Program to embrace growing digital storytelling cluster, accelerate new projects
PORTLAND, Ore — DATE — The Oregon Governor’s Office of Film and Television and PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment) have partnered to launch Oregon Story Board, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the education, support, and promotion of digital media production throughout Oregon. Intel Corporation has committed to the program as the first corporate sponsor. Oregon Story Board has also teamed with Eugene based TrackTown USA for its first project – the “Hack at Hayward”. Continue reading... “Oregon Film, PIE, and Intel Partner to Form Oregon Story Board – Hack With TrackTown USA is First Project”
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It’s nice for Bobby to mention me in the video but all I did was have breakfast with them! Congrats to Southern Oregon University’s EMDA and the Ashland International Film Festival for pulling this off!
Randolph Jones also has a nice blog piece about the app he created for “Follow the Food” – find it here.
-Vince Continue reading... “Behind the Scene Video Showing off Collaboration of SOU’s EMDA and AIFF – GREAT JOB TEAM!!!”
Cast Iron Studios will host “Acting Like a Pro – Parents’ Boot Camp” on April 5 at U of O Portland Extension
PORTLAND, ORE. In conjunction with its upcoming master series of workshops featuring prominent L.A. and NY casting directors, Cast Iron Studios will be hosting its first ever “boot camp” aimed exclusively at parents of aspiring child actors.
On Friday, April 5, 2013, Casting Directors Lana Veenker and Eryn Goodman of Portland’s Cast Iron Studios (Grimm, Leverage, Twilight) will welcome Los Angeles Kids’ Casting Director Christine Scowley (How to Rock, Movie Surfers, Smash Cuts, Rock the Cradle) to the University of Oregon White Stag Block in Portland’s Old Town for a lively panel discussion and Q&A.
Continue reading... “Cast Iron Studios School Parents Of Child Actors”
Today is an exciting day for fans of Chuck Palahniuk films—Yes, films. Up until now, Fight Club and Choke were the only two adaptations you could find of Chuck’s work. But Portland-based, writer/director Andy Mingo went and changed all that with his 26-minute, short film adaption of ‘Romance.’
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Read on last year’s book tour, ‘Romance’ is easily one of Chuck’s strongest and funniest short stories. It’s both heartbreaking and hysterical at the same time, and starting on March 19, you can find it on Video On Demand at:
Continue reading... “New film adapted from story by Fight Club author, Chuck Palahniuk now available on VOD”
Cinema Pacific film festival announces 2013 program featuring films from Mexico, Singapore and the U.S. West Coast
EUGENE, Ore. – (March 13, 2013) – The fourth annual University of Oregon Cinema Pacific film festival features a wide array of films, exhibitions, receptions and performances opening April 17 and running through April 21, 2013 in both Eugene and Portland.
This year’s featured guest is renowned Mexican screenwriter and director Guillermo Arriaga (“Amores Perros”, “Babel”). He will participate in the festival’s Focus: Mexico section. Continue reading... “Cinema Pacific Details Announced – Event is April 17-21 in Eugene and Portland”
The AIFF branches out with exciting new programming to add to our audience’s festival experience with the eMerge Transmedia Showcase. Created to showcase new forms of digital and interactive storytelling, the program has been developed in collaboration with Southern Oregon University’s Emerging Media and Digital Arts (EMDA) program. Below is more details on this year’s program events. Sponsors of eMerge this year include The Governor’s Office of Film and Television, Project A, Second Story, the Portland Incubator Experiment, and the Technology Association of Oregon. Continue reading... “Further Details of AIFF’s eMerge Transmedia Showcase Announced”
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Isn’t it sad that season 3 of “Portlandia” is over? Well if you just need a little more taste of this past season, check out the great behind the scenes piece Bent Image Lab did on this year’s “rats” skit.
And here’s another piece they did on the dolphin piece.
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Continue reading... “Portlandia Rats! Behind the Scenes Courtesy of Bent Image Lab – Dolphin Skit too!”
With AIFF just a little more than one month away, we wanted to update you on some new info. A full schedule of events should be up on AIFF’s website in a few weeks but here’s what has been announced to date.
“Redwood Highway”, produced last year in Southern Oregon, will premiere at the festival. from AIFF
A World Premiere of a Southern Oregon Production
We are very excited to announce the World Premiere of Redwood Highwaydirected by Gary Lundgren (Calvin Marshall, 2011 AIFF, Wow and Flutter, 2005 AIFF) and produced by James Twyman and Gary Kout.
Continue reading... “Ashland Independent Film Festival – Redwood Highway to Premiere at Festival”
“Big data demands to be seen on the big screen”
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The first screening of its kind — “Arc” is a theatrical program dedicated to the art, creativity and complexity of animated infographics. As its name suggests, the screening lies at the confluence of storytelling and data visualizations — an intersection that will be appeal to interaction designers, journalists, writers, researchers, number-junkies and analysts.
Synopsis:
In a culture now supersaturated with colossal reams of information, it’s all we can do to stay afloat and make sense of it all. Continue reading... “Arc: An Evening of Animated Infographics @hollywodtheatr February 28”
We know the cat is likely out of the bag but we can now confirm that the upcoming TNT Pilot starring Oscar Winner Geena Davis will be shot here in Oregon. We’re thrilled to have yet another project from TNT and director/producer Dean Devlin. Dean and his team at Electric Entertainment have been instrumental in Oregon’s film and television industry growth over the past few years. Here’s to hoping that this pilot leads to yet another multiple year project much like what “Levereage” was for the past four years! Continue reading... “TNT’s Geena Davis Bounty Hunter Pilot Confirmed to Shoot In Oregon”
