Paradox Studios

13/07/2024

Our 50 hour slam is NOW LIVE! Click the link below to watch the comedy short film that was written, filmed, edited and submitted in 50 hours!
https://youtu.be/pJ9ZKvzYtXM

14/06/2024

Thanks so much, Canvas Rebel for the nice featurette! Caden Butera

Alright - so today we've got the honor of introducing you to Caden Butera. We think you'll enjoy our conversation, we've shared it below.

29/05/2024

Excited to say the talented FALK HENTSCHEL and AUBREY SHIMEK DAVIS were both awarded the "BEST HERO" award at this years PopCon International Film Festival!

Check out the trailer for the Dead Men Ride Again here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkABOd0foQU

21/05/2024

Excited to announce our short JOHN THICK just won BEST COMEDY at the PopCon International Film Festival!

If you haven't seen it yet, click the link below to help us break half a million views. We're getting close! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT7ecySy33w

04/05/2023

Sometimes the best "special effect" is the most obvious one. In this case; filling up a McDonald's cup with blood. Watch the full short now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT7ecySy33w&t=192s

28/04/2023

John THICK just passed 50K views! Thanks to everyone who has continued to watch and share it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT7ecySy33w

25/04/2023

Flashback to our sci-fi short Recursion from 2018! Watch the full short on Dust today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APbcNnBdXM4&t=281s

07/04/2023

JOHN THICK wouldn't be the same without Jimmy the Pizza Guy, played by none other than Fire Department Chronicles's JASON PATTON! Watch the full short now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT7ecySy33w

22/03/2023

Check out the full short HERE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT7ecySy33w&lc=UgwQv4qYN2ZTfE451-Z4AaABAg

21/03/2023

John THICK has hit the press! Check out SYFY's stellar article here! https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/john-thick-turns-fast-food-into-deadly-weapon-with-john-wick-parody?fbclid=IwAR1Bt0xBb1VR1m8SlHsSH5DggFxihUuEyoLk-CFDapwuCJLT6V7063GBPUI

18/03/2023

Everyone who hasn't, be sure to check out our short JOHN THICK! Sharing the link helps more than you know! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT7ecySy33w&lc=UgxNRetIWmJ3_kZOamV4AaABAg

17/03/2023

He's here! JOHN THICK is out and ready to watch NOW!

Shoutout to everyone in our cast and crew who came together to make this crazy project happen. Also be sure to catch a special cameo by Fire Department Chronicles's JASON PATTON!

Retired competitive eater John Thick is minding his own business when an infinite amount of goons break into his house to steal his last donut.Full CreditsWr...

11/03/2023

Ladies & gentlemen…excited to announce our magnum opus will be arriving THIS COMING THURSDAY. You’ve heard of world famous assassin John Wick. Now get ready to meet….JOHN THICK.

07/02/2023

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! I’m so excited to finally say...Oscar nominated actor ERIC ROBERTS will be starring in Recollection - Film! You know him from THE DARK KNIGHT, The Expendables, & The Righteous Gemstones, just to name a few. It was such a crazy time getting to work with this talented man, and I’m beyond excited for you to all see him as Sid Dyas.

07/02/2023

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Academy award nominee Eric Roberts to star in Recollection!

30/12/2022

28/12/2022

Kate Parker prepping a memory cleanse in Vitality's corporate Memory booth. (Starring Rosslyn Luke)

15/11/2022

Announcing the talented Jasmine Wright-Curley as Maggie in Recollection - Film!

10/11/2022

Excited to share something we made for esteemed cosplayer Jonathan Patrick, AKA World's Tallest Spartan!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_KqdjseF44

We were tasked with making a video to showcase the incredible details of John's hand-crafted Spartan armor. We decided the best method was to create a fake TV show title sequence! Featuring an original theme song by Rylan Butera

08/11/2022

Kim for the Win!

16/09/2022

Hot set! 🔥🔥🔥

Filmed a pick-up scene at the Northern Lakes Fire District yesterday with a very special guest! Stay tuned!

08/09/2022

An exciting day on set of Recollection. A huge shout-out to all of our bad-ass guards, tactical personnel and our tactical advisor Jeromy Jackson!

21/08/2022

After 27 shooting days, we’ve officially WRAPPED principle photography on Recollection, our sci-fi feature film! This is our production company’s FIRST feature length project. A giant, sincere thank you to EVERYONE who worked on this movie, from Rylan Butera (the co-writer & composer), Mark Butera & Jackie Newman Butera) who produced the hell out of this thing, Jerry L. Buxbaum at Mystery Ridge Movie Ranch (for giving us his talents, toys and a kick-ass space to film at), Max Jordan (our trusted cinematographer), our all-star CAST, and everyone one who poured their blood, sweat and tears into this movie. We would have never gotten this far if it wasn’t for all the talented people who gave us their time, as well as all the love and support from our community. Now stay tuned as we move into the next stage: post-production!

01/03/2022

NEW SKETCH OUT!
https://youtu.be/awKqQIXZPjY
This one is for anyone who's played a video game and noticed the strange-ass death sounds from your character. Featuring Shanerator!
Huge thanks to everyone involved on this one! Anna Johnson Shane Tyler Joe Cruzaedo-Wagner Spokane Productions

29/12/2021

We are excited to announce that our sci-fi short RECURSION has been purchased and published on DUST, a huge sci-fi platform/youtube channel! Please give it a watch and share if you can!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APbcNnBdXM4&t=1s

Explore the DUST Multiverse on our App: https://bit.ly/DUSTChannel Space Vessel Iris and its crew encounter a troubling discovery as they embark to what they...

07/09/2021

Thought this might be cool to share! These are the storyboards created for our newest short "The Interrogation" (Watch here! https://bit.ly/3jRHQRm ), compared with the final shots in the film.

For anyone curious, here's a breif insight into my personal process for creating shotlists. I use a program called Cine Tracer to digitally create, block and light a scene before we arrive on set (when the pressure is high). As you can see the program does have limited character models, so that would explain why the digital characters look quite different then our actual on-screen talent. Comparing these to the final shots was interesting to see how much changed and how much ended up staying the same!

03/09/2021

Just released a new 4 minute short! Shot over a Saturday evening with a very small but talented cast and crew!

WATCH IT HERE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piQvZz8H1RY

Shoutout to Max Jordan, for being in front AND behind the camera with me as co-DP!

Big praise to Charles Fletcher and Shane Tyler for stealing the show with their performances, and somehow managing to memorize lines they were just given two days prior.

Huge thanks to my mother Jackie Butera for being our killer 1st AD, as well as Johnston Jeffries for nailing it as our Key grip as always, bringing that sexy lighting to life.

Another big shoutout to Joe (the REAL Cruzaedo) for your stellar on-set sound and art department skills.

Mega appreciation goes to Kenny for lending us his beautiful DOGGO for a crucial shot in the sketch.

Lastly to our PA Andrew Arvish and the real MVP Rob Miller for letting us take over his basement last minute and turning it into a torture chamber. Also impromptu becoming B Cam operator!

10/04/2021

THE BEHIND THE SCENES featurette for our sci-fi Recursion! It’s about three years late I know, but I stumbled across all the footage a couple days ago and finished cutting it together. So if you’re curious how we filmed the short and have 12 minutes on your hands, this is the video for you!

this behind the scenes featurette, we take you through all the DIY techniques we used to make the sci-fi film "Recursion". (I do not own any...