The Confluence

We already tweeted a link to the project but “The Build” deserves more attention.  “The Build” is Instrument’s (a digital creative agency in SE Portland) first foray into interactive filmmaking.  The company’s resident filmmaker Truen Pence came up with the idea of producing a documentary highlighting three local characters in the custom motorcycle building industry.  [...]

The Oregon Department of Revenue in conjunction with the Oregon Film and Video Office will be auctioning off $6million worth of tax credit certificates beginning July 8.  Proceeds from this auction will benefit the Oregon Production Investment Fund.  This fund is an important tool in recruiting film and television production to Oregon.  The auction will [...]

The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) is now accepting entries for its seventh annual festival scheduled to take place March 6 – 9, 2014 at the Hollywood Theatre inPortland,Oregon. The regular deadline for entries is Friday, August 16, 2013. POWFest places a spotlight on women directors by showcasing their work and empowering the community [...]

One Night Only (May 26th) Limited Screening of New Thriller COMPOUND FRACTURE with Actor/Producer Tyler Mane (Sabretooth, Michael Myers) in Attendance. Tyler Mane will personally screen his new film, Compound Fracture, May 26th in Portland, OR at the Hollywood Theatre. This will be one of the“one night only” stops on the Limited Meet & Greet Screening tour [...]

May 2nd last week saw hundreds of Oregon film and television crew workers, SAG and AFTRA members, as well as executives from NBC Universal’s “Grimm” convene in Salem to lobby for an increase in tax incentives in a bid to bring even more production work to the state.  Below is a collection of some of [...]

Portland Oregon, May 7, 2013 . . . Portland-based web series “The Digits” has recently joined forces with education icon PBS to offer educators a free teacher-tested math resource for their elementary school students. Created by Scotty Iseri, The Digits will be part of PBS LearningMedia beginning mid-April 2013 and will offer teachers ten appisodes [...]

The 2013 Women’s Vision Grant is accepting applications through July 31st. The Women’s Vision Grant provides financial support to women creating media in Oregon and SW Washington (Clark County.) This project-based grant aids in a current production, while fostering the artist’s professional and personal development. The grant is offered annually through Women in Film, Portland [...]

Did you see these bumpers stickers last week in Salem during “Industry Day”? Did You Know. . . . .  is a new awareness campaign, created in partnership with the film community, that aims to illustrate facts that enlighten the public and the business community alike, to the extended benefits of having a thriving film, [...]

The NW Film Center School of Film presents a new class:  FOOD STYLING A new 4-week class beginning Tuesday, May 7, 6:30-9:30 PM Taught by food stylist Dolores Custer REGISTER NOW  The art of preparing food for the camera. Topics: Selecting and working with different foods (which ones work, which ones don’t); learn to produce steam on [...]

Earlier this year, Portland, Oregon-based motion graphics studio Cardboard Castle delivered a bumper for the Food Network’s Iron Chef America program. The spot featured a cross-promotion with the 2013 Kia Optima Limited and gave the studio a chance to work not only on the animation, but on the actual creative for the concept, including the [...]