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Local film maker Weston Currie’s film “The Perception of Moving Targets” will screen at the Sundance Film Festival as a part of the New Frontier series. Here’s a link to more info on the film via the Sundance Website. The festival has featured quite a few films from Oregon in past years including last year’s award winning documentary “How to Die in Oregon”. According to Weston’s bio on the Sundance site this is his first feature after several short form films. Continue reading... “Oregon Film “The Perception of Moving Targets” Selected to Screen at Sundance”
Position: 3D Studio Max Technical Director
Bent Image Lab is seeking Pipeline TD’s for all areas of production including animation, stereoscopic and visual effects.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Continue reading... “Job Posting – 3D Studio Max Technical Director for Bent Image Lab”
This year the University of Oregon’s media team was able to record the annual meeting and now it’s available here. If you have a Mac you’ll first need to download the flip for Mac Application which can be found here. One quick note – we ran a 15 minute pre-show of clips prior to the meeting beginning and that is on the front end of the video. If you’re interested in knowing what the clips are –
#1 – YouTube video of a boy who wrote “An Ode to Fred Armisen” after meeting him on the set of ‘Portlandia”
#2 – “Rid of Me” Trailer
#3 – “Gone” Trailer
#4 – a series of commercials from the animation studio Bent Image Lab
#5 – Leverage Location Video
#6 – Behind the Scenes of “Grimm” Continue reading... “Recorded Webcast of Annual Meeting Available”
It sounds like a cliché but it’s very true. Innovation is a key ingredient to future economic growth. This is as true in the media industry as it is any other. Over the past few years Oregon has seen several promising media technology companies start up. One such company is Elemental Technologies, which is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 2006 by CEO Sam Blackman, Chief Technology Officer Jesse Rosenzweig, and Chief Architect Brian Lewis, Elemental has raised over $16 million in financing, which has directly resulted in Elemental’s rapid ascension to become one of the world’s leaders in software designed for video content creation. Continue reading... “Elemental Technologies receives award for Innovation in Media Arts”
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At last night’s annual meeting we showed off a collection of videos prior to the meeting. Many people were making their way into the room and may have missed this fantastic video that our friends from Electric Entertainment created. We’ve been looking for a fresh way to show off the variety of locations in the area and what better way than to see the locations they way they were shot on “Leverage”? We can’t wait to see what they will shoot next year when they are actually supposed to be in Portland (as was announced last night). Continue reading... “Great video from “Leverage’s” Electric Entertainment showing off Oregon”
Next year for season 5 of “Leverage,” expect a few changes including a new location for the show’s stages. The truth is the new space is actually an old one that has been frequently used as a stage for several features in the past (“Extraordinary Measures,” “Twilight,” and “Untraceable”). Before this season, the space down in Clackamas was 60,000 square feet of open warehouse space which wasn’t ideal for a TV series. This fall the team at “Leverage” took over the space and are dividing it into three usable production spaces. Continue reading... ““Leverage” Readies to Move into a New Stage Space for Season 5”
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This winter term the Northwest Film Center’s School of Film is offering Stop-Motion Animation/Claymation with Academy Award winning director/producer Will Vinton.
Bring your characters to life with guidance from the Claymation pioneer in this 13 session course. Registration is open now, class begins January 26th, no prior experience is necessary.
Looking for something different than claymation? The School of Film is also offering Computer Animation with Flash, give your two dimensional artwork movement and depth while learning Adobe Flash software. Continue reading... “School of Film Offers Claymation with Oscar-Winning Director”
Don’t forget to mark your calendars and come join us and Governor John Kitzhaber for the:
Governor’s Office of Film & Television’s Annual Meeting
Monday, December 12 at 6:00PM.
Come celebrate Oregon’s record breaking year for film and television production!
We will be honoring several people and organizations throughout the state who have played an important role this year in the industry’s success. We also have some exciting announcements to reveal at this event that will be worth celebrating the future of the industry. Continue reading... “Governor’s Office of Film & Television’s Annual Meeting”
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A nice review in The New York Times for the holiday special, “Jingle All The Way”. Bent Image Lab, a Portland, Oregon company, produced this 22 minute animated short for the Hallmark Channel over a six month period. It is set to premier this Friday 25th.
Another review here from Animation Insider.
Put your feet up and enjoy! Continue reading... “On the New York Times “Couch-Potato Menu” for This Weekend’s Viewing: “Jingle All the Way””
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Katie and James are still at it in NYC looking to garner more attention for their film “Rid of Me”. Along the way they managed to find their way into a “Breaking Dawn” party. Check it out!
This week the film opens in Chicago so be sure to let all your Chicago friends know about the film. Here is information on showtimes and tickets in Chicago.
Katie and James also posted this video blog last week. Continue reading... ““Rid of Me” After Party Invades “Breaking Dawn” After Party in NYC”
It sounds like a cliché but it’s very true. Innovation is a key ingredient to future economic growth. This is as true in the media industry as it is any other. Over the past few years Oregon has seen several promising media technology companies start up. One such company is 
Don’t forget to mark your calendars and come join us and Governor John Kitzhaber for the: