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Richard "RB" Botto is the founder & CEO of Stage 32 (stage32.com), the world’s largest online platform for connecting and educating film creatives.

BUY THE BOOK - CROWDSOURCING FOR FILMMAKERS: Indie Film and the Power of the Crowd (American Film Market Presents) read more...

Two filmmakers launch a crowdfunding campaign on the same day; one starts raking in backers, while the other goes nowhere. Why?

If one crowdfunding campaign is more successful than another, it’s not an indicator that one film is going to be better than the other, but rather, that read more...

A Guy Walks Into a Bar and Asks Everyone to Donate $1,000 to His Crowdfunding Campaign

….We’re ready to move on and discuss the ins and outs of running a successful crowdfunding campaign and, more specif read more...

Following “The End” of an indie movie I recently saw, there came the credits for the cast and crew. But then came what might be thought of as “The Beginning”— scores of people whom the filmmaker thanked for making film possible. Perhaps read more...

The process of creating any kind of narrative content is not for the faint of heart. The more help you can get at every stage, the easier the load becomes and the more likely your project will reach the goals you’ve set for it.

What ma read more...

A few years back, after hosting a panel at the American Film Market on film crowdsourcing, I was approached by a representative of Focal Press/Rutledge with a proposal to write a book on the subject. Her argument was that crowdsourcing was a new concept f read more...

In this episode, we are joined by Richard “RB” Botto, author of the book, “Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers”. You might know RB as the founder of Stage 32 and RAZOR Magazine. Discover why crowdsourcing is more important than crowdfunding. Welcome to the Film Trooper Podcast, ranked the #1 movie read more...