Hinge Digital: Fruit! In! Space!

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Inspired by Jamba Juice, the Hinge creative team developed this delicious and fun all-CG spot, featuring cinematic camera moves, dramatic lighting and exploding cosmic fruit, uniquely blended to perfection.

Fruit! In! Space!

After our success creating a foodscape of fruits and vegetables for NVIDIA, our team here at Hinge Digital was inspired by Jamba Juice to create a whole universe of fruit juice. We wanted to build on their existing name recognition, but expand the brand’s appeal to a younger, tech-savvy, science-fiction audience and exploit the natural beauty of both natural fruit textures and outer space. Continue reading... “Hinge Digital: Fruit! In! Space!”

Dancing Sisters Focus of SOAR Documentary

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If you’ve ever seen Kiera Brinkley and Uriah Boyd dance together, you know that they share a bond that goes beyond sisterhood. Born one month after a childhood illness resulted in the amputation of Kiera’s hands and legs, Uriah grew up helping her older sister adapt. Her style of movement reflects the grace and flow that Kiera relies on to move without prosthetics. In fact, both young women credit each other for helping them become the people they are today. Continue reading... “Dancing Sisters Focus of SOAR Documentary”

“Portlandia” Returns With Season 4

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IFC’s Portlandia is back (February 27th) with their eagerly awaited Season 4.  As in seasons past, part of the fun of Portlandia is seeing who shows up as guest stars, and Season 4 will not disappoint.  Stars such as, Kirsten Dunst (Spider Man), Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live) the intriguing, Joshua Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), amongst others, even Paul Allen and some Trailbalzers make an appearance as well as “the official vehicle of the Pacific Northwest, the Subaru! Continue reading... ““Portlandia” Returns With Season 4”

FiLMLaB’s 2014 Script to Screen Competition Now Open

Alis Volat Propriis stars Katie Michels and Randall Jahnson, and writer Haley Isleib at the 2013 OIFF Awards Ceremony
Alis Volat Propriis stars Katie Michels and Randall Jahnson, and writer Haley Isleib at the 2013 OIFF Awards Ceremony

Willamette Writers is soliciting entries for the 2014 FiLMLaB Script to Screen short film scriptwriting competition. We seek writers with the ability to tell a compelling story quickly and cinematically, while adhering to a theme and a practical eye towards real-life movie production. Unique to scriptwriting contests, the Script to Screen Competition grand prize is this: we will produce a short film based on the winning script! Continue reading... “FiLMLaB’s 2014 Script to Screen Competition Now Open”

Portland Writer, Lidia Yuknavitch’s Novel Optioned by Hollywood Director Katherine Brooks

Portland writer Lidia Yuknavitch‘s novel ‘Dora: A Headcase‘ was just
optioned by MTV director Katherine BrooksBrooks’ credits include “The Osbournes,” “The Real World,” and the feature films“Loving Annabelle”and “Waking Madison.” ‘Dora’ is a modern retelling of Sigmund Freud’s famous case study of a young girl.

 
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Hollywood Theatre Spreading the Good Word on Hope For Film

I don’t know what’s appropriate when it comes to blogging about a blog, but it was brought to my attention that the good works at the Hollywood Theatre made it on Ted Hope’s “Hope For Film” blog this week and I needed to help spread the word.  Justen Harn is the Director of Programs and Community Engagement at the Hollywood Theatre and his work along with Executive Director Doug Whyte continues to push the boundaries of what it means to be a movie theatre in the 21st Century.  Continue reading... “Hollywood Theatre Spreading the Good Word on Hope For Film”

Oregon Film Incentive Update – Incentives Available in OPIF and iOPIF

Film CommissionWith 2014 coming quickly, we thought it would be a good idea to send out an update on the Oregon Production Investment Fund (OPIF) and the Indigenous Oregon Production Investment Fund (iOPIF).

 

 

Oregon Production Investment Fund

In October we completed our second tax credit auction and successfully sold out the remaining tax credits from the new $10million annual allotment.  The total amount of funds raised for fiscal year 2013-2014 is $9,870,610 which is the highest return on the tax credit sale to date.  Continue reading... “Oregon Film Incentive Update – Incentives Available in OPIF and iOPIF”

Oregon Story Board Appoints Nicholas de Wolff Executive Director

December 6, 2013 – Portland, Oregon – Oregon Story Board, launched earlier this year by a consortium of research, private, and state groups, today welcomes its inaugural Executive Director Nicholas de Wolff, after a comprehensive national search. Nicholas will be responsible for developing and overseeing the organization’s strategic and operational mission.

“We were incredibly impressed with the quality of candidates that applied for this position,” said Vince Porter, Executive Director of the Oregon Governor’s Office of Film and Television, one of the groups involved with the initiative, “and it became clear early on that Nicholas was at the top of the list. Continue reading... “Oregon Story Board Appoints Nicholas de Wolff Executive Director”

Phrenic Invites You to “Go Clone Yourself”

 

Phrenic–an iOS thriller you watch, read, and play–invites anyone to create a character by uploading a video or writing a very short story from the perspective of a human clone. Videos and stories can be submitted from the Phrenic app itself or on Phrenic’s page on Theatrics. A storyline about liberated clones was designed specifically as a framework for user generated content. Disguises (or Halloween costumes) are encouraged to protect the identity of other clones.

Stories and videos will be published in the Phrenic app and online (one user-submitted story is already live in the app).

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Polluted Pictures premieres new film online

Director of last year’s Cell Count makes new short film “M is for Marriage” to be considered as part of the ABC’s of Death 2 anthology film.


PORTLAND, Oregon (October 28, 2013)  Polluted Pictures (Cell Count) and Lyon Films (The Tell) are proud to announce their new film “M is for Marriage” is now available for viewing on the ABC’s of Death 2 search for the 26th Director competition page.  The film is currently in 4th place in over 250+ entries from around the world. Continue reading... “Polluted Pictures premieres new film online”