Summary
Learn from Joshua Young, the entertainment industry’s leading AI expert, who has worked with top networks like Netflix, PBS, and TLC!
You will receive ChatGPT prompts designed to enhance your project research, audience engagement, and pitching strategies!
PLEASE NOTE: Although this exclusive Stage 32 class is no longer live and the teacher is not available on email, we highly encourage you to do any assignments to get the most out of the educational experience.
In 2025, industry professionals who embrace AI-driven research and pitching strategies will unlock new opportunities to secure funding, refine their creative vision, and connect with the perfect audience faster and more effectively than ever before. In this exclusive Stage 32 2-part class, you will walk away with the advanced skills to harness AI-driven research and pitching strategies, giving you a clear advantage in securing funding, shaping your creative vision, and reaching the right audience with precision. As the entertainment industry evolves, leveraging AI tools like ChatGPT is no longer optional—it’s essential for staying ahead in project development and distribution.
Many creatives struggle with maximizing AI’s potential beyond basic use. Missteps in prompting can lead to generic insights, missed opportunities, and underwhelming project presentations. Without a deep understanding of how to structure ChatGPT queries for market analysis, audience development, and strategic pitching, filmmakers and producers risk falling behind in an industry that is rapidly integrating AI into every stage of development.
Joshua Young, your Stage 32 educator, is an experienced filmmaker, screenwriter, and AI expert who has worked with networks like Netflix, PBS, and TLC. He specializes in helping creatives integrate AI tools into their workflow without losing their artistic voice. With his deep understanding of both the entertainment industry and cutting-edge technology, Joshua will guide you through advanced ChatGPT techniques that will give you a powerful advantage in project development.
By the end of this course, you will have the confidence and expertise to integrate AI-driven insights into your creative workflow, ensuring your projects stand out. By staying updated and mastering advanced prompting techniques, you'll unlock new creative possibilities and gain a competitive edge in project development. You will learn how to analyze market trends, refine AI-generated responses, develop targeted distribution strategies, and craft compelling pitches that capture the attention of investors and industry decision-makers!
PLUS! You will receive the following handouts to help you:
- A step-by-step SWOT Analysis Prompt Guide for evaluating project strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- An Advanced Prompt Creation Guide with examples of effective prompts for pitching, distribution, and networking strategies.
This interactive Stage 32 class is held on Zoom and goes substantially more in depth than a Stage 32 webinar. Best of all? As soon as you sign up you will be linked on email with your Stage 32 Educator and given a questionnaire to fill out and send back to them. You will have access to your Educator for the duration of your class by email to ask them any questions you have about your craft or career - it’s like having a mentor on demand! And, if you can't make a live session, don't worry! All class recordings will be available 48 hours after each session and you will be able to view them in your Library on your Stage 32 profile. Finally, you can expand your network with like-minded creatives - you'll have a dedicated lounge for interactive support and discussions with your fellow classmates!
Praise for Joshua's previous education with Stage 32:
"Joshua gave a great "current status" overview of AI and gave wonderful specific examples of screenwriting prompts and specific areas where AI was most useful for screenwriters in their creative process. Greatly appreciate Joshua's handout thoroughness that we will be getting too! Thanks Joshua! Go Virgos!"
"AMAZING information. Joshua Young clearly knows his stuff and does an excellent job of teaching us what he knows. I feel so much more confident about diving into ChatGpt based on everything I learned today, and I know my scripts will be better because of it."
"As a total amateur, Joshua's introduction was very helpful for me. What can the system do, and how do you get the most out of the system."
"Joshua had a number of excellent ideas on how to thoughtfully use AI."
What You'll Learn
Session #1: Laying The Foundation With Research And Strategy
Overview: This class focuses on using ChatGPT for the early stages of project development. From analyzing market trends to audience profiling, you'll learn how to streamline your workflow and create a strong foundation for your film or TV project.
Topics Covered:
-Market Analysis And Trends
- How to develop prompts that predict emerging themes in filmmaking.
- Exploring ChatGPT techniques to analyze streaming platforms and their impact on independent films.
-Audience Development
- Creating prompts to identify niche audiences, viewing habits, and platform preferences.
- Building audience engagement plans with ChatGPT’s assistance.
-Competitive Analysis
- Writing prompts to perform SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analyses on similar projects.
- Using ChatGPT to compare marketing strategies of independent films.
-Funding And Budgeting
- Identifying innovative funding models and cost-saving measures.
- Creating detailed budget breakdowns using ChatGPT.
-Legal And Rights Management
- Summarizing legal considerations through targeted prompts.
