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Oh another Mario movie. Dope! Thank you for sharing Ashley Renee Smith

I'm excited for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Ashley Renee Smith! I think the trailer is incredible, and I like the new elements. I played some of the games and watched the 1993 movie growing up, but I didn't get deep into the lore, so I'm looking forward to seeing where they go with the movie!

Congratulations on publishing The Secret Sockciety, Daniel Ringenberg! Fantastic title! It's catchy.

Congratulations on publishing your book. I love the premise. I can even see a great tie in for merchandise. Selling socks that look like the characters.

Hey, Pete Conrad. I'm not a director, but I think the 2nd logline is the strongest. "Nuclear drones" and "from their own backyard" jumped out the most.

The second is the most succinct and intriguing.

Query- I may have missed it, but which side is using their place for a control center? Love the premise.

Ron Newcomb For me, money is more of a life problem than a script problem.

Right now, I'm in the middle of another script, and I like it (though we'll see what I say in a week, haha). But there's a fear that there won't be a buyer, that it's not something that can be sold.

I always have these doubts because I've heard too many times things like 'we're looking to move away from horror' or similar.

Or is it just self-sabotage?

My current issue is finding an experienced collaborator to partner with for my scripts. I’m fairly new to the business end, so approaching experienced producers who may be interested in an LGBT Coming of age feature is the current goal for my endeavors. If you or anyone you know is interested, or is simply okay letting me practice pitching, let me know!

I really relate to what was said about the “dream factor”.

It’s true — behind every dream there’s years of work, and sometimes it’s sad to see great stories struggling, while the market is full of easy, noisy content.

But maybe that’s what keeps real artists going — the belief that depth still matters.

I still believe that meaningful stories always find their way to the screen — sooner or later.

I am not rich, and I need to make Nulla Productions a thing.

That will require my sister’s assistance as a former lawyer, and possibly finding a talent agency to join.

Welcome to the community, Yan Ju Zeng. Did you see Monday's blog? www.stage32.com/blog/november-write-club-week-2-insights-from-the-stage-...

Stage 32 has a blog that'll help you navigate the platform and connect with creatives and industry pros all over the world. Screenwriters, producers, directors, execs, and more. www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-successfully-navigate-the-stage-32-platform-...

Stage 32 has a Community Open House on November 25th. It'll also help you navigate Stage 32 and connect with creatives and industry pros. You can sign up here: www.stage32.com/education/products/stage-32-s-november-community-open-ho...

There are a lot of screenwriters on here. You could make a collaboration post on the Job Board (www.stage32.com/find-jobs).

You could post your scripts on your profile. Producers search profiles for projects. That and networking are how I sold four short scripts to a producer. Click the gear symbol in the top right-hand corner and select “Edit profile” in the drop-down menu. Scroll down to “Loglines” and click “Add/edit loglines” to the right of “Loglines.” You can also post your scripts on your profile this way: www.stage32.com/loglines (near the top where it says “Add a Logline”)

The launch of Obsidian... an artist-led creative studio and R&D company pioneering new methods of storytelling across AI, CGI, and live action.

In partnership with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Imagine Entertainment, Obsidian is developing proprietary systems that merge technology and artistry, building the creative infrastructure for the next era of film, television, and advertising, where technology amplifies emotion and artistry leads the way.

Willem Elzenga 2 Correct: "On Tuesday, November 4, Obsidian Studio announced its launch with a goal of blending live-action film projects with AI-powered digital production. And it will be kicking things off with a big name behind it, care of a creative partnership with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment" As I have pointed out, this is the kind of thing that will happen. Hobbyists and the retail market will be left in the production-value dust as the professional studios move forward (which has been happening for a while already). AI is not going to help independent filmmakers get farther.

I am just interested in making a shortfilm with AI. And if it works out we have a feature script based upon the short script. Timing for getting it financed is a big mystery, maybe it will never happen.

Shadow Dragu-Mihai, Esq., Ipg You always have interesting insight. Are you saying it's a myth that AI will help independent filmmakers enter the game because the big studios are already ahead of the game?

Martin Reese AI help independent filmmakers enter the game? No, I doubt it very much, but that depends on what you define as "the game." Let's sit back for a moment. Cell phone cameras are a greater sea change than generative AI. Every person on the planet now has a camera that shoots HD, or 4K or even raw - just on their cell phone. Yet it has stimulated no flood of new professional filmmakers. Today, the VFX and CGI which contributed to the $500m budget of Lord Of The Rings can be done on a couple home computers, with free software - for real. Yet this has had no impact on independent film. The reduction in costs of UHD digital camera gear from the low and mid 6 figures down to less than 10K has not led to independent filmmakers penetrating the industy. So do I think that AI - or any other tech pertinent to filmmaking - will be used orders of magnitude better by people with hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked just for that purpose? When those people control distribution and what audiences get exposed to anyway? Yup. I expect the trajectory will be the same: the 99.999% playing and failing at being a filmmaker because they have little talent and less commitment, and the .001% doing better work than ever.

just build your portfolio ....tho i'm on the same journey

follow your favourite actor or actress

connect with any theatre around you

follow streaming platform like netflix, hbo amazon and more.

I am doing theatre from last 2 years in India

My advice is to scroll the conversations in this lounge. This question gets asked every other week. There is a lot of knowledge to be gained here. Also, you can check out the Jobs and Education pages. Network with the people here. Contribute to the conversations. You can search members by location. Attend the Community Open House. This week is Introduce Yourself Weekend on Stage 32 so jump into that. Read the blogs.

