STUDIO CEO MAKES A STATEMENT...

 Opinionated statement from the
QUANTUM STORM PICTURES CEO
regarding his work with
James McShan & Teamwork Pictures LLC

"...He is a very pathetic, weak man. His entire life he has realized that he is NOT the intellectual equal of most of the people he dreams to be associated with. He's a substandard human-being of very poor quality, character and intellect; so he's constantly searching for affirmation from people who will rub his shoulders, kiss his ass and tell him, 'You really ARE successful now"...please understand this, he wants to be constantly padded on his back and told, 'You're a transformative figure, you know everything'...when actually, he's never had any actual training or experience in the field of filmmaking, directing, screenplay, promotions, advertising, casting, photography, photoshop, music videos, or film production requirements of any kind. Like a true amateur, he only has an opinion; he uses a narcissistic edge claiming to know more, but he knows nothing of true value, just a few circus stunts that sound successful.

He spent a lot of his time befriending female indie actors from my Facebook page, using our temporary affiliation as an excuse to try and bolster his contacts throughout the local Houston area. Why he chose certain female actors to befriend is anyone's guess, but in my short time of being exposed to him, my opinion is that it was for more than acquiring actors for future indie film, of which never existed. He targeted one model friend of mine in particular, always asking - virtually begging - to get to meet her even though she was often out of country and not wanting to meet him or anyone else for personal reasons.

Now he spends his time bolstering a resume, claiming "professional studio certifications" and training in the indie film business, just because he funded a college film and a local San Antonio Indie film. All of his skills and talents are made up and not even self made, as he has no real history of making films or making any progressive productionary contacts in the business, except the ones that were handed to him by other actors in his recent list of films.

In the end, he'll fade away and still be the nobody he yearns to distance himself from; never realizing that he will always have the quality of a low-life idiot who just tossed some money around and demanded everyone listen to him because he did so. I resent the fact that I opened the door for this ass-clown to work with talented people in the indie film scene. It's a pathetic shame that talent-less narcissists like him exist in the Texas indie film circuit; he's not the only one, and this is what destroys any chance of solid film teams becoming successful in the Independent film circuit.

Remember that liars often lie in an attempt to distance themselves from everything they truly are in real life."

D. R. Quintana
Director/Producer/Writer
Creator of
The Secret of Angelika5 [52 episodes], Ghosties 1 & 2,
Ghosties-The Witches Spell, Pair of Aces, Bianca 2029,
Gravitron, Clockpeople, STB [22 episodes], Dungeons
& Dragons Journey Ends, Preying Mantis, La Fuerza,
Spectre Zero [3 episodes], Havoc 114 Redux, Iscandar,
Pieces of 8, Grey Panic

 

Here's some proof of his bogus "registered" certifications

“THE BATMAN” FAILS MISERABLY…BUT IT ISN'T THE ACTORS FAULT

🎥 🎞 Movie Review 🎞🎥 - THE BATMAN - PG13 - HBO MAX - I tried...I seriously tried to watch this movie without putting it on pause. After a week of getting through this gross mess of a film, I am seriously doing my best to understand what all of the hype was about. Personally, I had a little issue with Robert Pattinson [from th Twilight series] stepping on board to play Batman/Bruce Wayne and I am certainly NOT going to say that the films failure is due solely to his performance. As a matter of fact, I was impressed by his maturity and the action sequences which were used to fulfill the mystique of Batman's hard training in defending and/or attacking the bad guys; so, kudos to Pattinson for doing that part of Batman some real justice.

 

All in all, I feel that the film suffered due to the poor direction of Matt Reeves and his writers Peter Craig and Bill Finger. They were trying to create an investigative edge to the Batman and deliver the film a psycho thriller, tossing a skewed plot and story with several [often too many] bad guys and not focus on the real crime agenda plot. I thought that making The Riddler a serial killer-type character was a little odd, but bringing in the gangster motif once again was just  a little over the top. And of course, plots over lapped and before you knew it, there were other characters that were added to only bolster the confusion of the main plot.

 

Zoe Kravitz was brought in to play Catwoman, and even though many have told me that they were impressed with her performance, I wasn't. I wasn't even impressed with Michelle Pfeffer's 1992 Catwoman performance in Batman Returns, but boy did I love to see her in the cat suit! - but even then, there was an attempt at developing the character; in The Batman, there was no such luck.

 

And of course, as with ever other failed re-boot franchise that releases a poorly produced product, there's always those producers that claim that "Well, this is supposed to be younger Batman whose still trying to find his way..." - yeah well, they can claim what they want, but in the end the story didn't impress where it should have and maybe next time the writing team will stick to one bad guy at a time, and bring in a REAL Bat Mobile to the film.