- Using AI to analyze co-production agreements and rights-sharing implications.
Handout- SWOT Analysis Prompt Guide: A step-by-step guide for crafting prompts to analyze project strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Assignment (Optional)- Use the provided SWOT prompt guide to analyze a film project and prepare a summary for discussion in Class 2.
Session #2: Pitching, Production, and Distribution Success
Overview: This class focuses on advanced ChatGPT prompting techniques for pitching, distribution, and networking. Learn how to tailor AI-generated responses to craft compelling pitches and effective distribution strategies.
Topics Covered:
-Pitch Development
- Crafting advanced prompts to generate loglines, synopses, and persuasive pitch decks.
- Refining ChatGPT outputs for different audiences and stakeholders.
-Distribution Strategies
- Writing prompts to evaluate digital and traditional distribution models.
- Using AI to create multi-platform distribution plans.
-Marketing And Promotion
- Designing prompts to generate social media marketing campaigns.
- Using ChatGPT to assess the role of film festivals in current marketing strategies.
-Collaborations And Networking
- Advanced prompting for identifying key industry events and collaborators.
- Developing strategies to maintain professional relationships using ChatGPT insights.
-Case Studies And Lessons Learned
- Prompts to analyze the journeys of successful projects.
- Crafting prompts to identify and solve common pitfalls in independent filmmaking.
Handout: Advanced Prompt Creation Guide: Examples of effective prompts for pitching, distribution, and networking strategies.
PLEASE NOTE: Although this exclusive Stage 32 class is no longer live and the teacher is not available on email, we highly encourage you to do any assignments to get the most out of the educational experience.
Who Should Attend
Filmmakers, producers, and screenwriters looking to refine their project development process with AI. It is also ideal for entertainment professionals and creatives looking to enhance their research, pitching, and distribution strategies using advanced ChatGPT prompting techniques.
Executive
Raised by a psychic and a carpenter (that's actually true), Joshua's journey in the entertainment industry began humbly as a horse in a community Christmas play. As a late teen, he transitioned to more substantial roles, acting in Movies of the Week, sci-fi TV shows, and commercials. At twenty-one, he joined the cruise lines, first as an
entertainment host and then as a filmmaker. For six years, he traveled the world, filming everything from celebrity interviews and safety videos to promotional materials, stock footage, and excursions.
Throughout his travels, Joshua honed his skills as a writer and has won 32 awards in some of Hollywood's most prestigious screenwriting competitions to date. After retiring from his cruise ship career, he worked as a filmmaker, director, video editor, and animatic editor for networks and streaming services such as Netflix, PBS, OWN, TLC, and more. In his free time, he continued to write and direct his own projects, both large and small. Today, Joshua is dedicated to his career as a screenwriter and director full-time, with the ultimate goal of becoming a Showrunner and Head Writer for his own series.
In addition to his creative roles, Joshua has expanded his expertise as an AI consultant in the film industry. He advises individual filmmakers, screenwriters, and independent businesses on utilizing AI to enhance their operations. His consulting focuses on improving staff support and reducing the time required for tasks such as research, outlines, pitch decks, story development, and more. Joshua utilizes a variety of AI tools to augment his and his clients' creative processes, including ChatGPT, Midjourney, Google Gemini, Character AI, Sora, and more. He has also created his own ChatGPT models, affectionately known as "GPTs," and trains others on how to build their own tailored models to meet their specific needs.
Joshua believes in the power of AI to enhance, not replace, creative efforts. He says, "I view artificial intelligence as a complement to the creative team, not a substitute. It's about leveraging this incredible resource to empower filmmakers, enabling them to propel their careers and projects forward more swiftly than ever before."
This unique blend of creative flair and technological insight has made him a sought-after consultant in the rapidly evolving digital landscape of entertainment.
Testimonials
Praise for Joshua's previous education with Stage 32:
"Joshua gave a great "current status" overview of AI and gave wonderful specific examples of screenwriting prompts and specific areas where AI was most useful for screenwriters in their creative process. Greatly appreciate Joshua's handout thoroughness that we will be getting too! Thanks Joshua! Go Virgos!"
"AMAZING information. Joshua Young clearly knows his stuff and does an excellent job of teaching us what he knows. I feel so much more confident about diving into ChatGpt based on everything I learned today, and I know my scripts will be better because of it."
"As a total amateur, Joshua's introduction was very helpful for me. What can the system do, and how do you get the most out of the system."
"Joshua had a number of excellent ideas on how to thoughtfully use AI."