People swap with Ilanna Mandel ! She's a great writer and gives amazing notes :)

Awww thanks

I'd love to swap with you. I love Sci/Fi and am interested in reading your script. Mine is a 40% written horror vertical micro-drama. I hope it's fun. Feel free to contact me at brianjjaxn@gmail.com to finalize the details. I look forward to a good read, ---Brian

Hello sweetheart!! I unfortunately don't have a completed script or full story, BUT I have TONS of experience within the entertainment industry, been a child actor and worked side by side with some of Hollywoods leading actors, directors and creatives!!! When I was a 10-11 year old child I was blazing a path of screenwriting aiming at being the record holder of the "YOUNGEST SCREENWRITER IN HOLLYWOOD!" I had a working in Hollywood industry screenwriter (the writer of a film I made at that age) at my disposal and in my back pocket!! He was so supportive and so incredibly helpful to me during this time and his tutelage was incomparable. I finished my hand written screenplay (500 pages of handwritten screenplay - at 11 I did not have a computer to type it out - I am 43 years old now!) but by the time I completed my screenplay Nikki Reed with the help of her close friend and established Director Catherine Hardwicke made Nikki Reed and Evan Rachel Wood made the coming of age film Thirteen and Nikki made history!! Kudos to them for sure!! That film is AMAZING but I have lots of knowledge you may say I'm a conundrum of knowledge stemming all the way back to me aged 5 years working on Cheers!! I would LOVE to read your story and give feedback, if in return you may listen to an idea I've had brewing in my mind over the last 6 months that just needs to come out!! I gave up my writing when I became a single mama of my 3 children all under the age of 5! I had no help with them at all which meant everything that I wanted for myself went out the door so I was there for my babies!! Today, my children are all grown now 18-21 years old, and my last one moved out of our home 2 months ago; SO NOW it's my time!! though I'm still a little gun shy with doing for myself because I've dedicated my entire life to raising my babies the best way I could for them, it's MY TURN and my passion and passionate love affair for writing is far more prominent than ever before!!! Writing has always been an outlet for me on a therapeutic level, I even during their upbringing created a YA story (in novel form) that I have about 43 pages written, BUT this story in my head NEEDS to be the focal point and I simply need compassion, strength, and a bit more motivation and direction to make this empty nester mama become once again a passionate writer even if it is simply just for my therapy sessions lol Much love girly!! ❤️

Hi, I have experience with YA and MG writing. I cannot, at this time look at a 500 page script, but I can look at a script for 90 min. screen time if that helps.

Happy NWC, Dwayne Williams 2! Rooting for you to reach your goal this week, I come up with exciting ideas and scenes, I can solve problems with a scene/character, I'm really detail-oriented, and I work fast.

Heck yeah. That act 3 is gonna practically write itself! Cheering for you to have smooth work sessions the rest of the week!

I haven't gotten to collaborate on a script yet. I'm hoping to soon, though!

Dwayne Williams 2 I love that you bring "cinematic energy and design-level thinking into every project." I love bringing humor and inspirational ideas to the audience. We would be great collaborators!

Let's go, Dwayne Williams 2. I am cheering for your goals this week to complete Act 3 of IP Touchless :))

Congratulations to you

Congratulations on finishing your first Stage 32 screenwriting course, getting a mentorship, and being one of the top scripts at the Hispanic International Film Festival, Thomas Newman!

@Stefano Pavone It's not just you. That's why the Stage32 platform was created over ten years ago, to give your ideas a starting point. So keep writing and good luck!

I'm writing a romdramedy currently. It's something I've been wanting to do- something for the 40+ crowd to see within themselves and enjoy while appealing to everyone.

Cynna Ael Good morning, 40-year-old girl!

First of all, thank you for sharing, because that's how we become great writers, through the exchange of conversations. By the way, I'm learning a lot here.

Congratulations on your efforts in writing a romantic comedy-drama, because the world scenario helps us, in small dominoes, to fit into these beautiful stories, bringing great scripts. We are looking forward to the ending and I wish you a good week!

'The party hat lies there for a moment in the musky stillness, bothered with the room's perpetual dreariness, tinged with a light hope for capri.'

Writing an "inspired by real events" screenplay...

EXT. THE SOUTHERN OCEAN – NIGHT

The sea is alive — not water but motion.

Wind howls like a living thing.

Tom’s yacht slams down a wave face, bowsprays erupting into white fire.

He grips the wheel, tethered to the cockpit, eyes locked on a compass that spins like a roulette wheel.

Every surface screams with strain. Metal groans. Sails crack like gunfire.

All the Best. Wish you much success.

Congratulations Aleisha Brooks . So happy for you.

Congratulations. Well done.

Breaking good news!

Congratulations, Aleisha. Well done!

Yeah, I can feel the difference between a novel and a screenplay.

A sci-fi novel demands much more scientific plausibility and detailed explanation, while a screenplay only needs a few well-crafted scenes — like scientists working in a lab — to convey the same idea visually.

yes a script format prompts tightness and ti be streamlined. I can become colourful in descriptions in prose and a script narrows that to be succinct.

Not just the format. The type also. I am a far different writer depending if I write a drama or a sci-fi. In drama I focus on the characters and emotions. In sci-fi I focus more on the World and the plot.

I love that you posted this! I have a horror novel that I am thinking of converting to a screenplay.

For me the biggest difference I've noticed is that in novels, I am so much more internal than I ever could be with a script.

That's actually why I want to covert that particular novel. The protagonist tortures the crap out of me while I'm writing him. Maybe in script form, I can get an extra layer of separation from him.

This has been the most eye-opening aspect of screenwriting versus novel writing. I am a confirmed plantster for novelwriting. The main points confirmed and then winding my way and letting the characters have their say. But in screenwriting-- I have noticed I am SERIOUSLY tight on what is said and done. It's not necessarily bad, but it is definitely something to explore.