Raiders Of The Lost Archive – Back To School With “Up The Creek” (1984)

 

This week we take a creek less traveled to the center of the state and explore a comedy that only the 1980’s could’ve created and then the rest of history has somewhat ignored. Along the way we connect the dots between an Astoria artist, the cast of “Animal House,” “Ghostbusters,” “Hill Street Blues,” and “Porky’s” and throw in a creator of “Grimm” for good measure, all the while never taking our eye off that wet and wild…creek: the Deschutes River. Continue reading... “Raiders Of The Lost Archive – Back To School With “Up The Creek” (1984)”

Eastern Oregon Film Company

My name is Steve West and I am new to “The Confluence” but not new to making film in Oregon. I am located in La Grande and for the last fourteen years we have produced episodic adventure based outdoor television for The Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel, and other networks. However in the last two years we have started a more well rounded media house with documentary projects, commercials, and producing television for other people and companies.

We are now set up to start shooting specialty video for other producers of television or movies. Continue reading... “Eastern Oregon Film Company”

MovieMaker Votes PSU One of “The Best Film Schools in the U.S. + Canada”

PSU School of Film + Theatre (photo: Peter Simon)

MovieMaker Magazine voted Portland State one of the “The Best Film Schols in the U.S. and Canada 2017.”  This is what they had to say about the PSU courses:“Forget about basic “film history”—the in-depth courses at PSU are sure to inspire academic curiosity. Suzanne Gray, marketing and communications manager at the school, calls the “strong curriculum and faculty” in the criticism arena a major attraction. A sample of course options: “Forbidden Love in Israeli Film,” “Transnational Stardom,” “Danish Films from Dreyer to Dogme” and “Disney: Gender, Race, and Empire.” Continue reading... “MovieMaker Votes PSU One of “The Best Film Schools in the U.S. + Canada””

Rummage Sale At Oregon Shakespeare Festival Costume Rentals!

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is planning an amazing rummage sale and are cleaning out their #DreamCloset! OSF Costume Rentals will be hosting  the sale on Saturday, August 5. Most items they are parting with “are those that have seen heavy use, so although they may not be ideal for long term production use they are perfect for Halloween, short term use, or distressed costume options.” The sale will be at OSF Costume Rentals, 408 Talent Ave, Talent, Oregon, 97540, Saturday 9am-1pm. Continue reading... “Rummage Sale At Oregon Shakespeare Festival Costume Rentals!”

Netflix Orders New Show, “Disenchantment”, From Matt Groening

Netflix has given Oregonian, Matt Groening,  a 20-episode order for a new animated comedy, “Disenchantment.”  The adult fantasy comedy is about “life and death, love and sex, and how to keep laughing in a world full of suffering and idiots, despite what the elders and wizards and other jerks tell you,” Groening told Variety.

Matt Groening was born and raised in Portland, then moved to LA in the 1980’s to work at a newspaper.  It was there that he began drawing a comic strip called “Life in Hell.” Continue reading... “Netflix Orders New Show, “Disenchantment”, From Matt Groening”

Eastern Oregon Film Festival Makes MovieMaker Magazine’s “Coolest Film Fests In The World, 2017”!

MovieMaker Magazine voted Eastern Oregon Film Festival #EOFF as one of the 25 “Coolest Film Festivals In The World, 2017″. MovieMaker noted that the “Coolest Film Festivals in the World come in all shapes and sizes, but one thing holds true about them all—they have a certain something that makes attendees not want to leave.”

MovieMaker chose #EOFF because it is a “hand-crafted festival that delivers quality and a wide-open sensibility without much hubbub.”  We could not agree more!  Continue reading... “Eastern Oregon Film Festival Makes MovieMaker Magazine’s “Coolest Film Fests In The World, 2017”!”

Multiple Emmy Nominations For “Portlandia”!

 

 

 

The 69th Emmy Awards nominations were again kind to #OregonMade “Portlandia“.  Three nominations were handed down for:

  • Best Variety Sketch Series
  • Outstanding Costume Design for Variety, Non-Fiction or Reality;  (“Carrie Dates a Hunk”).  Nominees; Amanda Needham Costume Designer, Jayme Hansen, Asst. Costume Designer, and Jordan Hamilton, Costume Supervisor
  • Production Design (“Fred’s Cell Phone Company”). Nominees; Schuyler Telleen, Production Designer, and Katherine Isom, Set Decorator

Also, Oregonian Ty Burrell, was nominated again for Supporting Actor in the ABC comedy “Modern Family” (eighth year he has been nominated), as well as Outstanding Actor in a Short, for “Boondoggle“. Continue reading... “Multiple Emmy Nominations For “Portlandia”!”

Travel Through Time With Uncage The Soul’s “Yesterday’s Tomorrow – A Portland Journey”

Another fantastic project from Uncage the Soul.  Travel back in time and see what Portland looked like way back when…  #OregonMade Continue reading... “Travel Through Time With Uncage The Soul’s “Yesterday’s Tomorrow – A Portland Journey””

“24 Hour Comic” Premiere delights

24 Hour Comic wowed an audience of fans and VIPs at Portland’s Laurelhurst Theater last night with its “Portland Premier” screening. 24 Hour Comic releases on iTunes and VOD on July 11th, and goes to Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival later this month. All this exposure means great things for Oregon filmmaker Milan Erceg.

“The single most important thing an audience can do to support an independent release at this stage is to buy it,” says Ryan Sage, executive producer of the project. Continue reading... ““24 Hour Comic” Premiere delights”

Bend, A Versatile Filming Location, Now Voted One of America’s “Best Towns” By Outside Magazine

Central Oregon has long been a versatile location for commercials and features, with sweeping high-desert landscapes, rushing white-water rivers, and roads that stretch for miles, and now Outside Magazine has recognized it’s hub, the city of Bend, as one of America’s “Best Towns” to live and work. We couldn’t agree more! Bend is not only a great location, with crew and services to call on, but it is also is a vibrant outdoor playground.  The city and surrounding areas have a “film friendly” reputation, with hundreds of viable, stunning locations. Continue reading... “Bend, A Versatile Filming Location, Now Voted One of America’s “Best Towns” By Outside Magazine”