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FILMING LIVE THEATRE FOR THE SCREEN
The Guide to Bringing Theatre to the Media Viewing Audience
About Us
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The Story
Stage2FILM was created for the theatre industry's need to bring affordable film recordings of high-end commercial and innovative live theatre experiences directly to everyone's home and movie theaters.
Stage2FILM is led by award-winning live recording producer and former BroadwayHD head of content executive Gio Messale who has produced over 30 film recordings of outstanding Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End shows and programmed thousands of hours of art content for the streamer.
Filming Live Theatre
Filming live theatre is an art; It is not just placing three cameras in the audience and focusing on the lead actor as they hit center stage.
Trained by the best film recording producers in the industry, Stage2FILM knows the proper way to light the stage, mic an actor, set the cameras, and bring the best film crew to the stage.
Filming theatre is about all the small details while maintaining the big picture before, during, and after the final curtain call and final shot.
High Quality, Budget Conscious
Stage2FILM has built its brand as a trustworthy, professional, conscientious, cost-effective production and consultant company. Creating various economic templates to film Broadway, West End, and Off-Broadway shows has allowed these productions to be made to the highest level of quality for distribution.
Our Team
Stage2FILM works with the industry's top global Tony, Emmy, Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning producers, live recording production companies, and live events crews.
Services
Offering years of experience, knowledge, and support, Stage2FILM will guide you from the creative process to a quality end product. All with the goal of delivering affordable high-end content to small and premium markets.
Consultant (Executive Producer)
A- La-Carte option available
- One-hour consultation call.
- Liaison between the General Managers and the Film Production and Distribution companies
- Clear and negotiate deals with underlying and creative rights holders, unions, cast representatives, and musicians (pre-filming or post-filming).
- Budget and discuss critical assumptions.
- Assess financial risk and the best course to film your show cost-effectively
- Sales Agent Representative
- Negotiate with Distributors
Producer
- All the services above.
- Tailor and secure the best crew to film your show.
- Deliver film recording that is on budget and ready for distribution.
- Secure MG’s to help offset financial risk.
Sales Representative
- Represent already filmed shows and prepare them for Worldwide Distribution.
- Strong relationships with first, secondary window streamers, TV, event cinema and public television.
- Negotiate license deals with distributors.
- Support filmmakers until release.
Bio
Gio Messale has worked in the theatre-arts and entertainment business for over 20 years. Currently, he is involved with the filmed recordings of Purlie Victorious starring Leslie Odom, Jr. and Audra McDonald: Live at The London Palladium, which will broadcast on PBS Great Performances this Spring.
Responsible for high-level content, Gio was the head of content and one of the original executives at BroadwayHD, a start-up subscriber-based streaming platform and production media company. During his tenure, Gio produced and executive managed over 30 film recordings of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End shows, including Billy Crystal in Mr. Saturday Night: A New Musical Comedy, She Loves Me, which was the first Broadway show to be live- streamed in 80 countries, Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn: The Broadway Musical, A Night with Janis Joplin, Present Laughter starring Kevin Kline and Cobie Smulders, Indecent starring Katrina Lenk, John Patrick Shanley's The Portuguese Kid starring Jason Alexander and Stephen Schwartz' Snapshots which received Grammy nomination for the cast album and on behalf of his work for BroadwayHD. Besides streaming on BroadwayHD, these film recordings have been televised on PBS Great Performances and theatrically with Fathom Events, Shochiku Cinema, and worldwide.
In addition, Gio is the producer of the documentary film, Body Electric, featuring Leslie Jordan, Judy Gold, and Bruce Vilanch, which is currently making its rounds in the film festival circuit and the recently released King Falcon's When the Party is Over music video. He was also part of the producing team for AT&T's Love is Changing History films Jenny, directed by Pauley Perrette, and Tale of Two Dads, directed by Lance Bass.
Before leaping into independent producing, Gio worked in the production department at Paramount Pictures, where he received the 2005 Viacom Visionary Award. During his tenure, he worked on 25 films in various stages of development and production, including J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, Indiana Jones: Kingdom of The Crystal Skull, directed by Steven Spielberg, Mission Impossible: 3, and Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese.
Gio is a graduate of the Drama, Theater, and Dance department at Queens College.
The Work
Please enjoy some of the work Gio Messale has produced while at BroadwayHD. These theatrical films have been seen on PBS Great Performance, Amazon, BroadwayHD, Fathom Events, Shochiku Cinema, Educational, and other independent cinemas worldwide.