Producing

When a movie is filming on a public street and the camera only photographs cars and people who are working for the production, how do they manage to keep all of the public’s cars and regular pedestrians from driving or walking through the scene? When something, or someone, is needed on set quickly, who makes it happen in a safe and efficient way to keep the production moving on schedule? How does everyone involved on set get vital information wherever they happen to sitting or standing? And if t...

Hello, Stage 32 Community! We love celebrating our amazing members and all that you have worked hard for and achieved, and we know you do too! We wanted to shine a light on all of the successes you've garnered and make sure they are getting their proper due. So sit back and read on to learn all about signings, deals, meetings, script requests, and all of the fun happenings from the month of May... Success Stories Congrats to Stage 32 Community Members Jessica Calvello, Stephanie Harrison,...

One of the greatest aspects of creative projects in any discipline is the synergy and surprising turns that occur in the process. You start with a vision and then one happy accident after another takes you down a rabbit hole to something far beyond expectation. This was exactly true of my re-entry into the music world with the video for my act This Mad Desire's Operators Are Standing By. To date, it has been viewed over 200,000 times on Youtube, spawned more videos, created occasions for me to p...

Happy Friday, Stage 32 Community! Our Stage 32 Team has been working diligently to bring in as many new resources and opportunities as possible to enrich your experience here in our community! At Stage 32 you have direct access to award-winning industry executives and professionals who’ve written, directed, produced, filmed, developed, performed, and represented acclaimed projects such as DUNE: PART TWO, WONKA, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, THE BLACKLIST, UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT, PERSON OF INTERE...

Happy Thursday, Stage 32 Community! I hope that the last month has been joyful and productive for you all! Our Stage 32 Education Team has certainly been hard at work to bring incredible education opportunities and resources to this fantastic community. This June, you'll have the chance to learn from knowledgeable industry executives, award-winning screenwriters, producers, directors, showrunners, actors, consultants, VFX artists, authors, and representatives. Impressive creative professiona...

It may sound like the start to a cringy joke… Jessica Calvello, Stephanie Harrison, and Stephanie Moore are filmmakers who walked into a Stage 32 meetup at Austin Speakeasy and by kismet found themselves connecting on a level that cemented their collaboration desires in a matter of a couple of appetizers and drinks. In the weeks following, this chance meeting has turned into a beautiful and hilarious collaboration of filmmakers who have a love for all things dark comedy with a twist of surrea...

Audio dramas are a fun way to bring your project to life without the cost of television production. Think War of the Worlds. When radio was the only medium available to digest content from, dramatic shows gained popularity but fell to the wayside with the introduction of visual media. However, with the introduction of podcasting and its resulting popularity, audio dramas are making a comeback. I published my first novel, Day After Disaster, in 2014. It became book one in a series of novels ti...

So, we're on set filming the pilot episode. On the monitor, we're watching a corporate meeting devolve into a hilarious gunfight. Yet, all I can think is that I owe this entire ridiculous situation to RB and STAGE 32. Let me explain. Stage 32 is a fantastic platform for curating and connecting new, up-and-coming writers and filmmakers with entertainment professionals like me. My absolute favorite offering from Stage 32 is their consulting service. It allows me to interact with a writer in a mo...

Have you ever wondered how movies and TV shows find all of the amazing and unique locations in which they are shot? Or how the production gains access to these locations once they are identified? Moreover, once a production has access, how does it operate safely and responsibly, even if cars crash, helicopters fly, or houses explode? And who ensures that locations are left in as good a shape, or even better, than they were found, so property owners feel good about the experience? These questions...

We all remember our English teacher in primary, secondary school, and college spending months teaching us formatting for different types of papers right? The MLA, Chicago, APA, and other forms of formatting might still haunt our dreams and writing but they were and are an extremely important written form of communication. This allows people to immediately recognize what they are reading and what type of information is being shared. Scripts have the same need, they need to be formatted properly....