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Happy Sunday Creative Army! Have you had a creative weekend so far? I have some epic content here for you that is sure to get the creative juices flowing, so grab your coffee and let's dive in. This week, I am thrilled to share a fascinating video from the Netflix Engineering team about how they take a movie from script to screen. This video gives a unique insight into how the promotions and engineering teams at Netflix help ferry their films from screenplay to streaming. They cover everythi...

Animation is one of the few genres that has continued during the pandemic in a relatively unharmed way. The fact that animation can to a large extent be produced entirely remotely, put it in the spotlight of the film and television production community when the world came to a halt during the first months of the pandemic. The ability to produce animation remotely, in combination with the availability of cross-border high-quality animation and talent, production incentives, and lower costs, has...

Happy Wednesday Creative Army! The revolution continues! As you've been hearing me preach for years now, the convergence between tech and entertainment is real and it's spectacular. And now, Entrepreneur Magazine has recognized Stage 32 as the leading social media/educational platform AND marketplace for film, TV, and digital content creators and professionals around the world in this awesome article: Why The Entertainment and Social Media Industries are Converging.The article speaks to how St...

Begin with the end in mind. Know your audience. Work with what you’ve got. We all know the adages, and swat them away to return to the creative deep dive in order to produce compelling characters, unique worlds, and relevant themes. Focusing on our role in order to complete our tasks is part of the creative process, but what if we’re missing part of the collaborative equation? What if the end isn’t just film or television? What if the audience you are trying to reach would enjoy your characters...

January, 1st 2021 Sitting on my parents couch, with stale Christmas cookie crumbles on the coffee table, I turn on the TV to see that Netflix has dropped its New Year's Day documentary: Less Is Now… Produced by me. I had dreamed of this moment for years: the moment when I would make a movie that millions of people actually saw. Coming up in the industry as a young 20s kid from south Philly, I would try to convince myself and others that this dream was possible. I shared my vision with fellow...

Lately there seem to be a tendency in television towards independent production. This has also led to changing distribution and revenue models. If a television project is produced independently this typically means that revenues are shared. There is revenue sharing on television productions when there are at least two parties involved in the production, financing and distribution of the series. In this article we will look at how the revenue sharing model on independent television produc...

Happy Friday Stage 32 Tribe! As you may know, the third weekend of every month we host "Introduce Yourself Weekend" in the Introduce Yourself Lounge. Every month, thousands of members join our online networking extravaganza, meeting and connecting with creatives and professionals from all over the world.  This month, we have an exciting spin on our regular Introduce Yourself Weekend with our first ever Introduce Your FAIL Weekend. No matter what hat(s) you wear in the entertainment industry,...

You may recall we experimented with this riff on a classic Stage 32 event a few months ago. The impact of the “Introduce Your FRIEND Weekend” has been astounding! I even received this very lovely “thank you” message from one of my new friends and previous networking buddy:     Thank you, Kimberly! Now that summer is here, productions are up and running, forward momentum is paramount! Pun intended. There is no better way to get energized than to grab a friend to help you meet new friends...

Good morning Stage 32 Creative Crew! We’re kicking off another week in a big way, with updates across the board on the successes Stage 32 members are enjoying with producers, managers, and development executives throughout the industry. We have updates on record shattering meeting requests as a result of Stage 32 Script Services and we have updates on more than two-dozen script requests from industry professionals as a result of the latest, exclusive Stage 32 Double Recommend Lookbook. If you...

Happy Saturday Stage 32! As many of you may know, I host an Instagram LIVE every week on @stage32 highlighting some amazing Stage 32 members from all over the world. We cover everything from how to sell a TV movie, how to ace self-tape auditions, how to research your way to the top of the entertainment industry and more. Recently, I had the supreme pleasure of chatting with two powerhouse Stage 32 members that have been working hard to make magic happen in their entertainment careers in 2021 -...