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Maurice Vaughan
Set Etiquette - My July Filmmakers Club Post for Week 2

One of the July Filmmakers Club challenges this week is share a favorite story from my time on set or pose a question that I’d like answered about set etiquette, crew roles, or production. I've never been on set, so I'll post a question: what’s a major set etiquette that crew members should be aware of when they’re on set?

Christopher Maes

I think scheduling 10 hour workdays is preferable. By the time you have the crew call 1 hour before and deal with set strike/wrap at the end, it's more like 12 hours. In my experience, when you work l...

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Maurice Vaughan

Ok, thank you, Christopher Maes.

Yehuda Siegal
Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Yehuda Siegal.

Ashley Renee Smith

Hey All, This week's blog is now LIVE with the week 4 July Filmmakers Club challenges! Anyone participating this week will be eligible for one of the 3 DaVinci Resolve Editing Licenses I'll be giving...

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Zac Decker
Hello Everyone

I'm Zac, I'm currently a student at AAU majoring in Directing. I just recently moved to LA and I'm looking to connect with active filmmakers. I'd love to help out with your short film productions in any way I can. I'm also developing a few projects of my own and would love to connect with writers in the area.

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Zac Decker.

Matthew Parvin

Welcome Zac! Nice to meet you. Glad you're here.

Ayah Alhabbal

Zac Decker Welcome to the community! I would love to know about some of your projects. Good luck with your studies!!! :)

Sk Zandhar Ahmed

Ha Zac I'm a professional Director and scriptwriter, and recently I can make a amazing anime series script, I need Producer or Investor for my project, If you or someone interested so please contact me here.

Ashley Renee Smith

Welcome, Zac Decker!

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Rachel Troche
July Filmmakers Club Week 2: Storytime

My very first job out of college was one I did not want, to be honest. I was working in advertising but not making commercials - we sold air time, and my job in "production" wasn't one that made me excited to get up every day.

But it taught me a lot.

We used to have quarterly trainings about customer...

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Lise Pyles

Great story. It makes me think of a popular quote by Hugh Laurie: “It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do...

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Gisele Orellana

Wow! So in a way, you had to open the door yourself.

"Take the risk. Take the chance." Great advice, Rachel.

Rachel Troche

Gisele Orellana exactly!! it's like Mark Duplass says, "the cavalry isn't coming. YOU are the cavalry."

Gisele Orellana

That's right. It's what Chris Gardner always says. YOU are the cavalry!

Ashley Renee Smith

Great quote, Rachel Troche!

Aisha Abubakar
Hello new member here

Hi everyone!

I'm Aisha, a storyteller from Nigeria. For years I've been telling stories, and this year, guess what? I made my very first film! It's a Hausa story I've always wanted to share.

Making the film was amazing, but there's so much to learn about filmmaking! This online community seems awesome...

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Ayah Alhabbal

Hello Aisha, Abubakar. Welcome to the Stage32 community! Congratulations on your film! A piece of advice I would like to share is to collaborate with as many people as you can here in the community. W...

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Maurice Vaughan

Welcome to the community, Aisha Abubakar. Congratulations on making your very first film! I second the July Filmmakers Club. This is the first week. Here's a blog that'll tell you more about the Club:...

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Walid Sam
Hello Stage32

My name is Walid sam, and I am a professional actor from Morocco with experience both locally and internationally. Over the years, I have had the privilege of honing my craft in diverse settings, from theater to film sets..

In addition to my acting career, I am also passionate about writing. This dua...

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Walid Sam

Debbie Croysdale Thank you Debbie and I hope the same for you.

haha maybe you were near a lake or any body of water where mosquitos breed haha

which city have you been? I'm from Tangier BTW...

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Walid Sam

Richard "RB" Botto Thank you Richard for creating this amazing platform, I've been looking for something like this for a long time

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Walid Sam. Psychological Thriller is a genre I've wanted to write for a while. Shutter Island is one of my favorite Psychological Thrillers.

Richard "RB" Botto

You're too kind, Walid Sam. As I like to say, this creative, selfless and collaborative community makes the whole thing spin.

Ashley Renee Smith

Welcome to Stage 32, Walid Sam! We're currently celebrating Stage 32's July Filmmakers Club, a month long series of FREE events, resources, and free prize giveaways to help our members learn more abou...

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Ayah Alhabbal
July Filmmakers Club!

Hello Everyone!

I am so EXCITED for July Filmmakers Club!!! I hope you all are too! :))

Here are my goals for this month:

(Drumroll plz )

- Create in anyway possible may it be a short film, a music video, or even an edit with my friends

- Co...

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Ayah Alhabbal

Sam Sokolow I have a short film I have been working on for a while now. I have uploaded my longline, synopsis, and script to my profile. Any help would be appreciated!!!...

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Rachel Troche

Love these goals, Ayah Alhabbal ! I love that the more we use our creativity the more we have - great idea to utilize it in a variety of ways!...

