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 (web episode that’s also available as an app) of The Digits.
“I have been watching PBS from before I can remember so you can imagine how proud I am that PBS has acknowledged the educational value of The Digits,” said Iseri. Continue reading... “The Digits is Now Available in PBS LearningMedia”
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, TV and multimedia industry in Oregon.
Did You Know . . . . . that even within the industry itself there is sometimes confusion over what our office does and what we are responsible for? Continue reading... “Did You Know. . . . .”
The NW Animation Fest is coming up
May 17-19 @ The Hollywood Theatre
in Portland, OR.
The NW Animation Fest is a variety show that celebrates the best new work from independent animators around the globe. This is the festival’s biggest year yet. And with “over 150 hilarious, dramatic, strange and inspiring films” screening over the course of the 3-day event, it’s now “the biggest animation show in the USA.” The Oregon Governor’s Office of Film & Television is proud to be sponsoring the opening night of the festival, Friday May 17. Continue reading... “Tickets for the NW Animation Festival On Sale Now”
NBC will begin production on “Renovation Nation,” an exciting, new home makeover competition event that will showcase the talents of the most accomplished designers and home renovators in the country, revealing stunning transformations week after week. Nate Berkus, host and Executive Producer, will not only guide the audience through the process, but will also serve as judge and advocate, mentoring the contestants week to week.
This bold new series will travel across the country one city at a time, with two separate teams tackling two new homes each week. Continue reading... “NBC’s “Renovation Nation” Seeking Properties in Oregon”
“C.O.G”, written and directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez and based on a David Sedaris autobiographical essay, was filmed in Hood River and the Portland Metro Area. “C.O.G” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and has just gained distribution through Screen Media and Focus Features’ alt-distribution label Focus World. They have plans to release the movie in theaters later this year.
More info. on the film via Deadline Hollywood:
(“C.O.G.” is) about a man who decides to immerse himself in the real world and goes off the grid following his graduation from Yale to work at an apple farm.
Continue reading... ““C.O.G.”, Filmed in Hood River, OR, Gains Distribution”
Oregon has many, viable location “looks” and not always what one might expect. The more obvious ones we have in abundance; rivers, mountains, trees, coast, lakes and farmland. Less known are; high desert, western style towns, sand dunes, gritty urban areas, vineyards, canyons and volcanic lava. We will be highlighting a specific Oregon location in each quarterly newsletter, and have partnered with Oregon company, GigaPan, by using their robotic mount technology to take detailed and vivid panoramic location pictures.
Our featured location this time is the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. Continue reading... “Featured Oregon Location: Yaquina Head (via GigaPan)”
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, southern Oregon) is well known for it’s high caliber theatre performances. Lesser know is the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Costume Rentals. OSFCR is a full-service costume rental facility that features around 100,000 costumer pieces designed and made in-house. OSFCR has been renting costumes since 2004 but only started renting to the film and TV market for the past 6 years. They have been successful, with many repeat customers, from primetime shows on NBC, ABC, HBO, TNT, as well as many feature films. Continue reading... “OSF Costume Inventory: a Great Asset for Film & TV Projects Everywhere”
Director Guillermo Arriaga is returning to Oregon, where he filmed “The Burning Plain” in Portland and Coos Bay in 2008. The film featured Academy Award-winner Jennifer Lawrence in her first starring role, alongside Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. At the Bijou Cinemas and Northwest Film Center, Arriaga will present The Burning Plain and, only at the Bijou, the film he wrote and Tommy Lee Jones directed, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005). While in Oregon, Arriaga will also give the Bartolomé de las Casas Lecture in Latin American Studies at the UO and a public talk at the Oak Hill School. Continue reading... “Cinema Pacific & Northwest Film Center to Screen “The Burning Plain” with director Guillermo Arriaga”
When Richard Herskowitz started Cinema Pacific he conciously decided not to call it a film festival so that a wide array of events could be included. This year’s version of Cinema Pacific is taking that concept to a new level.
One event that is sure to have some thoughtful discussion is the presentation on Open Space Documentary. Helen Di Michiel and Patricia Zimmerman will be discussing examples of media organizations and projects that exemplify the spirit of open space documentary. Continue reading... “Eclectic Collection of Events Happening at Cinema Pacific This Year”
This past weekend the 2013 Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF) hosted its first eMerge Tansmedia Showcase (sponsored by Oregon Film, Intel, SOU, Project A, Second Story, PIE, and Technology Association of Oregon). In simplest terms, it was an opportunity for festival goers to discuss, experience and participate in the future of storytelling. As technology continues to evolve, the ways in which stories can be told are evolving with it. The lines between technology, film, photography, music, performance art, graphic arts, and gaming are becoming less and less visible. Continue reading... “AIFF Hosts Successful eMerge Transmedia Showcase”
NBC will begin production on “Renovation Nation,” an exciting, new home makeover competition event that will showcase the talents of the most accomplished designers and home renovators in the country, revealing stunning transformations week after week. Nate Berkus, host and Executive Producer, will not only guide the audience through the process, but will also serve as judge and advocate, mentoring the contestants week to week.
