July Filmmakers Club Week 2 is Here! Why Animation Can Take Your Story Anywhere
Read this week's blog, complete the challenges, and enter to win a FREE Stage 32 Webinar
Welcome to Stage 32's 3rd annual July Filmmakers Club, our month-long creative accelerator built to help you set intentional goals, connect with fellow filmmakers, and move your projects forward with purpose, in partnership with Blackmagic Design!
Every week throughout July, you'll have access to:
- A brand new blog packed with insight from a Stage 32 team member, exec, educator, or industry pro
- A Free webcast or 24-hour AMA event on Wednesdays in one of our free Lounges
- Three creative challenges to keep your momentum going
- Weekly prize drawings
- A grand prize at the end of the month of 3 FREE DaVinci Resolve Studio Licenses from our partners at Blackmagic Design
This Week's Blog: Why Animation Can Take Your Story Anywhere
This week's Week 2 blog, written by Stage 32 Thought Leader Evan Anglin, dives into the world of animation as a medium (not a genre), how it opens up creative possibilities that live-action can't, and what filmmakers of every discipline can take from animation's approach to storytelling. Whether you're an animator, writer, director, or just someone curious about the medium, there's insight here for you.
This Week's Challenges:
Complete all 3 challenges by Sunday, July 12th, to be entered to win a FREE Stage 32 Webinar to continue your craft or industry education. Winners will be announced in next Monday's Week 3 blog!
- Comment on the Week 2 Blog with your biggest takeaway from Evan's insights, a question you'd love his perspective on, or a project you're working on that this advice applies to.
- Post in the Stage 32 Animation Lounge and share an animated film, series, or short that inspires you. What worked? What surprised you? Whether you're an animator, writer, director, or just someone who loves the medium, share what stood out and why. Bonus points if you can include a video link, trailer, scene, or image so we can see what you're talking about!
- Then post in the Stage 32 Filmmaking Lounge to update us on what you're currently building, learning, or working on. Last week, you told us your goals, so this week tell us how you're working toward them! Use this as a chance to share your current challenges and interests, or to check in with the community on your progress.
Remember: Every week that you complete all 3 challenges enters you to win the grand prize. Participate all 5 weeks and you'll be entered 5 times for a FREE DaVinci Resolve Studio License!
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Expand commentYears ago as I was preparing to play Oscar Madison in a production of The Odd Couple, I had the privilege of asking the great Walter Matthau for advice on how to play Oscar since he had starred in the movie with Jack Lemmon as Felix. Mr. Matthau grinned and said "Acting is simple. Learn your lines and don't bump into the furniture." Best advice I ever received.
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Expand commentI've got a few pearls of wisdom, mostly centered around improv, that I will be highlighting in another post. But, one that is evergreen no matter what type of acting you do is "Acting is reacting." Always listen to what your scene partner is saying. React to what they're giving you. Focus less on what you're saying, and more on what they're saying. And make sure to stay present in the scene.
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Expand commentThere is so much I've heard over the years that has helped me. A songwriting friend told me that it's not so much about what you know, but it's about who you know. I've also heard others say that acting is living truthfully under imaginary circumstances. Another one I've heard about scripts is that it isn't about the text, but about the subtext.
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Expand commentBecome the role, creep inside the character's very heart and soul when you do or get the makeup and the dressing done. It you have to play and evil character remember that there are many forms of evilness - the outside, but highly intelligent evilness like Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini & Luigi Illica's historical Verismo opera drama Tosca, versus the inside hiten most intelligent evilness as Jago in Verdi's Otello inspired by William Shakespeare's play Othello - there is also the ambitious evilness, which covers over that the character is unsure like Macbeth - we have the character, who's evilness is driven by a steady believe in that it is the will of God - and God is on his side always. The problem here is that the other part believes the same. This is my modest advice from having played and sung many evil characters on stage - and for us as opera singers - the evilness must also be in the voice.