Soundstage 2: The Work
The Big 3 ~ The Stories That Will Start It All
Let me take you back to Hollywoodland, 1920. The Big 5: The main studios that made the Studio System as we know it today. They were big, brash, powerful, packed with a punch, and starting a revolution in Los Angeles: the birth of full-length feature film. In early Hollywood, The Big 5 included Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers Studios, M.G.M Studios, RKO Pictures, and 20th Century Fox. Under them, the smaller and less well-known studios were The Little 3: Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and United Artists (which aren’t so little anymore). Today, most of them still remain, and are much bigger and more powerful than ever before. They have created the films that started it all, defined generations, and will stand the test of time. In 2020, there will be one more Studio on the rise. One that you may want to look out for… with stories of its own, one that packs a punch, and one that will birth a new revolution: creating film inspired by music. The Work is component one. In his work, C.W. has combined the power of The Big 5 and The Little 3 into, what he calls his “Front Gate.” They are full, finished stories that are inspired by music, and they are the work that C.W. hopes will stand that same test of time. You will pass along his work during the tour, so feel free to continue down the page to the end.
And don’t worry, you are not alone in this.
C.W. is here with you and will lead you about in the way he has intended.
You’ve met C.W. Studios and the father of the operation. Here, are his stories. Here are his babies.
The Big 3
Lightning
A full-length feature film screenplay adapted and inspired by the song of the same name by country music superstar Eric Church. Do you hear that thunder? To find out more about Lightning; climb The Water Tower, here, at C.W. Studios.
A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out!
A full-length feature film screenplay adapted by C.W. and inspired by the full-length debut album of the same name, by alternative pop band, Panic! At the Disco. To find out more about the fever going around… visit The Fever Theatre, here, at C.W. Studios.
Blue
A full-length feature film screenplay adapted by C.W. and inspired by not only the full-length sophomore album of the same name, by Third Eye Blind, but also, their first and third album as well. Three music albums adapted into one love story. Follow the melancholy, and find out more about Blue in The Backlot, here, at C.W. Studios.
You’ve met, The Big 3, now, meet The Little 3…
The Little 3
~The Little Ones~
American Terror
A novel by C.W. Stone, which he has unknowingly been writing his whole life. Inspired by the full-length debut album Let It Enfold You by the post-hardcore group, Senses Fail. You can find out more about the book, but don’t shy away from the terror, just above The Cutting Room floor, here, at C.W. Studios.
Lady in the Blue Dress
A full-length feature film screenplay by C.W. adapted from his own novel American Terror and inspired by Let It Enfold You; the title coming from a song on the same album. To find out more about the faded femme fatale, all you have to do is find The Cutting Room...
~The Newborn~
Electronic Dream Plant
A short-film screenplay adapted by C.W. and inspired by the song of the same name, by the rock band, The Snake, The Cross, The Crown. To find out more about what he’s dreaming up, visit The Animation Department, here, at C.W. Studios.
C.W. Studio’s Mission is: Music Inspiring Story. The Big 3 and The Little 3 are just that. Stories inspired by music.The work that C.W. has put in and the music he is inspired by will be the stories that started it all, but what is the work without The Buzz? Discover what everyone’s talking about and what that buzz may be, next door, in Soundstage Three.