The Confluence

The production filmed for 21 days on location in Portland, Clackamas County, Marion County, Multnomah County, and Washington County.

“Lorelei” opens today – find a theatre here.

While it’s true that new COVID cases are increasing in all 50 states and a focus on caution and safety must still be at the forefront of all productions’ planning, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of America, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Basic Crafts, together with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers updated their return-to-work safety protocols.

Last Monday, they reached and released an updated agreement. Relying on facts and data, and guided by science, the agreement extends the protocols until Sept. 30 and makes modifications on workplace practices, taking into account regional transmission rates and employee vaccination status.

We encourage you to read the full agreement here and the summary here.

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Join Us For A “Tri-City” Scavenger Hunt For Your Chance To Win A Weekend Away In The Willamette Valley!

How do you play?

• Between 9:00 am PDT on Monday, July 19 and 5:00 pm PDT on Sunday, July 25, visit the Oregon Film Trail signs and SetJetters scenes in and around the cities of Brownsville, Cottage Grove, and Eugene.
• While you visit the filming locations, put yourself in your favorite scenes by using the “ShotSync” feature within the SetJetters app to recreate your own split-screen image.
• Post your “ShotSync” image to the app’s main feed and tag the posts with #OregonFilmTrail and #StandByMeDay.
• Make sure that you’re logged into your SetJetters account on the app in order to get credit for your posts!
• And don’t forget to take your selfie with the Oregon Film Trail signs! (Look for the icon on the map to find them.)

How do you win?

• At the end of the contest period, the FIRST person with the most “ShotSyncs” posted to the SetJetters app is the winner!
• BUT – in case of a tiebreaker, we’ll be asking for your selfies taken with the 7 Oregon Film Trail signs at the following locations (look for the Oregon Film Trail icon in the SetJetters app.)
• Brownsville:

1. Stand By Me sign at City Hall.
2. Stand By Me sign at Linn County Historical Museum.
3. Stand By Me sign at Pioneer Park.

• Cottage Grove:

1. Animal House sign at Opal Whitley Park.
2. The General sign at the Row River Trail and North 14th St.

• Eugene (these OFT markers are not yet installed, but take a selfie at the future location):

1. The future home of the “Tracktown” sign – Across from Hayward Field at 17^th & Agate.
2. The future home of the “Without Limits” sign – Pre’s Trail at Alton Baker Park, Day Island Road.

• SetJetters will tally and verify the results.
• The winner will be notified by 5:00 pm PDT on Monday, July 26.

What do you win?

• The winner will receive a great Prize Package which includes the following:
• One night stay at the Village Green Hotel, Cottage Grove
• One night stay at the Valley River Inn, Eugene
• Gift certificate from Buster’s Main Street Café, Cottage Grove
• $25 gift certificate from Randy’s Main Street Coffee, Brownsville
• Gift certificate for two Stand By Me t-shirts from the Linn County Historical Museum
• OregonMade bandana x2
• OregonMade Orox leather keychain x2

The Prize Package is valid for one year after the contest ends (until July 25, 2022).

The Prize Package must be picked up from the Travel Lane County Visitor Center, located at 754 Olive Street, Eugene, OR 97401. (Visitor Center hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm).

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The #OregonMade feature film “The Water Man” plays at NW Film Center’s Cinema Unbound Drive-In on July 30.

Gunner (Lonnie Chavis) sets out on a quest to save his ill mother (Rosario Dawson) by searching for a mythic figure who possesses the secret to immortality, the Water Man. After enlisting the help of a mysterious local girl, Jo (Amiah Miller), they journey together into the remote Wild Horse forest — but the deeper they venture, the stranger and more dangerous the forest becomes. Their only hope for rescue is Gunner’s father (David Oyelowo), who will stop at nothing to find them and in the process will discover who his son really is.

Get your tickets here, and, as special offer to people booking from seeing this post, here is a code for 20% off of a ticket price –  HOST.

Watch the trailer below:

Below is a brief description quoted from the article in the Oregonian with links to the new standards. Please read through, promote to your crews, and follow these standards on your productions.

Oregon will require employers to provide workers with cool-down breaks and better access to shade and cool water on hot days under new emergency workplace rules adopted Thursday.

The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, known as Oregon OSHA, adopted the temporary rules Thursday at the direction of Gov. Kate Brown. The announcement comes after a Marion County farmworker died during his shift on June 26 as temperatures topped 100 degrees amid an unprecedented heat wave.

The temporary rules will go into effect immediately and remain in place for 180 days.

We’re back and we’re picking up right where we left off in the Spring of 2020 with a screening of our favorite Oregon surf movie – Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 thriller “Point Break” at the Hollywood Theatre on August 18 at 7p.