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Richard "RB" Botto

Love these goals and the energy behind them, Ayah Alhabbal

Sebastian Tudores

"Create in anyway possible" - that really inspired me Ayah Alhabbal - also, just watched your Blue music video. Love your sense of rhythm. Here's to always creating!

Daniel Sol
Ask Me Anything (AMA) Wednesday 7/3 to Thursday 7/4- Understanding The Ins & Outs Of Short Film Festivals

Hey, Stage 32!

My name is Daniel Sol and I'm the Co-Director and Co-Founder of HollyShorts Film Festival! In celebration of Stage 32's July Filmmakers Club, I'll be LIVE on Instagram TODAY, July 2nd talking about my career, the advice I have for new filmmakers, and the history behind HollyShorts and...

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Rodney Kimbangu

Hi Daniel Sol, thank you for your time. When picking films that screen at the festival, what are the 5 most defining factors that you focus on for a movie to place, and what are the 3 factors that mak...

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Mark Deuce

Hello Daniel Sol Can I pitch my script at a festival and who can I contact while there?

Daniel Sol

Mark Deuce yes you can depending on the festival format ie screenplay panels or pitch fest sessions or industry speed dating sessions etc. Some fests will have pitch sessions designed for the attendee...

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Daniel Sol

@rodney some strong deciding factors. production value ie lighting set design wardrobe locations etc. Editing. Editing and pacing are crucial. Acting. Story. visual style/visual storytelling. I bring...

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Jason Mirch
July Filmmakers Club Week 1: Setting Goals

Let's get rolling! Excited for this challenge. My goal this month is to rekindle relationships that have been languishing for a long time. This business is all about relationships (as we know) and a lot of times if we don't connect and interact with a filmmaking contact for a while it starts to feel...

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Sandra Isabel Correia

I love your goals Jason Mirch Life is made of relationships. We can give so much and receive even more. I'm crossing my fingers for you!

Ayah Alhabbal

After attending the Cannes Film Festival I realized that creating relationships in the industry is so important. Not only for help on projects but for advice! I meet a lot of people and some had nothi...

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Rachel Troche

These are great goals, Jason Mirch ! Especially the one about fostering relationships, it's so important in any industry. 10 is a very reasonable number too!...

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Sebastian Tudores

You don't have to call me - I bother you enough on IG ;) lol

Vuyiseka Geza
July Filmmakers Club Goals

I've just read Nick's blog post about managing the production process of your film and my spirits are high. I'm new, in the process of character development and writing my pilot. The things he addressed are some of my short-term worries because I am determined to reach production with this project.

M...

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Ayah Alhabbal

AFRICA!!! That is so cool, congratulations. You are going to do great!

Laurie Ashbourne

Developing characters is the fun part! Good luck.

Sydney S

Great to hear, Vuyiseka Geza ! Your goals are clear and ambitious. Finishing character development and your pilot by July, gathering feedback, and pitching at MIP Africa in September shows your dedica...

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Sebastian Tudores

Inspired by your energy and determination Vuyiseka Geza - I am likewise happy to lend 'a set of eyes' And good luck!

Ashley Renee Smith

Vuyiseka Geza- This week's blog is now LIVE with the week 4 July Filmmakers Club challenges! Anyone participating this week will be eligible for one of the 3 DaVinci Resolve Editing Licenses I'll be g...

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Big thank you to Maurice Vaughan

Maurice mentioned that we can extract a short story from our feature script. So, that's what I did. I made a short from my script, JUST ONE INCH which has won 16 awards so far and called it THE SCRIBE. It just won Quarterfinalist in its first competition. So, thank you soooo much, Maurice!

Stephanie O'Leary

Fantastic news! Congratulations, Georgette!

Georgette Skolnick

Thanks, Stephanie, but I wasn't trying to get a pat on the back for me. Maurice is the one who gave me the great idea.

Stephanie O'Leary

Fair enough, but 16 awards is nothing to sneeze at! And yes, Maurice has a keen eye and deserves credit for turning your facet of story into a separate, award-winning creation. Henceforth, I will celebrate you both!

Maurice Vaughan

Thank you, Stephanie O'Leary.

Georgette Skolnick

Very kind of you, Stephanie.

Ayah Alhabbal
Meet Ayah! Film Production Grad Joining Stage 32

Hello Everyone! My name is Ayah, I am a recent college graduate from the University of New Haven. I majored in communications with a concentration in film production. My goal is to go into advertisement content creation for creative companies.

I have a strong knowledge of understanding a brand's aes...

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Maurice Vaughan

Welcome to the community, Ayah Alhabbal. Congratulations on graduating! Moonrise Kingdom is on my watchlist. So is Asteroid City. That'd be a great double feature!

Amanda Toney

Ayah! so happy to see you on introduce yourself weekend! It was great to meet you at Cannes this year. Excited to see you work with Ashley and our Community!

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