Shannon Schaefer Bart (Sustainable Production Manager NBC Universal) and Steve Oster (Producer, "Grimm") with the Green Award
NBC Universal’s series, “Grimm” was honored for it’s environmentally friendly production practices at the 33rd Annual Travel Portland Tourism and Hospitality Industry Awards last week. This award recognizes environmentally friendly business practices that “help sustain Oregon’s exceptional quality of life”.
FACEOUT STUDIO HAS LAUNCHED VIDEO PRODUCITON CAPABILITY TO MEETGROWING DEMAND
Bend, OR – May 8, 2012. Faceout Studio, a firm specializing in book design since 1996, has recently expanded its services to include film production. Faceout Films shot its first book trailer in the fall of 2010 and has since produced over 20 projects for various national media companies. Faceout Films is currently producing trailers, teasers, commercials, interviews and short films. In addition, they are offering clients an array of value–added deliverables such as behind-the-scenes live action footage and stills. Continue reading... “Faceout Films in Bend Poised to Grow With New Video Production Capabilities”
This Thursday at 6:30 pm at KGW (1501 SW Jefferson St in Portland): A forum with candidates for Portland Mayor that is *by* and *for* commercial, film, TV and interactive workers! Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith discuss how they will foster local film, television, interactive, commercial, and mobile media ventures as Portland’s next Mayor.
March 30 was the first night of taping for “Wheel of Fortune” in Portland. KATU did a feature on the show on their 11:00 news. Here’s the link to the feature.
Background: The Hollywood Theatre’s Project Youth Doc (“PYD”) program provides youth the opportunity to produce short documentary films of personal and social relevance, cultivating a heightened sense of community awareness/involvement and nurturing the development of students’ artistic voices in a positive peer-to-peer environment. By using documentary film as a vehicle for creative self-expression, students who participate in PYD become better connected to their peers, the community in which they live and, most importantly, themselves. Since the program’s inception in 2004, over 200 youth have worked in teams to produce more than 50 thought-provoking documentaries on topics ranging from the juvenile justice system to the dangers of drunk driving. Continue reading... “Hollywood Theatre Hiring for Summer Youth Documentary Program!”
Filmmakers begin to move film and television production up to the Pacific Northwest.
Portland, Ore. – Portland, Oregon is rapidly becoming the next production capital of the west thanks to the hit television show Portlandia, which debuted on the Independent Film Channel last January.
The wildly popular show, set to debut its second season in January 2012, stars comedians Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. Armisen, best known as a returning cast member of Saturday Night Live and Brownstein, a former band member of Portland-based Sleater Kinney, first grabbed viewers attention when the six-episode series aired earlier this year. Continue reading... “Hollywood Trades in the City of Stars for the City of Roses”
The final deadline to list in SourceOregon — Oregon’s film, TV, commercial and new media production industry directory — is midnight on January 1st, 2012. If you have not yet renewed or added your listing to Oregon’s 2012 directory of crew & services, visit www.SourceOregon.com today.
Every major producer and coordinator currently shooting in Oregon endorses SourceOregon as the best resource for hiring crew, equipment and services. Print and digital copies are distributed to each commercial, feature and television production company that considers shooting here. Continue reading... “*Last Call* to list in Oregon’s Media Production Directory for 2012”
FACEOUT STUDIO HAS LAUNCHED VIDEO PRODUCITON CAPABILITY TO MEETGROWING DEMAND
This Thursday at 6:30 pm at KGW (1501 SW Jefferson St in Portland): A forum with candidates for Portland Mayor that is *by* and *for* commercial, film, TV and interactive workers! Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith discuss how they will foster local film, television, interactive, commercial, and mobile media ventures as Portland’s next Mayor.
March 30 was the first night of taping for “Wheel of Fortune” in Portland. KATU did a feature on the show on their 11:00 news. 
