Fox12 highlights local stuntman, Kent Luttrell, who has doubled actors from Danny Devito to Michael J. Fox. Luttrell got his start as “the body”, Ray Brower, in the classic movie, “Stand By Me” (shot in Brownsville 30 years ago this year).
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Laika uses stop-motion animation techniques to bring their characters to life, but with hundreds of puppets needed for the process it is painstaking to create the many expressions and movement needed to make the action fluid. The studio overcame this by becoming early adopter’s of the 3-D printing process that enabled them to create the many minuscule changing facial features without losing any of the artistry that goes into each puppet. Continue reading... “Laika Wins Technical Oscar’s Award For 3-D Printing Technology”
Fox12’s “More” series has been focussing on “More Movies” and has recently highlighted two more local business owners, 360 Labs and Greg McMickle.
360 Labs, an Oregon-based production company, is hoping to put Portland on the growing virtual reality map. 360 Labs specializes in “360º immersive panoramic photography and video.” Their goal is to create “meaningful and memorable experiences for virtual reality, desktop and mobile applications.says virtual reality videos will be the next big thing in 2016.” Continue reading... “Fox12’s Highlights Two More Locals In Their “More Movies” Series”
The Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) and Rose City Game Consulting Run are organizing a 48 hour Game Jam (Feb 12-14th) – “The Cartoon Network Game Jam“. The event will feature the cable channel’s characters that indie game designers will use to create their game ideas. Teams will have 48 hours in which to create a prototype, and that will then be judged by Cartoon Network staff. (Teams can sign up here.) The winning team will be offered a chance to negotiate a development deal with the Cartoon Network, which will offer the chance to realize the winning prototype’s full potential with a mobile roll out. Continue reading... “Indie Portland Game Developers Organize Cartoon Network Game Jam”
Boring, long layovers and frustrating weather delays will be a thing of the past – the Hollywood Theatre is opening an annex theatre in gate C6 at Portland Internatinal Airport. With approximately 5-8 million people passing through every year, the opportunity to entertain travelers while they wait, will be a welcome “first” for a US airport.
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Oregonian, Todd’ “Hammer” Semmes, co-founded Spydercam, with Tim “Doc” Drnec, over 20 years ago in Hood River. Their unique creative rigging company has assisted over 60 feature films to get those often “impossible” looking shots by rigging their suspended camera systems with precision and creativity that does not compare to other traditional methods. With offices in Oregon, Colorado, (and equipment in Los Angeles and New York), Spydercam has significantly contributed to such movies as; “Transformer”, “Spyderman” , “The Avengers”, “The Life Of Pi”, “Mission Impossible I, II and II”, (see all their credits here.) Continue reading... “Fox12 Showcases Local, International Rigging Company, Spdyercam”
Discovery’s hugely successful “Deadliest Catch” (now in it’s 12th season) has a new spin off – “Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove“. Produced by Original Productions for Discovery, the show will be featuring a cast of local Newport fishermen, and their families. In a race against time they will be attempting to catch as many fish as they can during the open season in the typically treacherous conditions of the “graveyard of the Pacific”. Continue reading... “Discovery Network’s “Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove” Is Coming To Newport”
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The Oregon, independent game designer, Fullbright, has announced that their popular, and multi- award-winning game, “Gone Home“, will now be available in a console edition, January 12th. Next up for Fullbright, is Tacoma, coming in 2016.
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Congratulations to LAIKA, who are celebrating their 10th Anniversary this month. LAIKA has continued to hold it’s own over the last decade, producing animated features that are works of art in their own right – beginning in 2009 with “Coraline“, “ParaNorman“, “The Boxtrolls“, and currently in production, “Kubo and the Two Strings“.
President and CEO, Travis Knight, said it best when he talked to Wired Magazine, “We’re an outlier. Continue reading... “LAIKA Celebrates 10th Anniversary”
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Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen are back with more “Portlandia” on January 21st, 2016. Continue reading... ““Portlandia” Season 6 – Back January 21st”