#OregonMade Film Series, Next Up: “Drugstore Cowboy” + Walking Tour Of Film’s Sites

Next up (Monday, October 8th) in the #OregonMade Film Series at the Hollywood Theatre, is Gus Van Sant’s, “Drugstore Cowboy.” 

#OregonMade filmmaker, Gus Van Sant’s film stars, Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, and Heather Graham. Presented on 35mm.

Celebrating 30 years from the production of the film in 1988, Oregon Film and the Hollywood Theatre have teamed up with Kick Ass Oregon History, who will be leading guided walking tours around Northwest Portland the weekend before the film (Sat.

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Spotlight On Location Professional – Mike Floyd

Mike Floyd on Mount Hood: Photo by Rob Jenkins
The stunning landscapes of Oregon have been a great inspiration for the past 25 years.  I have been exploring and photographing around Oregon and the NW since 1993.  
After graduating from photo school at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a couple years as the park photographer for Yosemite National Park, I found my way to Portland and have been loving it ever since.
Several years as a photo assistant and photographer gave me the experience to know what a crew may need from a location, and what may go wrong once the crew is on site. 
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Portland Film Office Gets Official City Liaison In Comm. Nick Fish

September 2018 – Commissioner Nick Fish will become the Portland City Council’s first official liaison to the Portland Film Office. His Senior Policy Director, Mr. Jamie Dunphy, will be point on this new relationship.

The role, created at Commissioner Fish’s request, recognizes the challenges that film productions face – tight turnaround times, tight budgets, and unique physical challenges operating in a busy urban city – and establishes a direct line of communication with City Hall. This liaison role can be helpful in coordinating broad cooperation across City bureaus, problem solving, assisting with long-term financial sustainability, and establishing a high-level City lead in any issue involving the film industry. Continue reading... “Portland Film Office Gets Official City Liaison In Comm. Nick Fish”

Create the Ultimate Soundtrack For Your Film With Marmoset

Centered around music licensing and scoring original music, Marmoset is a Northwest music agency aiding filmmakers in creating remarkable soundtracks for every project. And with a roster of vintage to independent and emerging artists, Marmoset is equipped to match music to picture on any and every scale.

With strides toward helping artists gain exposure and earn a living from their music, we’re also continuously seeking ways to extend our support to our filmmaker community. It’s why we jumped at sponsoring StudioFest, an event that’s reimagining how festivals operate to better support filmmakers. Continue reading... “Create the Ultimate Soundtrack For Your Film With Marmoset”

HouseSpecial and Wieden + Kennedy Create A New Tourism Campaign For Travel Portland

Portland’s creative agency, Wieden + Kennedy, and  pioneering animation studio, HouseSpecial, have together created an interactive tourism campaign that is currently traveling the country, along with their (slightly) larger-than-life “Portlanders!”

The collection of statues will be touring selected cities around the US.  The public can peek into the back of their heads to view a VR-like experience of animated shorts that portray a whimisical Portland.

Working with Travel Portland, Wieden + Kennedy was the creative agency behind this eclectic campaign while HouseSpecial designed the charcters and animation shorts (see the shorts here.) Continue reading... “HouseSpecial and Wieden + Kennedy Create A New Tourism Campaign For Travel Portland”

Portland Post-Production Film Grant Now Open

The Portland Film Office, in partnership with Oregon Made Creative Foundation (OMCF), invites local filmmakers to apply for funding designed to encourage the completion of a local feature-length project and position producers to build towards larger, more resourced productions.

The Post-Production Film Grant Program supports the professional development of small, local filmmakers by providing funds for activities including sound design, scoring, editing, color correction, closed captioning, VFX, and music clearances using local post-production houses.

A total of $20,000 will be awarded in four $5,000 grants.  Continue reading... “Portland Post-Production Film Grant Now Open”

“Shrill” TV Adaptation To Shoot In Oregon, Starring Aidy Bryant

Broadway Video (“Portlandia” and S3 of “Documentary Now“) is adapting Lindy West’s memoir, “Shrill” into an #OregonMade series for Hulu.  The series “will star Aidy Bryant of SNL fame and will begin production in Portland shortly. Continue reading... ““Shrill” TV Adaptation To Shoot In Oregon, Starring Aidy Bryant”

Update On #OregonMade “The OA”

The Portland Tribune  covered the latest on the goings on of Netflix’s “The OA” shooting in Oregon.

“The OA” is written and produced by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij.  Marling stars as Prairie Johnson, a young blind woman who “returns to her hometown after an unexplained seven-year absence with her eyesight restored and now calling herself “The OA.””

 

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Portland Film Community Presents!

June 24th at the Clinton St. Theater 6-9pm will be the first “Portland Film Community” event. We will be showing off the best of the Portland Film Community “Pick of the Month” which we have been posting every month for the last three years.

After that we will be showing a local feature independant film, that is packed full fabulous local talent.
“Little Sister”

This will be a modest affair. We are still figuring out how this time will best serve the community for future events, so your input will be graciously accepted. Continue reading... “Portland Film Community Presents!”

Fastlife: An Oregon Family and Racing Documentary Series

 

A local auto dealer and his filmmaker wife have launched a documentary series on the international stage of Amazon Prime available for streaming now.

Derek DeBoer, an Oregon auto dealer, and his wife Brooke, a Southern Oregon Filmmaker teamed up in 2014 to create Fastlife, a show about a family striving to live their dreams amidst all the realities of every day life.

Fastlife is a documentary-style reality series and behind the scenes look at what it takes to become a professional sports car driver in the world of competitive racing.  Continue reading... “Fastlife: An Oregon Family and Racing Documentary Series”