Granted, there are limited scenes that Oregon can claim as their own, but if we didn’t get excited about downtown Wheeler and Indian Beach at Ecola SP we wouldn’t be doing our job. So come celebrate the Ex-Presidents and their quest to finance an Endless Summer.

Oregon is the home to a drenched Swayze/Reeves fight on the north coast sands while waiting for a closed out set that came in from Hawaii but plays in Australia (our locations are just that flexible). Bring your board and bring your best Bodhi and Johnny Utah and then “Vaya con Dios,” Brah.

#OregonMade Film Series at The Hollywood Theatre.

The winners of the third annual Outdoor Adventure Film Grant – “Oregon’s Outdoors Are For Everyone” – recently presented their winning project “Any Oregon Sunday.”

The Winning Team: Kanani Koster, Janie Faison, and Tiffany Lindquist – all based in Portland, OR, and dedicated to telling “diverse and authentic stories that are created by a majority of women and POC-identifying locally-sourced cast and crew” put together this inspiring and uplifting documentary project portraying Adventure MotorSports in Oregon, specifically told through the lens of diverse women riders. The features three different “styles” of riding across Oregon’s terrains; Riding Recreational ATVs at the Sand Lake Dunes, Motocross Racing on off-road circuit tracks at Browns Camp in Tillamook Forests, and Trials Bike competitions in the Eastern Oregon High Desert. The viewer learns not only about the diversity of motorsports but the womxn who ride, their communities, and the camaraderie they share. (Read more here.)

Kanani is a WOC filmmaker based in Portland with over 5 years of filmmaking experience specifically in Narrative Shorts, Commercials, and Documentaries as a Director and Producer. She has created commercials for King County Wastewater Treatment and Islandwood’s Environmental Outdoors Masters program, one of which she is a graduate of (Masters of Urban
Environmental Education). Kanani Koster’s last short film, The New Frontier, was a Western that reclaimed American iconography and history for POC stories. She collaborated with 5 different local writers of color to tell each story through spoken word poetry and ensure accountability for the authenticity of the stories being told. The film was awarded best short at Oregon International Film Awards and nominated for Best Short at Red Nation Native American Film Festival in LA. Kanani has spoken on numerous panels and done Q&A’s discussing race and representation in film. She is also currently working as a Producer for Scott Braucht’s feature-length Drag History Bio-Documentary, Dear Doris. Kanani has a soft spot and nostalgia for all motorcycles after growing up riding dirt bikes across Washington with her dad, a former
motocross and trials rider.

Janie is a Portland-based Motion Designer and Artist who works in stop-motion and Live action productions. She has worked on LAIKA’s Missing Link feature film, commercials, and various short films in and around the PNW. She has previously worked in LA on a stop motion television series and recently created animations for the AIGA of Portland for Design Week 2019. She has worked for Gearhead Production Rentals which is a huge supporter of Oregon productions and is a member of the Couch Film Collective who supports equitable and inclusive projects. Her affinity for Oregon film and television has led her to work in the industry while connecting peers continuing to bring stories to life.

Tiffany is the Rental Coordinator at Gearhead Grip & Electric, a board member of the Couch Film Collective, an OMPA member, and founding member of the local women’s motorcycle riding group, “The Torque Wenches”. Tiffany moved to Portland in 2014 with the dual goals of pursuing a career in the film industry and spending more time adventuring outdoors.
Since then, her position at Gearhead has put her in close contact with a cross-section of local filmmakers and production crews and given her hands-on experience as a Grip and Electrician on a variety of Oregon productions. As a member of the OMPA and a board member of the Couch Film Collective, Tiffany’s work focuses on underrepresented filmmakers to produce
diverse, inclusive, locally resourced projects. An avid motorsport enthusiast, Tiffany is a founding member of the Torque Wenches, an all-female motorcycle group, and has established a wide network of street bikes, dirt bikes, and quad riding compatriots. Equally comfortable rigging a camera car, organizing an equipment list, or changing a spark plug on the side of a scenic Oregon highway, Tiffany is committed to exploring the Pacific Northwest and capturing those adventures on film.

The OAFG20 – “Oregon’s Outdoors Are For Everyone” – looked for experienced filmmaker candidates (and we had many great ones who were able to demonstrate a compelling short film pitch that promised to portray the excitement and rigor of an outdoor adventure, extreme action sport, or pursuit that has the potential to inspire others). The hope is always that the finished short film will equally illustrate the inspiration of adventure, the triumph of the human spirit, and the distinct possibility that outdoor pursuits can mobilize and empower people to get outside and make their own stories in the great Oregon outdoors.  “On Any Oregon Sunday” met the goal admirably.

The $20,000 Grant was provided by the #OregonMade Creative Foundation in conjunction with Travel Oregon.

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