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…

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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…

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Keep Everything You Make

Downpour Productions recently went through a major media refit. Every hard drive, storage device, and piece of media in the…

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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…

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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…

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your screenplay really sucks

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…

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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…

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your screenplay sucks

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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Your film is a dumpster fire

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Downpour Productions - Your video production solution

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…

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