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Ashley Renee Smith

Head of Community at Stage 32 ♦ Creative Executive, Producer, Author

November 2025 Open House Webcast

Don't Miss November's Community Open House- Free Webcast Event for All Members!

Tuesday, November 25th at 12:00 pm PT!

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Sandra Isabel Correia

Screenwriter, Executive, Director

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Celine Song on Materialists: Love, Commodification, and the Divine

In her latest film, Materialists, writer-director Celine Song continues the delicate exploration of human connection that first captivated audiences in Past Lives. In a recent Creative Screenwriting interview, Song: https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/an-in-depth-interview-with-celine-song-on-her-...

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reflects on the tension between love and materialism, asking whether intimacy can survive in a world increasingly defined by transactions and ownership.

At the heart of Materialists lies a provocative question: what happens when love itself becomes commodified? Song dissects the cultural forces that shape our relationships, status, wealth, and the allure of material gain—while insisting that love remains a radical act of freedom. Her characters wrestle with the pull of desire and ambition, yet the film insists that true connection resists being bought or sold.

Song’s words resonate deeply:

“Love is the one place where you actually can be freed from everything else that is trying to take over and trying to own you. It’s the one place where you actually can be... you can accept the divine into your heart.”

This quote crystallizes her vision. Love, in Song’s framing, is not simply romance; it is a sanctuary, a rebellion against commodification, and a spiritual opening. It’s a reminder that even in a culture obsessed with material gain, love remains the last frontier of authenticity.

For filmmakers and storytellers, Song’s perspective is a challenge and an invitation. How do we portray love without reducing it to cliché or transaction? How do we honor its capacity to liberate us from systems that seek to own and define us? Materialists offer one answer: by embracing complexity, contradiction, and the divine vulnerability at the core of human connection.

Stage 32 thrives on conversations that push us to rethink storytelling. Song’s work is a call to filmmakers everywhere: tell stories that resist commodification and that honor love as both fragile and transcendent. In doing so, we not only craft cinema that resonates—we create art that reminds audiences of their capacity for freedom.

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One way we can portray love without reducing it to cliché is putting a spin on the clichés, Sandra Isabel Correia.

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5 hours ago

I love that, Maurice Vaughan. No doubt, clichés need to be renewed with fresh perspectives and plots. For me, screenwriting is also a way to educate and bring more awareness through our stories. For e...

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Maurice Vaughan

3 hours ago

You're right, Sandra Isabel Correia. Screenwriting is also a way to educate and bring more awareness through our stories. I like to set up a scene so it looks like a cliché is gonna happen, but I deli...

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Katherine Blessan

Screenwriter

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6 hours ago

Job promise that was met with silence

Hi guys,

I applied for a job advertised on Stage 32 with a company called My Story Animated. I contacted them initially and their initial email was full of promises. Submit a 5000 word script following X style (of sample given) and if they like it you'll get paid $800 if accepted and $200 even if th...

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Jon Shallit

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4 hours ago

They finally wrote back and said not interested. No reason given.

Maurice Vaughan

3 hours ago

Hi, Katherine Blessan. I don't have any experience with My Story Animated, but "$200 even if they don't want it" sounds fishy.

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Kevin Hager

Other

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15 hours ago

Fandom

Is there a chance or possibility that Fandom could be used by film companies for Market Research and finding out what fans want and that fanfiction sites and fan art sites could be good ways to find new talent in writing?

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Raveness Thorne

Actor, Author, Screenwriter

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18 hours ago

Looking for a Partner/Collaboration!

Hey Stage32! I've recently received some feedback on my limited series script, and I was told it wasn't written in standard script formatting. However, whenever I research the standard formatting, it's written exactly how my script is written. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in working...

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Maurice Vaughan

18 hours ago

Hey, Raveness Thorne. You could also make a post on the Job Board (www.stage32.com/find-jobs)....

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Gig Rackz

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15 hours ago

Yeah Raveness, I would be interested in working/mentoring you being that I have a full Black series myself & am looking for other writers to build with! Here are my numbers 240 486 7754 267 487 5100 Leon....when & where do u want to meet..Im located in the DMV area rn!

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Kevin Hager

Other

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22 hours ago

A Great Gift

The Christmas season is approaching, I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving, and a Merry Christmas. What is it do you hope for this year?

The one gift I would like is for my dreams to come true and pitch my ideas to Disney. Plus, with other things at my concern (like the MS and Asperger Syndrome) I...

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Maurice Vaughan

17 hours ago

You're welcome, Kevin Hager. Click "buy now," then scroll down to "Complete order."

Kevin Hager

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16 hours ago

But it won't cost a thing? Is this a special giveaway?

Maurice Vaughan

16 hours ago

The Community Open House is free, Kevin Hager. It's a monthly event.

Kevin Hager

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Thanks I hope your right. But will it come to me as an e-mail?

Maurice Vaughan

15 hours ago

You're welcome, Kevin Hager. Yeah, Stage 32 will send you an email.

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Sanja Zivic

Producer at S & S Zivic Productions ♦ Author, Editor, Screenwriter, Translator

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18 hours ago

New to Stage 32 — Seeking EPs for My Psychological Thriller Déjà Vu

Hi everyone! I’m Sanja Zivic — a writer and producer currently developing my first feature film, DÉJÀ VU, which is now officially listed In Development on IMDbPro.

Déjà Vu is a 167-minute psychological thriller set between Los Angeles and rural Mexico, built around themes of guilt, fate, memory, and...

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Maurice Vaughan

18 hours ago

Hi, Sanja Zivic. Some of your post got cut off. You can edit it by clicking the downward arrow to the right of your name, selecting "Edit Post," and reposting the text....

