With the passing of HB 3367 and on to the Governor’s Desk for signature, the Oregon Production Investment Fund now has a little breathing room to consider new projects. The expansion of OPIF (extra $4million a year) will not go into effect until early October but in the meantime the fund does have approximately $700,000 available for new projects. We have received three applications already and are reviewing those applications but we would like to open up the application process for the next week and consider all applications submitted between July 1 and July 19 at the same time. Continue reading... “OPIF is Open for Applications – $700,000 is Available For New Projects Now”
Musician Slater Smith Embarks on a Quest to Visit all of Oregon’s State Parks While Shooting His Music Video
Slater Smith, frontman for the band The Weather Machine, began his quest to visit every state park in Oregon over the summer while shooting his music video for the band’s song “Back O’Er Oregon”. The video will be a cinematic homage to Oregon’s beautiful and diverse state parks. While planning this project Slater connected with Oregon’s Governor’s Office of Film and Television (Oregon Film) and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and explored how to expand the project beyond just the music video. Continue reading... ““Back O’Er Oregon” – A Musician’s Journey through Oregon’s State Parks”
On Monday July 8, the 2013 Oregon Legislative session wrapped up, and it has proven to be a landmark legislative session. On Monday morning the House concurred with the amendments the Senate passed for HB 3367 over the weekend resulting in an increase annual allocation for the Oregon Production Investment Fund tax credit. The allocation in OPIF will go from $6million a year to $10million a year. Other important legislation that will positively affect Oregon’s film, television, and digital media industry includes HB 5028 which allows the Oregon Innovation Council to fund the Oregon Story Board, and SB 836 which exempts film, tv and theartical hair, and make-up professionals from certain cosmetology regulations. Continue reading... “Oregon Legislature Round-Up – Transformational for Oregon’s Film, TV, and Digital Media Industry”
From award winning filmmakers, the Pander Brothers, comes a brand new short film, “SUBTEXT”, which explores modern relationships in the era of text messaging.
Funding for the project was raised through Kickstarter. The Pander Bros. are excited to work in this new fund raising format, giving them a chance to work with long time community friends and supporters.
“We are excited to be up and running on a personal vision that is mostly financed by Portlanders who are supporting the arts and film community through crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter. Continue reading... “Pander Brothers finance new short film through Kickstarter crowdfunding”
The Governor’s Office of Film and Television along with the Oregon Department of Revenue will be holding three call-in information sessions about the Oregon Production Tax Credit Auction which is happening July 8-17. Previous information about the auction can be found here.
The three dates are as follows
Wednesday June 19 – 9:00am-10:00am
Monday June 24 – 9:00am-10:00am
Friday June 28 – 9:00am-10:00am
To be on the call please call (877) 873-8018. The participant pass code is 798704
The auction will be done through a website. Continue reading... “OPIF Tax Credit Auction Update – Auction Begins Monday at 9:00am”
Freelance Writer Eric Gold put together a great piece on our film and TV industry for Alaska/Horizon Air’s June issue. The article features interviews from location manager Roger Faires, Portland Film Office’s Shelley Midthun, Bent Image Lab’s Ray DiCarlo, “Portlandia” producer David Cress, Cast Iron Studio’s Lana Veenker, and Oregon Film Office’s Vince Porter. It’s a pretty nice article! We couldn’t have paid for that kind of coverage in the mag. If you’re flying Alaska or Horizon this month, be sure to read it or
Check out the whole issue at this link » Continue reading... “Portland (and Oregon) Film Industry Featured in this Month’s Alaska Air Mag”
Don’t forget! The original creators, engineers, and evangelists of Adobe After Effects are coming to Portland to provide a truly unique breakdown of the new features of After Effects. Click here for sign up information.
The Lineup
Paul Babb: President and CEO of Maxon, The Americas.
Steve Forde: Product Manager of Adobe After Effects
David Simons: Principal Scientist (Co-founder of CoSA)
Amir Stone: Software Engineer at Adobe Systems
Toff Kopriva: Adobe Technical Support Lead
Harry Frank who is an accomplished Motion Designer, Animator & Visual Effects Artist from Red Giant Software will also be joining us to
This is your one stop to get the latest updates on new software coming out right now from the people that don’t just demo the software they created it. Continue reading... “AEPDX Presents What’s New Part Deux – June 8”
We already tweeted a link to the project but “The Build” deserves more attention. “The Build” is Instrument’s (a digital creative agency in SE Portland) first foray into interactive filmmaking. The company’s resident filmmaker Truen Pence came up with the idea of producing a documentary highlighting three local characters in the custom motorcycle building industry. From that idea, the company engaged its producers, motion graphic designers, and creative coders to create an experiential story that pushes the boundaries and aesthetics of modern browsers. Continue reading... “Portland Based Digital Creative Agency @instrument debuts “The Build””
The Oregon Department of Revenue in conjunction with the Oregon Film & Video Office will be auctioning off $6million worth of tax credit certificates beginning July 8. Proceeds from this auction will benefit the Oregon Production Investment Fund. This fund is an important tool in recruiting film and television production to Oregon. The auction will conclude on July 17. All bids will not be considered final until bankable funds have been received by the Oregon Department of Revenue. The funds must be received by July 24. Continue reading... “Oregon Production Investment Fund Tax Credit Auction – July 8-17”
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May 2nd last week saw hundreds of Oregon film and television crew workers, SAG and AFTRA members, as well as executives from NBC Universal’s “Grimm” convene in Salem to lobby for an increase in tax incentives in a bid to bring even more production work to the state. Below is a collection of some of the many news stories that covered the events of the day: Continue reading... “Media Coverage of Industry Day 2013”
