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Hey, guys! Alex and Trevor here, back with our regular Stage 32 segment: Ask us Anything. Our last question and video answer can be found HERE. Today's question is from Stage 32 Member, Tom Stohlgren: Great question, Tom! When a final draft is handed over, many people expect that to be the end of the road for creative input from a screenwriter, but in some cases, it is imperative to have the screenwriter a short distance away on set. Alex and Trevor discuss when a screenwriter should...

Tiegen Kosiak is an independent film, television, and digital producer. She is also the co-founder (aka “Crime Boss”) of The Young Hollywood Mafia, an entertainment networking group with 150+ members. Tiegen is currently producing the $3MM thriller titled Borrego, which she discovered in a Stage 32 pitch session in 2016. The project is incubating at a major studio with a high-level cast attachment. Tiegen got her start in the industry working in commercial production in Los Angeles and New Yor...

Some of you have seen the power of connecting right here on Stage 32.Some of you are still discovering that power. Here is one story of how Stage 32 connections are changing the way we move and connect with other creatives in the film industry. More Than a Hello When Stage 32 decided to become the networking partner for the first ever VIP Film and TV Summit in Washington D.C. on August 25th, 2018, we had no idea that our fast-growing social and education network was a big part of how event...

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my career as a screenwriter (on projects like HBO’s Band of Brothers) – and as a teacher and consultant to writers at all levels – it’s that projects tend to live or die based on their core idea or concept. That’s why I called my new book The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction.     As a professional writer, my agents and managers have tried to talk me out of most of my ideas for series or screenplays, and they’ve...

Happy Sunday to all.  Let's jump right in. First, from the guys at Script to Screen, it's a look at the famous bar scene from Goodfellas.  Get your shine box and settle in. Next, from our friends at Apture, it's 4 Cinematic Lighting Setups for filmmakers. Finally, over the last 7 years, I've received hundreds (literally) of DM's, emails, etc, asking me for recommendations on books, movies, scripts to read, workout equipment, diet and supplement advice and other things I'd rather not mentio...

More women. More minorities. More diversity. These are the rumblings both on and off set at a television series being created near you. (Or not near you, but still being created.) According to a study completed by the Directors Guild of America, the number of women and minorities seeing employment in television creation has increased. Is there room for improvement? Always. But as it stands now, the DGA found that over the past nine seasons, 82 female directors accounted for 41% of first time...

Earlier this year, Stage 32, in conjunction with Oscar nominated and Emmy Award winning producer Kip Konwiser, offered a Mentorship program called Getting Your Projects Made Inside of One Year with Kip at the helm. Kip and his brother Kern have collaborated and partnered with luminaries such as Kenny Ortega, Quincy Jones, Peter Guber, David Falk, Magic Johnson, the Grateful Dead, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, Chuck D, Oliver Stone, Darren Aronofsky, Laurence Fishburne, and Clint Eastwood, amon...

“This is a tried and true story of success, failure, redemption etc. It works, only problem here is your audience will almost be entirely Korean as unless I'm mistaken that Korean pop music is really only popular in Korea.” “However, I am passing more because of the story here as I think it doesn't have enough of an American audience yet.” “KPOP is a world, yes, and it has its fans, but it's not quite mass-audience enough to, in my opinion, justify the type of budget level that we're general...

We're looking forward to meeting and mingling with our Stage 32 members in and around the London area! Join us as we partner with the 26th Annual Raindance Film Festival for an exciting week of events. To start, we've arranged a huge perk for Stage 32 members - If you'd like to get full Raindance Film Festival passes you can get 20% off your badge price! Go to https://www.raindance.org/courses/raindance-film-festival-passes/ Use code: stage32pass Get 20%, just like that! Here's what t...

  If you’re a feature screenwriter like me, the following are probably your mantra: Economy with words. White space on the page. 120 pages or less. As mantras go, it’s not going to set the world on fire, but it works. It takes some getting used to. Writers, by their very nature, love words and often have a tendency to waffle on, using very long sentences to describe something that actually you could’ve described perfectly well in three words, but where’s the fun in that? You’ve probab...