Filmmaking

In my career on various TV news and interview shows, I’ve visited more than 5,000 sets – movie, TV and web series. This is my advice for when you visit a set. I was there primarily as a journalist to interview the filmmakers and cast, but I think it applies to anyone who might find themselves on the set of someone else’s production.   1. THEIR PRODUCTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE This means that you shouldn’t interfere in any way with their shooting, their schedule or their plan...

Now this is a fun watch! Stage 32 Founder & CEO, Richard Botto and Indie Film Hustle podcast host, Alex Ferrari, got together last week to broadcast a LIVE 2-hour Oscars and Film Industry webcast breaking down and analyzing the upcoming awards! Now, it's available for you to watch on-demand! From diversity to the industry standards to snubs to shoe-ins and possible upsets, this is one fun and exciting webcast. Click below to see who the gents are picking to rule Oscar night!     P...

I've just woken up.   How long was I out? Hard to tell. My lips are chapped, my throat scratchy, I can feel the crust in the corners of my eyes. Where am I? Vegas? Tijuana? I stand up, look around.   No. I'm back in Los Angeles.   After the whirlwind at Sundance, I had to lay low for a little while. A lot of the past two weeks is a blur; I remember drinks, parties, beautiful people. I remember Florida, for some reason. Actually I'm pretty confident I was in Florida for a week. It may or...

It's that time again! The 4th Annual Stage 32 Oscars Contest is now live! This is your opportunity to vote for who you think will win each Oscar this year. All you have to do is go down the list, point, click, and submit. It's that simple! The top 3 Stage 32 members with the most correct will win the following prizes:     1st place - Grand Prize Winner – A Stage 32 Prize Pack from the Stage 32 Store (bag o' swag!) and 1 free Next Level Webinar of your choice     2nd place –...

Many of you are aware the Stage 32 hosted a bunch of film industry related panels at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Today, we are excited to announce that we are making those panels (filmed live at the Stage 32 House) available to view exclusively right here on the Stage 32 Blog for free! Up first is an hour-long panel on the correct way to use social media as a filmmaker to brand yourself as a creative. Our Founder & CEO, Richard Botto, led the charge with 3 accomplished industry execu...

Greetings Earthlings! For those of you who may not yet know me, I hail from the universe of planet5D and I am the legendary planetMitch - the only guy who can claim he is his own planet! Actually, I make a lot of jokes with this 'planet' thing but it is just a little fun that hopefully gets you to enjoy what we're doing and not think of me as some boring old gas giant about to die out in a blaze of a supernova. The team at Stage32 invited me to be your guide thru some of the events going on...

I can finally breathe. Dispatches from the front lines of Sundance. A madman, regaining his sanity. A week in, I've screened my film three times. Young people love it, it makes them cry. Old people don't get it, they dismiss it as nothing. I'm on an emotional rollercoaster. Twitter reactions are ludicrously through the roof. Everyone was crying at our Tuesday screening (including our cast, and including me). No one leaves for the Q&A. People have told us they think this will change peoples...

Today we are excited to announce that the January 2016 edition of the On Stage With RB online broadcast is now available to watch on-demand! This advice-packed 3 hour session has been widely considered one of the best On Stage With RB broadcasts! In this webacst RB had on 2 incredible industry guests: Up first was Daniel Kendrick, manager and development executive at Chatrone (Robot Chicken, Spongebob Squarepants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Lego Movie) who talked about Chatrone’s fi...

For those of you that have been in the community for a while, you will know that Stage 32 encourages gender equality in the creative industry. When Stage 32 exec, member, actress and producer Alysia Reiner (Orange Is The New Black, Sideways) formed her own production company Broad Street Pictures last year we were in full support. Together with her producing partner Sarah Megan Thomas, they sought out to "find wildly entertaining and thought provoking tales about brilliant women doing rad thin...

I’ve been fortunate to have my work screened at some pretty amazing festivals. Thin Line in Texas. The London Underground Film Festival. And most recently at TRIFI in my home state of Washington. It’s not only a thrill to know people will be watching your work on the big screen. It’s also exciting to be in the audience with them. To do a Q&A afterward. To rub shoulders with other filmmakers. To visit a new city. The whole package. But sometimes your expectations don’t match your reality. The...