R Hernades: Screenwriter and filmmaker.

Hi R. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

This is a network for you, built by you. Like most things in life, the more you participate, the greater the rewards. We ask all new members to pay it forward by inviting 5 fellow creatives to the network and by spreading the word of Stage 32 through other social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The more creatives, the stronger the network. The stronger the network, the more opportunities.

Thanks for joining the movement and for being a part of this most talented and inspiring community. I very much look forward to your contributions.

Thanks, and have a creative day!

RB

Helpful information:

• To send invites to your fellow creatives, please click here.
• For any questions on how to utilize the site, please check our HELP and GETTING STARTED sections.
• Also, I host a FREE webinar every month where I go over site features and answer user questions. You can view them here.

Please take a moment to follow and like our other social media accounts.

• My personal Twitter account - @rbwalksintoabar
• Our company Twitter account - @Stage32
• Our company Facebook account – Stage 32 Facebook

Hello R -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that you won't find anywhere else on producing, directing, financing, writing, packaging, acting and more.

Our Next Level Education has a 97% satisfaction rate and averages 4.5 out of 5 stars. Plus, we've had the honor to be called "LinkedIn meets Lynda.com for film, television and theater creatives" by Forbes Magazine.

I encourage you to take the next step to continue learning and expanding your career by clicking here, or clicking "education" on your top menu bar.

I'm grateful you've joined the Stage 32 community. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Amanda

Hi. I'm after some advice. I am close to finishing my first feature film, just awaiting the last few notes of the score to be finished. The film is a black comedy drama, set in the UK, focusing on mental illness, abuse and homelessness but mostly through the eyes of a cineaste, so the whole world he witness's is reflective in cinema scenes from classics to trash cinema.

So, what next? I have the finished film, but what can i do to get it seen? Is it possible to get something like this sold and make revenue? Is it possible to actually get people to see this? Or will it end up on YouTube with 3 views? I am not a marketing expert or a sales man and i'd find it difficult to try to blag myself as such.

I've looked at Filmhub and wonder if this is the best option. Has anyone had any luck with them? I plan having a local screening to try to raise some funds and to allow the cast to see the finished piece, but was also thinking of festivals. Again, are these worthwhile and again, has anyone on here had any luck with them?

I could really do with your advice. Thanks.

Hi - I recently produced my first indie feature film, All About the Afterglow. Thanks in advance for reading this and for all of your advice. So here's the deal.

The films great. I'm extremely proud of it and it's a solid movie. That being said, we shot it extremely low budget with no BIG names and our marketing/PR experience / budget is minimal. I submitted it to around 17 festivals and so far our response has been pretty poor. We got the rejections we expected (Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW etc.) but also have been rejected from some mid-level festivals and I'm starting to get worried that the ones I thought were a safety net will possibly garner a similar result. Like I said, this is my first feature film producing venture, so I've clearly made a rookie mistake and probably shot the bar too high. Also, I'm starting to realize the politics of it all a bit more realistically. We were recently accepted into a festival in India, because we got an in there from a friend. I didn't even enter the festival but got in because of a good word to the programmers! Is this often the case, that you have to network your way into the festival, or can you often get by on good merit alone?

But, getting to my main question - There are so many festivals out there, I've scoured the web and withoutabox endlessly, but on the tight budget that we have remaining, I want to be smart with my festival choices. Does anyone recommend any smaller festivals that they had success with in a similar situation (low budget, indie etc.) not restricted to the US? I think the film has a great European appeal to.

Incase you're curious about the movie, here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g55DA4afEk

And any other questions, please ask away. And thanks again.