Portland Opera and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) have launched “Opera on Screen,” a series of high-definition film screenings featuring recent productions from the San Francisco Opera. The series opened on September 5th with Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and Mozart’s Don Giovanni and continues with Puccini’s La Rondine, and Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns.
We are so pleased to announce that Oregon’s own “Animal House of Blues” is launching World Wide July 22nd 2014 digitally on Amazon, Amazon Prime and Vimeo; and additionally by preordering physical DVD’s (with a booklet) that will be available on August 26th @ Movies On Demand. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2342022/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1.
Portland, Oregon – March 20, 2014 – Cathedral Sounds, a new Portland Oregon based music production company, is proud to announce that composers Shawn Parke and Kimberly Henninger have been tapped to score the upcoming independent feature Embers.
FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES BEGINS PRODUCTION ON “WILD”
JEAN-MARC VALLÉE DIRECTSACADEMY AWARD® WINNER REESE WITHERSPOON IN NICK HORNBY’S ADAPTATION OF CHERYL STRAYED BEST-SELLING BOOK
LOS ANGELES, CAOctober 11, 2013 – Fox Searchlight Pictures announced that director Jean-Marc Valléebegan principal photography in Oregon this week on WILD. The film stars Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon (WALK THE LINE, MUD).The screenplay is adapted by Oscar nominated writer Nick Hornby (AN EDUCATION, High Fidelity) from author Cheryl Strayed’s NY Times #1 best-seller Wild, the book that re-launched Oprah’s Book Club 2.0.Continue reading... “Official “Start of Production” Release for “Wild” is Out – New Cast Revealed”
LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOFF2014) Portland, Oregon’s AU and ETERNAL TAPESTRY will cozy up with La Grande’s CATSKILLS next Thursday, May 23rd at The Art Center at the Old Library, located at 1006 Penn Ave, in La Grande.
Join Eastern Oregon Film Festival and the La Grande community for a powerhouse evening of edgy rock, experimental psychedelia, and hyper-attentive… ‘often fierce instrumentation of sonic and psychological terrain‘. All three bands will be heading to the Tumbleweeds of Idaho to converge with a number of other stellar musicians at Ranch Fest Memorial Day Weekend. Continue reading... “EOFF Hosts Memorial Weekend Warm-Up Party in La Grande”
Taught by Mark Orton, founding member of the Tin Hat acoustic chamber ensemble, who has written music for films such as EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, THE GOOD GIRL, and BUCK. Orton also composes for dance, circus, and radio drama, giving him a well-rounded wisdom that he is eager to share.
Topics: overview of the instructor’s film palette and style; types of film scores (original, licensed, public domain, live captured, sound design); the film music department staff (who does what); film music budgeting; what happens before a composer is hired (the temp score, the cue sheet, demos, typical contracts, and budgets); how to work with a composer (the spotting session, what a composer needs technically, the adjusted cue sheet, giving notes, film music vocabulary, the illusive locked picture); licensing music (different types of licenses, understanding publishing, obtaining a license, different types of rights scenarios, how to avoid “the man,” re-purposing non-film music, filing a finalized cue sheet); clips from a variety of films will be used throughout to illustrate the material; interaction with the instructor is highly encouraged.
Birds of Neptune, written and directed by Steven Richter (Center of Gravity, Myth of Drowning), is an independent feature film set in Portland, OR, produced by Reverie PDX and Lara Cuddy (The Weather Outside, Cell Count), and scheduled for release in fall 2013.
Eastern Oregon Film Festival is coming together. Strong. Friends of the festival are stepping up and becoming members. Businesses, organizations, and industry professionals are helping to create a sustainable ‘force-to-be-reckoned-with’ in beautiful La Grande, Oregon.
Last Year
We felt warm embraces by local and regional audiences, were humbled with the presence of more guest artists than ever, and saw a 30% increase in attendance. EOFF was one of the first festivals to utilize Skype technology for its Q/As. This past edition we held conversations with emerging artists Evan Glodell, Tristan Patterson, Sophia Takal, and Dustin Guy Defa. Continue reading... “EOFF2013: Poised for the new year!”
Portland based director Steven Richter’s feature film “Center of Gravity” is in the official selection for the 20th Raindance Film Festival in London (Sept.26 – Oct.7 2012).
The film was shot in five days in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with two cameras, a minimal crew and budget, starring Brazilian actors Julio Machado and Ana Carolina Lima. Based on a story by American writer David Plante, “Center of Gravity” deals with universal questions about love and our expectations toward the beloved, the thin line that simultaneously divides and unites one another. Continue reading... ““Center of Gravity” in the 20th Raindance Film Festival in London”