Governor’s Office of Film & Television’s Annual Meeting

Oregon Film Annual MeetingDon’t forget to mark your calendars and come join us and Governor John Kitzhaber for the:

Governor’s Office of Film & Television’s Annual Meeting
Monday, December 12 at 6:00PM.

Come celebrate Oregon’s record breaking year for film and television production!

We will be honoring several people and organizations throughout the state who have played an important role this year in the industry’s success. We also have some exciting announcements to reveal at this event that will be worth celebrating the future of the industry. Continue reading... “Governor’s Office of Film & Television’s Annual Meeting”

On the New York Times “Couch-Potato Menu” for This Weekend’s Viewing: “Jingle All the Way”

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A nice review in The New York Times for the holiday special, “Jingle All The Way”.  Bent Image Lab, a Portland, Oregon company, produced this 22 minute animated short for the Hallmark Channel over a six month period.  It is set to premier this Friday 25th.

Another review here from Animation Insider.

Put your feet up and enjoy! Continue reading... “On the New York Times “Couch-Potato Menu” for This Weekend’s Viewing: “Jingle All the Way””

Grimm Doesn’t Just Look Green Because Of The Weather….

We could not have been happier when NBC Universal contacted us to collaborate on their greening efforts for the series, Grimm.  We immediately recognized this particular show as a good match and unique opportunity to put the foundation of our previous work in identifying green vendors and services to good use.

NBCUniversal’s Green Is Universal initiative has an admirable, on-going, corporate-wide environmental initiative that attempts to lessen their shows’ environmental impact by working with local resources and finding innovative ways to improve on their overall footprint. Continue reading... “Grimm Doesn’t Just Look Green Because Of The Weather….”

Hollywood Theatre Receives 600 Donated Seats

In a bold move to increase the comfort level of thousands of patrons in Portland, Oregon, the Hollywood Theatre is rolling out an aggressive, new ergonomic stimulus package called “Creature Comforts”.

The Hollywood Theatre, long recognized as a historic landmark in the centrally located Hollywood neighborhood of Portland, is the recent beneficiary of ergonomic stimulus aid from Regal Cinemas, a national movie theatre chain, in the form of 600 “gently used” seats for its three auditoriums.

Like many stimulus packages, this generous gift of seats (a $100,000 value if the theatre were to try to buy them on their own) comes with a local matching component.  Continue reading... “Hollywood Theatre Receives 600 Donated Seats”

Success of Oregon’s Film and TV industry highlighted in Hollywood Reporter

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 “The Wrap”, a recent article about the state of the TV industry mentioned Portland as a city on the rise for TV production. We were also contacted by the Hollywood Reporter a month or so ago as they decided to do a feature on the TV work in the city.  Some of you may remember that they did a “Made in Oregon” feature a year and a half ago.  Continue reading... “Success of Oregon’s Film and TV industry highlighted in Hollywood Reporter”

Bent Image Lab launches into Television Programming with “Jingle All the Way” for the Hallmark Channel

Bent Image Lab, the animation studio behind many successful commercials, music videos, shorts, and visual effects projects is now co-producing long format content for television. “Jingle All the Way”, a stop motion animated show for Hallmark Channel is Bent’s first endeavor into long form animation. Airing November 25th as part of Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas”, “Jingle All the Way” is based off of an original storybook from Hallmark. The show was directed by Bent partner Chel White, produced by Bent’s Executive Producer Tsui Ling Toomer and executively produced by Bent Partner Ray Di Carlo and Hallmark’s Jodi Schade, Diana Stuart, Chad Harris, and Shawn McClaren. Continue reading... “Bent Image Lab launches into Television Programming with “Jingle All the Way” for the Hallmark Channel”

Save the Date! – Film Office Annual Meeting December 12

You are Invited to Attend

The Governor’s Office of Film and Television

Annual Meeting

December 12, 6:00 PM

 

University of Oregon Portland Campus

70 NW Couch Street

Portland, OR 97209 Continue reading... “Save the Date! – Film Office Annual Meeting December 12”

Audi Commercial Shot In Oregon Drives Controversy

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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”

OMPA’s October Newsletter Available Now

The Oregon Media Production Association invites you to review the newsletter for Oregon’s film, television, commercial and new media production industry, the OMPA Callsheet (click to view):

Prior to publishing digitally, the Callsheet was mailed exclusively to members of OMPA, the professional association for Oregon’s film, TV, commercial and new media industry. We are now happy to share our news with all those interested in Oregon’s industry, and anyone can subscribe at issuu.com. Continue reading... “OMPA’s October Newsletter Available Now”