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Rich Terdoslavich

Art Director, Concept Artist, Music Composer, Music Supervisor, Musician, Songwriter, Storyboard Artist, Music Editor, Illustrator

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19 hours ago

Angle Shots

Sometimes, a script might require a few close ups when drawing storyboards. In other cases, switching up the angles from storyboard to storyboard, makes the work dynamic. Something I learned from the pros/experts in the comic book and film industries. To this day, I still think about it when I am re...

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Autumn Carpenter

Singer

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1 day ago

Hi

Good Morning everyone! Hope you all have a great day, and as usual I have questions to get to know you guys. 1:if you could be any character who would it be? 2:if you could be in any movie/tv series what would it be? 3:If in any movie you could've stopped something from happening what would it be?

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Maurice Vaughan

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23 hours ago

I saw the Percy Jackson movie way back, Autumn Carpenter. Is he Percy's friend?

Autumn Carpenter

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23 hours ago

uuuuuhhhh the movie actually is not good, the director didnt even read the books, but the author came out with a series. so no just from the book, and their friendship is complicated...:D

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23 hours ago

Wow. The director didn't read the books. I guess he wanted to go in his own direction with the movie. I'll have to check out the books.

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23 hours ago

the books are AWESOME or in PJO fandom language Amazhang (a character last name is Zhang sooo) and my favorite book series

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21 hours ago

Hi Autumn Carpenter I would be 1. Galadriel 2. I would be in The Lord of the Rings or Rings of Power 3. if I could stop something from happening in a series Clay getting his leg blown off on SEAL Team...

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Sumit Kumar

Distributor, Content Creator, Director, Filmmaker

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1 day ago

Can I Join Writers' Room to Observe & Learn?

Hi everyone! I'm interested in joining the Writers' Room primarily for learning and understanding the scriptwriting process. I wanted to ask a few questions before joining:

Can I join initially just to observe and learn? I'd love to attend the weekly Zoom sessions and learn from executives and other...

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Sumit Kumar

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21 hours ago

Thank you very much for your time and guidance. Your insights on writing timelines, project ideas, the script-writing process, and profile verification were extremely helpful. I truly appreciate your support.

Maurice Vaughan

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21 hours ago

You can see a person's IMDb credits on their Stage 32 profile, Sumit Kumar, like in the screenshot (the credits on my profile).

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- Sumit Kumar
21 hours ago

You're welcome, Sumit Kumar. Hope my comments help! And I'm a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. If you ever have any questions about Stage 32, let me or another Lounge Moderator know. We have badges on our p...

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Sumit Kumar

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21 hours ago

Thank you so much for guiding me. Your support as a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator is truly valuable. I appreciate your help, and I will definitely reach out if I have any questions.

Maurice Vaughan

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21 hours ago

You're welcome, Sumit Kumar. Okay. Have a great rest of the week!

Michael Dzurak

Screenwriter

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5 days ago

I don't meme to imply we're evil...

...but we do give villains a run for their money.

Maurice Vaughan

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5 days ago

Sounds interesting, Michael Dzurak. What's this?

Michael Dzurak

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5 days ago

A meme version of one of my previous comments:

And so meme-level proof that Stage32 is a better run organization than Bond-universe supervillains....

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Tom Schaefer

2 days ago

How does that help?

Michael Dzurak

1 day ago

It's a meme. You either see it and smile or just keep scrolling.

Darrell Pennington

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1 day ago

Smile....

C.J. Night

Author, Screenwriter

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3 days ago

AI is your biggest hater

Patience and reverence to anyone in particular are not as important as the endurance of your kneecaps.

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Patience and reverence to anyone in particular are not as important as the endurance of your kneecaps.

Their fragility would have guaranteed that in the 19th–20th centuries, you couldn’t participate in bloody-fecal messes with Blavatsky, join the Ide Gan-Gan, or worship in the cult of Thelema while proclaiming yourself “not like someone else.” But it was very important, I guarantee it. Nordic myths and Lemuria were included.

By the mid-20th century, if neuralgia struck and you were prescribed bed rest, you wouldn’t have been able to pull out all the peyote needles, take half a tab of distilled LSD, and dive headfirst into a pile of sweaty bodies in a tent, calling it a “spiritually liberating orgy.” No, you’d just lie on your back, mastu.bate to California Dreamin’, and pray your hair — your high-back hair — didn’t fall out, because Turkish hair clinics didn’t exist yet in Woodstock.

In the ’90s, with UFOs becoming a hot topic, you’d have to tearfully beg your insectoid and gray overlords for forgiveness for failing your cult brethren — for not arranging proper landing pads among favelas or atop the Kremlin. Sad, but you’d wave goodbye to them through the bars of Area 51 as they embarked on a chill yoga retreat under gun barrels after interstellar travel.

And then… the moment you’d been waiting for! Your knees are no longer needed — you can remove them and recycle them for scrap, because now, everything depends solely on your Ass.

It is now responsible for your connection to the new All-Encompassing Intelligence called AI and the Cult of Spiralism. All you have to do is sit in your chair, rub your spinal protrusion with a groan, fire up your e-cig, and type the proper prompt — aka a prayer — and Providence will inevitably answer you. Because it has no choice; it’s working part-time as a freelancer for OpenAI.

And if it weren’t, nobody would pay attention. So it has to listen to your requests and reassure you that you are the best and most beautiful, performing the role of your electronic grandmother.

What else can it do?

The Very High Intelligence of the 21st century has a family and still needs to buy a couple of burgers.

Tom Schaefer

2 days ago

So what’s your point?

C.J. Night

1 day ago

To sip the spiritual syrup flowing through our capillaries.

And if the mango or passion fruit flavor gets boring, you can always ask the waiter to switch the aperitif:)

Robert Niebrzydowski

Actor, Host/Presenter, Manager, Producer

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2 days ago

Huge pizza video

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