KPTV – FOX 12
Tim Oakley, local Prop Master, has created props for many local projects, “Grimm”, “The Librarians”, “Leverage” and “Portlandia”, as well as dozens of global productions, such as, “The Dark Knight Rises”, “Jurassic World” and “Star Trek” to name a few.
The other segments that Fox12 have showcased are below:
Kent Luttrell – Stuntman
https://oregonconfluence.com/2016/01/12/fox12-highlights-local-stuntman-kent-luttrell/
Spydercam – extreme rigging company
https://oregonconfluence.com/2015/12/22/fox12-showcases-local-international-rigging-company-spdyercam/
360 Labs and Greg McMickle – Virtual Reality + Production Designer and Props
https://oregonconfluence.com/2016/01/07/fox12s-highlights-two-more-locals-in-their-more-movies-series/ Continue reading... “Fox12 Showcases Local Prop Master, Tim Oakley, On “More Good Day Oregon””
KPTV – FOX 12
Fox12’s “More” series has been focussing on “More Movies” and has recently highlighted two more local business owners, 360 Labs and Greg McMickle.
360 Labs, an Oregon-based production company, is hoping to put Portland on the growing virtual reality map. 360 Labs specializes in “360º immersive panoramic photography and video.” Their goal is to create “meaningful and memorable experiences for virtual reality, desktop and mobile applications.says virtual reality videos will be the next big thing in 2016.” Continue reading... “Fox12’s Highlights Two More Locals In Their “More Movies” Series”
16mm Cinematography with Scott Ballard starts January 19th! Register online today.
Analog filmmaking is back at the Northwest Film Center! After an almost five-year hiatus, we’re excited to offer 16mm Cinematography again and this time with local Director of Photography Scott Ballard (DEATH ON A ROCK, THE BLACK SEA, HIDING BLAME). The nine-session course will give participants the opportunity to try out different 16mm film stocks (both black & white and color) and even different cameras (Bolex and Arriflex-S). Working in groups, students will complete projects in order to learn about lighting, blocking, and framing. Continue reading... “16mm Cinematography With Scott Ballard”
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European Ecoprod and Film4Climate, joined forces, prior to COP21, to bring their collaboration to producers and crew members, in a one day workshop in Paris. In addition to offering Best Green Practices, and information on carbon free production to filmmakers, the workshop introduced other tools to help green production, many of them similar to the resources Oregon Film has highlighted for go-green shows here in our state. As the subject of climate change heats up, more and more production personnel are beginning to look at green options, especially if there is little, or no cost increase. Continue reading... “Green Production Gets Some Traction, Pre COP21”
Casting Talent Workshop: October 24th, 10AM-4Pm, $75.
If you have ever wondered how the casting process works or could use some guidance on better communicating with actors, this one-day workshop with director Scott Ballard, is a great place to start. Over the course of the day, workshop particpants will serve as the director in a mock casting session with professional actors and get inside the art and the technique of assessing and selecting the right talent.
SCOTT BALLARD (ScottBallardFilms.com) has produced six feature films and several shorts, and has written, directed and produced three of his own feature films locally (A STANDING STILL, WELCOMING DEPARTURE, DEATH ON THE ROCK). Continue reading... “Casting Talent Workshop With Scott Ballard”
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Costume Rentals is pleased to announce the relaunch of their website. The new site is a complete upgrade with a sleek and modern design that customers should find very easy to navigate. New features of the website include:
- Search function by item number and keyword
- Real-time availability of items
- Shopping cart ordering just like a retail website
- Wish list function for bookmarking items
- User registration, enabling customers to save orders for later, view current and past orders, and print reports
- Detailed descriptions of costumes
- Ability to view all items in inventory, not just those with photos
- …and much more!
Continue reading... “OSF Costume Rentals Relaunches Website”
ZipRecuiter placed Eugene in the top ten list of tech job growth cities across the US this week. Joe Maruschak (RAIN – Regional Accelorator & Innovation Network) said, “it reflects that our local efforts to organize the tech community here are being noticed.” ZipRecruiter analyzed the hiring behavior in US cities and watched for the ones that had the highest growing tech jobs. According to the Register Guard, “Eugene-Springfield’s tech community has come a long way in the past few years. Continue reading... “Eugene On Top 10 List Of Emerging Tech Cities”
The Technology Association of Oregon, an organization that advocates for the state’s tech companies, and whose vision is to “create a world-class and inclusive innovation economy in Oregon and SW Washington by helping the region’s technology and tech-enabled industries to grow through programs and initiatives that focus on industry promotion, advocacy, professional networks, and talent development” has opened a satellite office in Eugene.
Eugene has been a growing center for high-tech firms, the video game industry being one of them, and TAO’s presence will help focus and promote a young workforce looking to get into tech, as well as serving as a voice for the industry, and a networking hub, amongst other things. Continue reading... “Technology Association of Oregon Opens Satellite Office in Eugene”
You are cordially invited to join OMPA members and other industry supporters on Friday, May 1, 2015 for the SourceOregon Directory Release Party, sponsored by Koerner Camera Systems & Rogue Ales with additional generous support from Dollar Rent-a-Car. This evening of libations, conversation, and celebration of the 2015 SourceOregon publication is not to be missed.
WHAT: SourceOregon Release Party, sponsored by Koerner Camera Systems and Rogue Ales.
WHEN: Friday, May 1st from 4 to 8 PM
WHERE: Koerner Camera Systems – 2323 N Williams, Portland 97227
SourceOregon is a publication of the Oregon Media Production Association. Continue reading... “Celebrate SourceOregon!”
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Hinge teamed up again with PM Publicidad in Atlanta to create this broadcast spot showcasing six very different consumer households in one seamless camera move for Cox Communications. The deceptively simple looking spot was the product of meticulous orchestration between the live action and CG worlds.
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/117827006[/vimeo]
VFX Breakdown:
The project workflow began with the previs team: They roughed out the six virtual sets and developed a loopable camera move to program the Milo motion control rig. At the shoot, a RED EPIC was mounted to the Milo arm, and captured each household’s performance on the green screen sweep, as the Milo moved down the tracks. Continue reading... “Hinge Brings Households Together for Cox Communications”
SCOTT BALLARD (ScottBallardFilms.com) has produced six feature films and several shorts, and has written, directed and produced three of his own feature films locally (A STANDING STILL, WELCOMING DEPARTURE, DEATH ON THE ROCK). 
ZipRecuiter placed Eugene in the top ten list of tech
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