 

This movie was pretty close to be labeled as dogshit with just one star...but, I have to admit that there were some attributes to the film that definitely demanded some praise.

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ [3 of 5 Stars]

LANDING THE PERFECT LOCATIONS FOR YOUR INDIE FILMS

It shouldn’t be a huge undertaking to land the perfect scene location for your film. In the case of indie film making, most production teams make the mistake of writing a script and then start looking for places to fill the scenes. When locations become the focus of a scenes success, they’re labeled as burdens of choice when the right place either can’t be found or the perfect place just couldn’t be confirmed prior to production. When a writer begins putting together a script, he should consider what locations, materials, wardrobe, running water and most importantly, power sources that are around for the planned project.

A few months ago, one of our Quantum Storm .357 [QSE .357] E-Magazine  issues covered the importance of pre-production and what a good filmmaker should consider prior to establishing a production budget before estimating costs. Because listing the things that you already have in your pocket can save you a lot of money if you don't need to go out and search for it, get permits, permissions, or establish communication with the local community prior to filming. A good producer, with established prior experience, will have a list of things that could help out a project before pre-production has begun. A bad producer will have no idea where to start and a plethora of last minute searches that could hinder production efforts with a "winging it" mentality that will frustrate the entire production team every time a new location is needed.

The job of a producer isn’t just to order people around to help find locations, but it's also the job of the producer to actually get off his ass and establish contacts with the local community, personally ensuring one on one contact, so that the locations can be attained at little cost as possible and even perhaps used for free in future projects. Bum Producers try to evade this part of their job and most of time struggle to make any contact with the right person(s); most of time it’s due to not having the right charisma or personality to mingle with the right city crowds or property owners.

In my years as a line producer; trust me I've worn man hats in my own indie film  productions, I’ve had my challenges to find locations for the right scene in a film. I’ve spent my time location spotting even when I’ve been out with my family on burger runs. The search never stops and I do my best to find the property or home owners to get the rights to shoot my indie film projects there as often as I can. Grimes and Montgomery Counties in Texas have proven to be some of the friendliest places to gain access to various, epic locations. I've produced a little over 30 indie film projects with locations that have extended the "script to film" environment to unexpected levels.

One location, that I call my "go-to" location, when all else fails, has been the scene location called "The Lightsey Ranch." This property has been in almost every indie film I've ever filmed. The location is perfect; far from main roads, ambulances, fire houses, with a closed property, access to power, restroom, shower, and running water, plus plenty of room to maneuver. Even better is that it's located in a private community with strong supporting neighbors who know whats going on there from time to time, even late at night. The location has been used in various types of movies and web series productions, from ghost stories, to Science Fiction, to murder mystery, to paranormal, and even a zombie movie or two.

Recently, we started working on two new projects at the ranch [one SciFi, the other a paranormal film] and with the new greenery starting to sprout this spring, we expect to catch some great scenes out there. Be sure to check out next month's issue of the QSE .357 because we will be presenting a trailer and some in-depth behind the scenes looks at several studio projects!

I've worked with a few Bum Producers recently who have attempted to take me to court and take control of the Lightsey Ranch property by filing court papers and threatening a "demand of a lean" on the property. Yeah, their desire to make use of the property to make films is so childish and over the years I had to make legal changes to keep the property off the ownership of the film maker [me] and the private film studio that I own and operate. Believe me, it happens and greed is out there, so always cover your ass and don't trust anyone in the indie film business, especially when they claim to have money and know the business!

What has been lost over greed is the importance of the positions are in film teams. Remember that producers establish the materials for the director to use and deliver the kind of project a good script can emphasize. Executive Producers being in cash flow and investment opportunities. Seldom to producers actually take part in being in the filming development phase of the production, unless he's staked his reputation in monetary value for the projects delivery. If that is the case, then that producer is called a "pigeon toe" - essentially, "...some asshole who gets in the way a lot..." of the production efforts and slows everything down by constantly demanding certain changes to the films production because he found something else to add to the film; or more commonly, he's found another investment opportunity by adding some person, location, music track, or other useless item to the film.

Finding a good location that can be used time and time again is gold, folks. New directors need to absorb the fact that Bum Producers love to use the same locations over and over again from one film to the next, with little artistic flair in the projects they choose to support. Before you agree to work with any producer, check out the work they've done before; more especially the materials they brought to other projects. You don't want to step on any toes using scene locations that were used in another movie in the same way.

That's why it's very important to have an experienced, strong and knowledgeable director to lead the production team and who isn't afraid to say "No!" to a producer every once in a while. Successful film teams can't look up to a "suck up" whose always kissing a producers ass just to keep him around for "this" or "that" reason.

Stay strong, my friends. Continue to search for those new and interesting film locations!

Ride Easy,

D. R. Quintana
Editor in Chief

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