title and I'm with you on the character-driven storytelling and simple yet meaningful moments, I like to think I've also written a few of those. Best of Luck with connections and getting your script read.

Abhijeet Aade

Georgina Bedford Hi Georgina, thank you so much for the kind words. I’m really glad you connect with character-driven storytelling as well. Those simple, meaningful moments between characters are ofte...

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Eva Mathews
Script consulting for medical accuracy

Hi all, new here. I am a doctor finishing up training in family medicine in the LA area, so I have been exposed to and trained in almost everything medical and medicine related- in hospital and ORs and ERs and outside in clinics and urgent cares and street medicine. Here for any medical accuracy reviews you might need!

Leonardo Ramirez

Great to meet you Eva Mathews - what an incredible service to offer for medical accuracy. Glad you're with us on Stage 32. Here’s a great blog post for navigating Stage 32: www.stage32.com/blog/naviga...

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Joe Flesch

Hi Eva, what a coincidence. I just watched the movie "Not As A Stranger" yesterday from 1955 with Robert Mitchum and Olivia de Havilland. They spit out medical terms that flew over my head. Although t...

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Maria Caeiro
What’s the hard truth you learned the hard way? (Humorous or serious , take your pick)

Hi Writers’ Roomers, I´m sitting here trying to polish my script, you know, that magical stage where you fix one line and somehow break three others. And while I was doing that, a question popped into my head:

What’s a hard truth about screenwriting you wish someone had told you earlier?

Mine is: Yo...

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Maria Caeiro

Hi David Ramey Gordon Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Yes, social media can become very damaging for us, and we really need to be careful because not everything is what it seems....

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Maria Caeiro

Thanks forsharing your frustation John Fife. Are you editing without having a coverage report or after? It´s good to have other people opinion before editing in order to know exactly what to edit. I´v...

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Abhijeet Aade

Maria Caeiro Hi, thank you for sharing that. I completely agree in this industry there are many factors beyond the script itself that affect whether a project gets optioned or produced. The important...

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Darrell Pennington

Maria Caeiro , you are correct. As with many aspects of my life the last 5 years, I am re-learning much about my place in the world and how to best optimize that.

Jim Boston

Maria, I learned that not every gatekeeper likes the same written (or verbal) pitch.

Last year, I turned in my written pitch for "Got Any More Bullets, Sister?" to two different creatives on Stage 32....

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SYED HAMMAD
Designer

When designing for independent film, my mission is to capture the absolute core of the script and translate it into a world-class visual ready for festival submissions and international distribution. These concepts are a result of a professional workflow involving advanced composition, precise color...

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Kelvin Bernards

It looks like AI

Shadow Dragu-Mihai

SYED HAMMAD If you want to impress producers, don't use obvious AI generated images. Many of us don't want that in our pitch materials.

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George Chistov
Introducing 'John’s Paradox': Inception meets Black Mirror

"The future is a paradox we’re all invited to, but few of us know the way out. I’m George, and I’m here to talk about 'John’s Paradox'. Think Inception meets Black Mirror, but tighter, faster, and completely unapologetic. If you’re looking for corporate fluff, keep scrolling. If you want to see how...

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Amanda Toney

that sounds like a cool project. What inspired you to create it?

George Chistov

It started with a sense of geographical vertigo—that feeling when you wake up and for a split second, you don’t know where you are. I wanted to explore what happens to a human soul when the one thing...

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Starson Sousa

projeto muito legal

Georgina Bedford

This sounds very thought provoking. Are you giving any more away?;)

George Chistov

I try not to spill all the ink in the comments, Georgina, but I’ll give you this: imagine waking up every day in a place you’ve never been, with a life you didn’t lead, and a clock that’s ticking towa...

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Ansh
Designing an unreliable Protagonist: Psychology, symmetry and controlled disclosure

One of the defining features of psychological thrillers is the unreliable protagonist.

Unlike most genres, the character guiding the story may not be a trustworthy observer of reality.

This creates a fascinating narrative dynamic.

The audience investigates two things simultaneously:

The external plot

And...

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Claudia Leonard

Great insights on crafting an unreliable protagonist. I like how the article explores the balance between psychology and controlled information—revealing just enough to keep the audience engaged while...

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Ansh

Thank you Claudia Leonard.

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Sandra Correia
The Best Film School Might Still Be… Film Itself

Every so often, an article comes along that reminds us why we fell in love with cinema in the first place. This week, No Film School published a piece that struck right at the heart of what it means to become a filmmaker, not through institutions, but through obsession, curiosity, and relentless wat...

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10 Movies That Teach Filmmaking Better Than Film School
10 Movies That Teach Filmmaking Better Than Film School
By excelling in nearly every filmmaking element, these films reveal how great cinema is constructed from script to final cut.
Sandra Correia

Hi, my good friend Geoff Hall. We learn so much from it. As a filmmaker, could you share a moment that made you agree with this article?

Geoff Hall

Sandra Correia Hi Sandra, yes of course.

I have always gravitated toward big world stories, so Kubrick’s 2001 stood out for me as a kid, watching it at the local cinema with my dad. I think what settl...

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Shadow Dragu-Mihai

Sandra Correia That's why the PUNC program at stagescreen.org is hands-on, on actual productions.

Geoff Hall

Shadow Dragu-Mihai Hi Shadow, I’ve checked out the PUNC programme, but alas the age limit is capped at 40 years of age. I’m way beyond this, so don’t qualify for it. Which at my time of life appears a...

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Shadow Dragu-Mihai

Geoff Hall The PUNC program actually is not capped at any age, those are just guidelines. Our oldest program member right now is in mid-50s and has three seasons of an unscripted series behind him. Al...

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