On Tuesday, April 28, Oregon Film, Portland Development Commission, Oregon Storyboard, Intel and NWFilm teamed up with Girls Inc. to show the new feature documentary BIG DREAM to over 100 young women at the Whitsell Auditorium. Continue reading... “#MyBigDream – Inspirational Documentary – Screened At Whitsell”
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Oregon animator, Stefan Nadelman, created the sequence above for the Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck documentary that premiered at Sundance this year. Nadelman worked with Cobain’s own drawings to bring them to life. The New York Times referenced this animated sequence “of (Cobain’s) adolescence, set to his own taped narration, is the best part of the film.” You can see the whole documentary on HBO tonight.
Read more about Stefan Nadelman’s work as a director here.
Continue reading... “Oregon Animator, Stefan Nadelman, Animates Sequence In Kurt Cobain Doc”
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VR technology is so much more fun the second time around and with companies like YouTube (360), Google Business View and many new 360º apps to name a few, there are many interesting advancements to explore. 360º Labs, based out of Portland, Oregon, are bringing their own altruistic (and very Oregon) public-spirited take to their technology. They are currently half way through a Kickstarter campaign to fund a 360º VR documentary “As It Is – A 360º Video & Virtual Reality Experience Exploring How A Proposed Gondola Resort Will Impact the Grand Canyon from Rim to River.” Continue reading... “360 Labs Brings Cutting Edge VR Technology to Raise Public Awareness of Contentious Grand Canyon River Project”
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The 5th annual NorthWest Animation Fest begins on Monday, kicking off with the NorthWest Animators Showcase at 7pm. more than 250 films will be showing at the Hollywood Theatre all week. Tix. Continue reading... “5th Annual NorthWest Animation Festival Starts May 4th”
The power of “storytelling” has become a marketing staple across a wide variety of businesses, a common thread that blends real-life experiences with business brands. Storytelling, once reserved for cinema, literature, TV etc. has provided the state of Oregon brand recognition from the ground up, literally. Read more here. Continue reading... “How Tourism Storytelling Converts to Dollars for Oregon Businesses”
Watch OPB’s Art Beat and meet some of the talented Oregon crew that create the props, construct the “Wesen” special FX make up, and other artists of “Grimm”. Continue reading... “OPB’s Emmy Award-Winning Local Arts Series Goes Behind The Scenes With The Artists of “Grimm””
State of Wonder breaks down Oregon Art Beat‘s focus on the great local art and artists on GRIMM.
Check out the preview as well as the complete episode of both SOW (now online) and OAB (on OPB TV this Thursday, April 30 at 7 p.m.)
https://soundcloud.com/opb-state-of-wonder/state-of-wonder-apr-25-2015-grimm-etsy-portland-cello-project-jackson-pollock-more
Continue reading... “OPB’s State of Wonder previews GRIMM’s Oregon Art Beat Episode”
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Above Slater Smith and The Weather Machine play “Wild West Coast” at Peter Skene Ogden State Park . Four more bands will be featured at four other state park locations. (To learn more about this project, listen to OPB’s State of Wonder this Saturday at noon.) You can read more about Slater Smith, and Oregon State parks’ quest to bring music to the outdoors at OPBMUSIC.
Last year Slater traveled to every Oregon state park and featured a shot in each for the band’s creative music video, “Back O’er Oregon“. Continue reading... “Oregon Road Sessions: The Weather Machine – Debuts Music In Five State Parks”
This year’s Cannes Director’s Fortnight lineup will feature a number of American independent titles, including the world premiere of Oregon-shot-and-produced “Green Room,” the latest thriller from Fortnight alum, Jeremy Saulnier (“Blue Ruin”), produced by Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani and Victor Moyers. Read more in Variety here. Continue reading... ““Green Room” Announced for Directors’ Fortnight 2015”
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/54933564[/vimeo]NW Documentary’s feature film Les Voyageurs Sans Trace, is to screen at Telluride Mountain Film. Telluride Mountain Film is “an annual festival, a worldwide tour, a diverse community and a champion for change.” Les Voyageurs Sans Trace’s story follows three French kayakers who descended the Colorado River in 1938 to explore the American West and filmed their feat in color film. The 16mm color film predates Hollywood’s first color movie, The Wizard of Oz, and is the first color adventure film. Continue reading... “NW Documentary’s Les Voyageurs To Screen At Telluride Mountain Film”