In case you hadn’t heard, there was a 10 day festival celebrating Portland’s arts, culture and music scene recently and Portland Monthly has a great recap here. Travel Portland was there selling the city as a great destination and when Laura Guimond was in the Paris metro she saw this poster. Pretty cool huh?
Ok So I don’t understand French but if you do, here’s a clip covering the event and Portland.
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”
In the late 1960’s of Eugene, Oregon, we started a film company in a Garage. Kind of like the beginnings of Nirvana and Microsoft, you know? It was an old auto-mechanic garage with 2 bay doors and a ticket office inside. We had the Movieola in the back room, now famous for the auditions we held there for the “Animal House” sorority sisters in the Pillow-Fight Scene. At the time, I had rented the Ticket Office inside the Garage for $25 a month, and it was literally just big enough for a desk and a chair. Continue reading... “The Northwest’s Inimitable Film Version of a Garage Band”
After great screenings at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the Museum of Modern Art, Matt McCormick’s documentary film “The Great Northwest” is being screened right here in the real life Great Northwest.
This year marks the fifth season that Wheel of Fortune has featured a “Going Green” theme week. In past seasons, Pat and Vanna have offered viewers tips for going green and have shared updates about what Sony Pictures is doing to keep the studio lot environmentally-friendly. As well as the kick off Going Green Week, the show is also featuring, Portland Week, College Week and the Great Outdoors. See the schedule for air dates on KATU below:
Going Green (Portland)
Apr 30 – May 4, 2012
Portland Week
May 7 – May 11, 2012
College Week (Portland)
May 14 – May 18, 2012
Great Outdoors (Portland)
May 21 – May 25, 2012
We were there for the Going Green Week taping and the set looked amazing, complete with a digital waterfall and greenery -both live and re-useable manufactured greens.
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”
The long awaited 2012 version of the SourceOregon industry directory is here, and we want you to celebrate with us! Three SourceOregon Directory Release Parties are scheduled throughout the state:
Based on the New York Times’ bestseller by Donald Miller, “Blue Like Jazz” tells the story of a nineteen-year-old sophomore who “tries to escape his Bible Belt upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at the most godless campus in America”. A passion project from the start, filmmakers Donald Miller, (screenwriter) and Steve Taylor (director/screenwriter) used KickStarter to raise $345,992 to get the project off the ground. Continue reading... “Blue Like Jazz Is Playing In A Theater Near You”
Oregonians! Enter to win a full size Cell Count poster from The Dude Designs.
As a thank you to the state we love and the people we love making movies with we are giving away 10 full size 27×40 posters for our feature film Cell Count.
As the Oregon Production Investment Fund Residential Tax Credit Auction approaches(click for more details), two information sessions have been planned for Portland -on June 8- and Ashland – on June 18. Below are the specifics.
In case you hadn’t heard, there was a 10 day festival celebrating Portland’s arts, culture and music scene recently and 
FACEOUT STUDIO HAS LAUNCHED VIDEO PRODUCITON CAPABILITY TO MEETGROWING DEMAND
After great screenings at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the Museum of Modern Art, 
ourceOregon 2012 is here! 
Oregonians! Enter to win a full size Cell Count poster from The Dude Designs.