Nobody has ever doubted Oregon’s beauty. It’s why so many fall in love with this state. There are two new projects on the web thanks to several talented creative individuals that show off Oregon’s beauty in a new and exciting way. In the past year Uncage the Soul Video Production has traveled all over the state showing off some of Oregon’s most beautiful vistas via time lapse photography. Most recently John Waller and Ben Canales screened their most recent video featuring Portland at Uncharted Territory Portland TEDx. Continue reading... “Two Great Projects Showing Off Oregon’s Beauty”
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”
You only need to glance at the comments posted on this YouTube clip to see how this particular commercial, showing off the new Audi A6, has people fired up! But non-the-less, we like car commercials and we have many shooting here to know! They often have healthy budgets and of course, provide local jobs. We make an effort to promote the versatile roads of Oregon and in some ways it’s not that difficult; beautiful high desert, mountains, beaches, urban scenes, small towns and an easy distance between them. Continue reading... “Audi Commercial Shot In Oregon Drives Controversy”
Katherine Wilson kicks off her Traveling Movie Museum on Friday from 4 to 7pm with an open house @ Jameson’s Retro Bar and Lounge, Broadway and Olive, downtown Eugene. A no-host bar is available. Jameson’s also provided the framing for over 30 images and posters from the iconic film. Many of them will be shown to the public for the first time since the filming 35 years ago. The exhibit ends Sept. 30th.
Not uncommonly, we just had a major US retailer shoot a commercial here in Oregon but this one was different, they did it with a sustainable mandate that came from the client’s corporate office. The greening company, EcoSet was hired to oversee the process. EcoSet operate as an “environmental production resource committed to implementing customized, practical, and sustainable environmental solutions for commercial productions”. A relatively new breed of environmentalists are finding a way to green commercial and feature productions in creative and resourceful ways by plugging into what communities already offer. Continue reading... “Commercial Production Brings Value to the Community, the Environment and the Local Economy at the Same Time”
Recently Sean Brown a Corvallis based Director made a demo scene from a novel called “Reality Crash” by Cyd Ropp and Lou Grantt, in hopes of getting the film made into a feature.
While gathering all the needed expertise to work on the project Sean found that Corvallis had more then enough talent to make the production a great one.
Below is a link to the KGW news piece covering the NBC pilot “Grimm” as well as the entire motion picture industry in Oregon. A special appearance by former “Will and Grace” star Sean Hayes is in the piece as he is an Executive Producer of the pilot. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed that the show gets ordered to series and they do the series right here in Oregon!
In 2010 Mayor Willis Van Dusen declared June 7 to be “Goonies Day” to commemorate the release of the film back in 1985. This weekend Astoria will be host to several activities to honor the film that keeps on giving to the community. Most notably Astoria’s visitor center has organized a scavenger hunt for the visiting die-hard fans.
Recently the media that covers the film and television industry has taken notice in all the work happening in the state. In the web based trade 
