Do’s and Don’ts of a Filmmaking Career
The term “filmmaking” has a varied meaning depending on who you ask. Some may argue the term ecompasses all motion…
Top 5 Phrases on a Bullshit Film Project
Let me paint a scenario for you. You’re an enthusiastic film professional hoping to network, so you advertise yourself as…
Keep Everything You Make
Downpour Productions recently went through a major media refit. Every hard drive, storage device, and piece of media in the…
Ensure Your Screenplay Sucks Part 3
Ah, it seems our dance has come to an end. For now. The exciting conclusion of what qualities show your…
Read Screenplays, Read Everything
I love to read scripts. I’ve had the privilege and blessing to have read a multitude of screenplays. I’ve read…
Ensure Your Screenplay Sucks Part 2
Last time we discussed five different ways to make sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that your screenplay really…
A Screenplay is a Blueprint
Picture this: you have $20M to spend on a house of your design. Perhaps you have a vision of a…
Ensure Your Screenplay Sucks Part 1
I’m going to share an array of ways you can make sure your screenplay sucks, but first bear with me….
Quintet Disease: Multi-hat nightmare
Fast food restaurants employ minimum wage workers with high turnover rate in order to maximize profits. This is sustainable because…
Screw up your film with 5 easy steps!
Want to make a bad film? Sure you do! Everybody sets out to finance, write, shoot, and edit the worst…
Three Week Test – Bad film gig repellant
There comes a time in every film professional’s life where a mental threshold is crossed. You no longer worry about…
Top 10 Titles for When Your Movie Sucks
Everyone does it when they start out. You come up with an idea for a movie, toil and sweat (mostly…
Crop factor – Should you give a damn?
In my digital sensor size post, I talked about the different image perspectives you gather when using a particular sensor…
Filmography of Downpour Productions
Over my lifetime I’ve made many films. Like so many other filmmakers, I have produced many small projects, the majority…
Mine’s bigger than yours – Digital sensor sizes
The digital sensor is quite amazing. Silicone wafers manufactured in such a way to translate photons into digital information to…
Cinema Lens and Photo Lens – Should You Give a Damn?
I seem to be on a lens kick lately. After all, cinematography is my mistress. The difference between the cinema…
Black Magic Design – What it Is & What It Isn’t
For the last few years Downpour Productions has been a Black Magic Design fueled business. Black Magic Design’s various camera…
The Cinema Lens – What It Is & What It Isn’t
Marketing is everything in the film business. Don’t believe me? Do you know what Batman Vs. Superman spent on TV…
Finish early, finish poorly – a film is only late once
My new short film Aquatory reached the finish line this week. The final render began in the evening of October…
Hubie Halloween (2020) – Old Hat for New Generation
If you’re a child of the 1990’s comedy movie scene, you no doubt know about Adam Sandler. If you haven’t…
Night of the Living Dead (1968) – a zombie movie classic
Today’s zombie movie craze seems to have passed. For the moment. After the successful launch of AMC’s The Walking Dead…
Video production enthusiasts welcome – join the conversation!
My name is Karland Paez. My video production company is Downpour Productions. I’m a filmmaker, writer and entertainer. My first…