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Gearhead Hosts New Classes

Gearhead Grip & Electric is hosting two new classes in November & December. Signup via the embedded Eventbrite links below.

Intermediate Grip & Electric

This 6-week class is on Thursdays, starting Thursday NOV 7th until Thursday DEC 19, 6:00pm – 9:00pm. NO CLASS THANKSGIVING

In this course you will continue to develop your lighting and grip skills through lectures and hands-on workshops. Our experienced instructor will guide you through as you continue to develop techniques to feel confident on set. This class will go deeper into the specialized tools of the Grip and Electric departments. Continue reading... “Gearhead Hosts New Classes”

Lights. Camera. Portland!

Discover Portland: Where Your Creative Vision Comes to Life!

Welcome to Portland, the ultimate city for filmmakers and creatives, brimming with diverse, vibrant locations. From gritty urban landscapes to breathtaking forest scenes, every shot in Portland is a masterpiece in the making.

But here’s the real draw: Oregon offers a substantial 25% cash rebate on production expenses through Oregon Film, making your project not just creatively fulfilling but financially savvy, too! Get an additional cash payment of up to 26.2% of payroll wages for production personnel working in the state. Continue reading... “Lights. Camera. Portland!”

Confluence Filmmaker Fellows Opens for Submissions

Confluence is pleased to announce the second Confluence Filmmaker Fellows program.

Three Indigenous video artists will receive cash prizes to support a film project they are developing: one for $5,000 and two for $2,500. Three other Emerging Indigenous Filmmakers will receive full camera kits (or equivalent cost equipment, calculated at $800) so that they can take their craft to the next level.

Eligible projects would align broadly to Confluence’s mission to connect people to the history, living cultures, and ecology of our region through Indigenous voices. Continue reading... “Confluence Filmmaker Fellows Opens for Submissions”

Get Your Gear from CrocJaw

The Strength of CrocJaw

Founded by a Hollywood 30+ year veteran/inventor, Owen Stephens, SOC, CROCJAW company services Pacific northwest studios, commercials and independent film producers with Owen’s custom camera truck, and grip & lighting rentals. These include his award winning soft-lighting systems and his very powerful and versatile Crocjaw clip invention.

Inventing by Necessity

An engineer from S Africa with a creative bent, Owen started his film career in the Motion Picture & TV industry at Pinewood Studios with Superman, and climbed the ranks to Gaffer and Director of Photography on a long list of feature films, music videos, and tv commercials, working alongside some of the top cinematographers in the world.

Art Rentals for Film & Media from Portland Art Museum

The Rental Sales Gallery is part of Portland Art Museum, and was founded in 1959 as a nonprofit gallery to give people access to the some of best of our regional artists. We proudly represent almost 200 artists from Oregon and Washington State.

With a total inventory of over 1,000 original artworks, you can be assured that we will have artworks that you will love. Mediums include oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings; wood, metal, and stone sculptures, drawings, collages, photography and framed prints.

Particle Studio Opens SE Portland Production Stage Space

Particle Studio, a soundproof studio space for video and photo production, has opened a new stage space in SE Portland.

Particle Studio is outfitted with an L-shaped cyc wall, industry grade lighting, high-end finishes, fully-functional model kitchens, and on-site equipment rentals. There’s also powered grids, ground floor load in, and a staff that’s eager to assist with any needs your production may have.

This new studio has been built from the ground up (literally) to fulfill all production needs.

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FujiFilm Presents: The Making of “CHISPA”

Recently Portland based filmmaker (and Tell Your Story Grant recipient) Karina Lomelin Ripper teamed up with FujiFilm to make her film “Chispa.”

FujiFilm then made a wonderful behind-the-scene short doc about the making of the film.

You can see it here.

Rentals, Repairs, and Rock’n’Roll – Behind-the-Scenes at Koerner Camera Systems

Portland Based Koerner Camera was recently featured in a “mini doc” from Cine D called “Rentals, Repairs, and Rock’n’Roll – Behind-the-Scenes at Koerner Camera Systems.”

Cine D took time to visit Koerner Camera Systems, the largest camera rental house north of Los Angeles with offices in both Portland and Seattle, and talked to owner Michael Koerner about the history of his business.

Michael started out as a camera assistant and got his first ARRI-S. Then he bought an SR-2 and SR-3 and started renting out his cameras, marking the beginning of his business, which has now grown to 13 employees. Continue reading... “Rentals, Repairs, and Rock’n’Roll – Behind-the-Scenes at Koerner Camera Systems”

Vision Stages: Bring Your Vision to Life

Vision Stages is a 36,000 sq ft soundstage for film, TV, and commercial productions, and they have a NEW WEBSITE with new features added to the soundstage.

Vision’s 30’x50’ cyc is pre-rigged with additional equipment available for rental
ZoneWorks black retractable curtain separates Stage 1 from Stage 3
Additional options for construction mill at MHCC across the street available
The 12’x14’ ground-level rollup door provides easy interior access for picture cars and equipment trucks to drive onto our stage or cyc for rigging/shooting
We have Hollywood flats and jacks available for rental
Mezzanine offices come with 30/300 wifi and upgrades to 1GB fiber lines
10GB fiber lines, DIT services, equipment rentals, and more at Remotely Video’s new CloudDale location 4 doors down from our west entrance.