Jon Garcia, Sunset High school’s language arts teacher, created a video designed to combat cyber-bullying, and has got the attention of the $10,000 Paste Cloud Video Contest. Paste Cloud were, “giving away $10,000 to celebrate the launch of our new video platform for musicians, short filmmakers, comedians and more.” Read more here. Continue reading... “Local High School’s Anti-Bullying Video, Wins Paste Cloud Contest”
Ashland is MovieMaker’s #5 in the magazine’s “Best Places To Live and Work as a MovieMaker 2016: Top 10 Small Cities and Towns”.
This is what MovieMaker had to say about Ashland: ” The great Pacific Northwest… my, how screenwriters, directors and cinematographers love you. While Vancouver, Portland and Seattle battle for the blockbuster flicks and moody TV shows, this scenic, low-key small town in Oregon of around 20,000 people keeps building a hearty film community.
Ashland is unusually dedicated to the arts. Continue reading... “Ashland #5 In MovieMaker’s “Best Places To Live and Work 2016: Top 10 Small Cities And Towns””
Todd Haynes’, “Carol” collected 6 Oscar Nominations this morning; Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Costume Design, Original Score, Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography.
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Laika uses stop-motion animation techniques to bring their characters to life, but with hundreds of puppets needed for the process it is painstaking to create the many expressions and movement needed to make the action fluid. The studio overcame this by becoming early adopter’s of the 3-D printing process that enabled them to create the many minuscule changing facial features without losing any of the artistry that goes into each puppet. Continue reading... “Laika Wins Technical Oscar’s Award For 3-D Printing Technology”
The Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) and Rose City Game Consulting Run are organizing a 48 hour Game Jam (Feb 12-14th) – “The Cartoon Network Game Jam“. The event will feature the cable channel’s characters that indie game designers will use to create their game ideas. Teams will have 48 hours in which to create a prototype, and that will then be judged by Cartoon Network staff. (Teams can sign up here.) The winning team will be offered a chance to negotiate a development deal with the Cartoon Network, which will offer the chance to realize the winning prototype’s full potential with a mobile roll out. Continue reading... “Indie Portland Game Developers Organize Cartoon Network Game Jam”
Tonight, OPB-TV will re-broadcast “Don’t Wait for the Quake,” an event hosted by Oregon Public Broadcasting and the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) on Nov. 17. The program will air at 9pm PT, and although tonight’s show won’t be live, A Fourth Act’s audience engagement tool Harvis will be.We invite you to join in.
Some background: To promote public awareness and catalyze conversation, OPB and the SOJC convened a public forum on Nov. 17 about earthquake readiness in Oregon. Continue reading... “OPB And UO-SOJC To Air “Don’t Wait for the Quake” With Broadcast Audience Engagement Tool”
The annual 2015 Oregon Actors Awards took place at the Portland Center Stage, to a packed house over the week end. The awards recognized outstanding members of Oregon’s film, video and multimedia industry. Four awards were given to film, TV and commercial actors, and one for community service.
(Watch KGW’s piece on the evening here.)
The winners were:
Also at the event were the graduate actors from the Cast Iron Studio’s Class of 2015 Talent Diversity Initiative that took place in Portland over the last two months. Continue reading... “Oregon Media Production Community Rolls Out Red Carpet, Honors Best Local Performances Of The Year”
Steven Richter’s feature film “Birds of Neptune” has been acquired by Brinkvision for US distribution. The film is scheduled to be released on DVD and VOD in early 2016.
The award winning film “Birds of Neptune” was shot in Portland, Oregon with an all local cast and crew and all local vendors. It premiered at Slamdance early this year and has since gone on to screen at festivals throughout the US and was the opening night film at the Portland Film Festival. Continue reading... “Portland-Based Film “Birds of Neptune” Has Acquired Distribution Through Brinkvision”
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Google’s Trekker Camera is slowly bringing it’s technology to the trail. This summer volunteers from the Oregon Wild organization (formerly the Oregon Natural Resources Council or ONRC) offered to carry the Trekker and hike some of Oregon’s most beautiful trails in order to bring a “street view” to the public and is so doing, bringing attention to conservation lands in Oregon. OPB covered the story and you can read more here.
Update: Also, Oregon Wild have a film festival that kicks off September 9th “Speaking For The Trees” at the Bijou Arts Cinemas in Eugene. Continue reading... “Google Trekker Brings It’s Camera Technology To The Oregon Wilderness”
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Beth Harrington Productions & Argot Pictures Announce the Theatrical Release of The Winding Stream
Argot Pictures and Indie filmmaker Beth Harrington are pleased to announce that her latest music documentary film, The Winding Stream – The Carters, The Cashes and the Course of Country Music, will begin its theatrical release in Portland, Oregon on Thursday, September 17th at the historic Hollywood Theatre. The screening will include a Q&A with director/producer Beth Harrington and a special pre-show performance by the Johnny Cash tribute band—Counterfeit Cash. Continue reading... “Theatrical Premiere of “The Winding Stream” Screens September 17”