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Congrats to James Winters on a Fantastic Tribute to Beastie Boys/MCA
Credit goes to Kristi Turnquist for bring the video to my attention but I had to post this video from local filmmaker James Winters. It’s a hilarious remake of the classic Beastie Boys video “Sabatoge”. All I can say is well done James Winters, well done. -Vince Porter
Continue reading...Paris loves Portland (and its TV shows)
Friday, May 11, 2012
In case you hadn’t heard, there was a 10 day festival celebrating Portland’s arts, culture and music scene recently and Portland Monthly has a great recap here. Travel Portland was there selling the city as a great destination and when Laura Guimond was in the Paris metro she saw this poster. Pretty cool huh? [...]
Continue reading...Two Oregon Media Tech Companies Attract New Investment and Promise For New Employment @Ensequence, @Elementaltech
Friday, May 11, 2012
This week two companies with a large and growing presence in Oregon announced siginificant new funding. Elemental Technologies, the leading supplier of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, announced that it raised $13 million in Series C financing led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) this week. Elemental was the recipient of last year’s Innovation in [...]
Continue reading...Faceout Films in Bend Poised to Grow With New Video Production Capabilities
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
FACEOUT STUDIO HAS LAUNCHED VIDEO PRODUCITON CAPABILITY TO MEETGROWING DEMAND Bend, OR – May 8, 2012. Faceout Studio, a firm specializing in book design since 1996, has recently expanded its services to include film production. Faceout Films shot its first book trailer in the fall of 2010 and has since produced over 20 projects for [...]
Continue reading...Mayor Sam Adams: “The City of Portland is Politely Asking You to Put an Emmy on It”
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Portland Mayor, Sam Adams, is rallying behind Portlandia for Emmy consideration in twelve categories, including Outstanding Variety Series. Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisens’ hit sketch comedy series has already completed two seasons in Portland and is coming back for a third this year. The show won an Emmy in 2011 for Outstanding Costumes For A [...]
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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