The Stage 32 Videos: Screenwriting

The main theme for the upcoming feature film, THE MESSAGE, a story of WW2 Hungary and its controversial leader Miklos Horthy in a tale of judging, judgement, and, perhaps, forgiveness. Music composed by Kaizad Patel & Firoze Patel. Instruments by Violin Solo by Marat Bisengaliev, Cello solo by Salauat Karibayev, Baritone - Frazan Kotwal, and English Horn by Eddie Chung.

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The difference and benefits of outlining vs being a pantster. Both styles of story creation are good. But it is important to figure out which one is for you.

The creator of this video is Jay Myers. It was removed from YouTube and I rescued it from the internet swamp to re-share on appropriate platforms. I am now interested in sourcing a copy of the original Eyes Wide Shut screenplay to find out what was cut from the film, against Stanley Kubrick's wishes. “Eyes Wide Shut was not the movie Kubrick intended audiences to see. The studio cut 24 minutes from the film, and just few days later, the legendary filmmaker was dead. What was in those 24 minutes? And what happens at the REAL masked parties?" Join Jay Myers as he infiltrates the bizarre, high level hidden world of the Luciferian/Satanist.

When you start working with people you will be given notes. This will be some of the most confusing communications you will receive. In this video I share some stories and notes I have received.

When we start to get good at writing it is tempting to over write. We want the world to see how clever we are. This normally makes us look bad. In this episode we look at things to avoid.

So many of us screenwriters write things that can never be made. With a little bit of thought we could write something that will sell. Yes we should write what we know. Tell the story we want to tell. But we must also have some idea of the world we live in and be realistic. Business is what makes the world go round. So consider business before spend so much time on something that will never see the light of day.

For the past few years, I've been working on all these projects. The crew, actors, and everyone involved put so much into bringing these stories to life.

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In this video we look at how we can use some basic tools to develop and idea into a screenplay. We don't use a formula, template or thought limiting things. ...

Hey, Fellow Scribes! I wanted to share the teaser to our newest episode releasing Monday, June 20th!

This week we look at some basic things you need to get right for a screenplay to make sense as a visual tool. We compare this to the bullshit many writers ar...