Heads up that VFX/PDX, the local visual effects artist user group, has a meeting on tap for today (April 17) featuring David Jahns of Joint Editorial, Wieden and Kennedy’s in-house post production facility. He’ll be showing off the editing software Smoke from Autodesk and his workflow for the great work coming out of Joint.
International Shorts Friday-Sunday May 16-18
See 174 of this year’s best short films from around the world. Hilarious, dramatic, strange and inspiring… Have you ever watched the Oscars and wondered where those nominees for Best Animated Short are coming from? This is the place to find out!
The 12th Annual Filmed By Bike gets creative with trailer — Riding with the Timbers Army on bikes to the game!
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/90088581[/vimeo]
The 12th Annual Filmed By Bike features:
• The best bike movies from around the world
• 45 films from 14 countries
• A brand new Storytelling Night
• Opening night rockin’ street party to kick it off
• Live DJs
• Beer Garden
• An opportunity to revel in film and bike culture
Join many of Portland’s top non-fiction professionals as they discuss the important issues surrounding the industry. Topics include: storytelling to help raise money, storytelling in production, transmedia storytelling, branded and advocacy storytelling and new distribution models. Come network and get inspired!
Presenters (more to be added):
Irene Taylor Brodsky: Vermillion Pictures
Jon Betz: Collective Eye Films
Amanda Elder: Dir. of Distrib. & Acquisitions – Collective Eye
David Waingarten: Second Story
Kate McMahon: Producer
Laura Fravel: Producer
Ed Jahn: Producer
Jody Turner: Culture of Future
David Davis: OPB
Venue: NW Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Street, Portland, OR 97205
Birds of Neptune is a feature film shot in Portland, Oregon, to be released in 2014. Written and Directed by Steven Richter (Center of Gravity, The Myth of Drowning), Cinematography by John J. Campbell (Mala Noche, My Own Private Idaho, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.) Edited by Michael Ward (House of Last Things). A Reverie Films production, starring Britt Harris, Molly Elizabeth Parker, Kurt Conroyd, Christian Blair, and Lauren Luiz.
Spring classes at the Northwest Film Center School of Film start April 15th. Join us for a great selection of topic classes and workshops taught by industry professionals.
Horror Icon Barbara Crampton is Tristan Risk’s Mother in “Love Sick”
PORTLAND, Oregon (March 21, 2014) Polluted Pictures is proud to announce that Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next) has been attached in role of Mother in their feature film production, “Love Sick,” Co-Starring American Mary’s Tristan Risk and Here Comes the Devil’s Francisco Barreiro.
“Love Sick” is the story of Rebecca and Marcus who “have been together for 10 years and after much deliberation have decided to part ways. After separating and being with others, they quickly realize how hard it is to disconnect from one another. Continue reading... “Barbara Crampton Joins Polluted Pictures’ Love Sick”
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.
Shot here in Portland, this eco-conscious short film uses comedy to present a strong message about rethinking the nature of our relationship with the natural world.
Created by filmmakers Patrick Gilmore & Paul North, who work with Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic documenting around the world, both above and below the water, the film ventures to change minds through laughter.
Horror Icon Barbara Crampton is Tristan Risk’s Mother in “Love Sick”