PORTLAND, Oregon (April 12, 2013) After taking the feature film “Cell Count” to film festivals all over the world in 2012 and seeing the film through to distribution, it is now Polluted Pictures profound pleasure to announce they will co-produce the feature film “Deep Dark” together with Vitamin M in the Summer ’13.
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.
This is the final reminder for the upcoming Action Essentials for Actors workshop, Sunday, March 24th!
With more film incentives for Oregon, producers are looking at Portland to shoot upcoming shows and films, most of which require actors to perform their own basic action. But the actor MUST know the essentials.
In class, we’ll cover the action essentials actors need to walk onto set, giving you an edge over the competition. We’ll break down, recreate, and shoot and action scene from NBC’s hit show, Grimm. Continue reading... “Action Essentials for Actors March 24th!”
We’ve been having quite a week here at SXSW! It is absolutely insane how DENSE this event is. Everyone taking part in SX is just going about their own business and probably only hitting up about 15% of the events available to badge holders, ourselves included.
On Monday, we split up our 5 man team to cover more ground and go about our networking, promoting, and general experiencing (and capturing) of SXSW. here is a link to our vlog activity: http://d1u7aelnb7b19r.cloudfront.net/21375560-1417-47e0-a91d-1047800db558.mp4Continue reading... “Jumpercut Goes To SxSW: Monday”
With more film incentives for Oregon, producers are looking at Portland to shoot more upcoming shows and films, most of which require actors to perform their own basic action. But the actor MUST know the essentials.
Date: March 24th, 1 – 4 PM
Location: Crossfit Hillsdale
Class Content: We’ll cover the action essentials that actors need to walk onto set, giving students an edge over the competition. We’ll break down, recreate, and shoot an action scene from NBC’s hit show, Grimm.Continue reading... “Action Essentials for Actors”
Bill Oberst Jr. joins the cast of the film Cell Count II: Blood Count
PORTLAND, Oregon (February 7th, 2013) The feature film “Cell Count” went to film festivals all over the world in 2012 and is now available on all leading digital VOD stores including iTunes. It is now the Freeman Brothers’ profound pleasure to announce that horror icon Bill Oberst Jr. will be coming onboard for the upcoming sequel entitled “Cell Count II: Blood Count.”
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/58162919[/vimeo] A father takes his daughter to Mt. Shasta after the death of her mother. One day a mysterious woman appears who claims to be from the lost continent of Lemuria, also known as Mu.
“Mu” is about mystery, it’s about family, it’s about how we perceive each other on this planet and beyond. Oh and did I mention it’s a little scary…
Concept photo for ” Birds of Neptune” photo by Sarah Sitzler
Birds of Neptune, written and directed by Steven Richter (Center of Gravity, Myth of Drowning), is an independent feature film set in Portland, OR, produced by Reverie PDX and Lara Cuddy (The Weather Outside, Cell Count), and scheduled for release in fall 2013.
On Monday, January 28, 2013 at McMenamins Mission Theater in Northwest Portland, the Oregon Media Production Association‘s 6:30 pm annual meeting presents Awards of Excellence, and is followed by two films written and directed by Oregon independent filmmaker James Westby.
“Hot in the Zipper” a raucous screwball comedy set in the apartment of three lovely ladies in 1947 Manhattan, was filmed entirely in one unbroken 18-minute take and stars Jana Lee Hamblin, Katie O’Grady, Elizabeth Strelow and Spencer Conway. Additional credits include director of photography Kevin Fletcher, production designer David Storm, costume designer Casey Boyd and sound recordist Morgan Hobart. Continue reading... “Portland Premier follows OMPA Annual Meeting on Monday”
PORTLAND, Oregon (April 12, 2013) After taking the feature film “Cell Count” to film festivals all over the world in 2012 and seeing the film through to distribution, it is now Polluted Pictures profound pleasure to announce they will co-produce the feature film “Deep Dark” together with Vitamin M in the Summer ’13.
Bill Oberst Jr. joins the cast of the film Cell Count II: Blood Count
