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Community GI Joe Opening Title Sequence
Hinge Digital was tapped by SBI Media to provide animation services for NBC’s much anticipated animated episode of Community. The live-action sitcom, now in it’s 5th season, is no stranger to animation – having produced several experimental episodes including a stop-motion Christmas episode and one in the style of an 8-bit video game. SBI Producer, Trever Stewart says “with Portland’s rich animation history and Hinge Digital’s reputation for providing world-class animation, it was truly a convenience to have such a resource so close to Los Angeles.” Continue reading... “Hinge Digital Provides Animation Services for Community G.I Joe Episode”
We are so pleased to announce that Oregon’s own “Animal House of Blues” is launching World Wide July 22nd 2014 digitally on Amazon, Amazon Prime and Vimeo; and additionally by preordering physical DVD’s (with a booklet) that will be available on August 26th @ Movies On Demand. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2342022/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1.
Backing local crowdfunding campaign grants access to a staged reading of the pilot script of “The Digits” new children’s PBS Show slated for 2015The Digits enlists help on Indiegogo to fund Greenlighted PBS series “Princess Fixit”Portland Oregon, April 23, 2014 . . . Now in its third season of filming, Scotty Iseri’s “The Digits” will turn to crowdfunding on Indiegogo for an exciting new chapter of the start-up’s adventures; Created in 2012 and funded independently since it began, The Digits has been granted 13 episodes on PBS stations. Continue reading... ““The Digits” Launched a Crowdfunding Campaign to Engage Public Ahead of the13 Episode Order for PBS 2015”
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
The new Production Department Building for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Talent, OR, completed construction in late October 2013. On November 19th, OSF Costume Rentals started the monumental task of moving their stock of over 50,000 costume pieces from a rented warehouse in Ashland, OR, their home of almost ten years, six miles down the road to their brand new state of the art facility. The improvements are undeniable, going from about 8,000 square feet to just over 11,000, customized rack systems for hanging costumes, climate control, even floors, a window, the fact that the new facility isn’t a converted lumber mill (the former facility was a space in the old Parson’s Pine mill building)… Continue reading... “Oregon Shakespeare Festival Costume Rentals Moves to New Facility”
Oregon Media Production Association celebrates achievements of commercial, film, TV and interactive media production in Oregon at their annual meeting on Tuesday night. The meeting will be streamed live beginning at 7pm PST and running for one hour. The streaming link can be found on www.ompa.org or by searching Livestream.com.
OMPA Annual Meeting on Livestream.com, Tuesday 1/28/14 at 7pm
At OMPA’s annual meeting the association will award Awards of Excellence in three categories, distribute over $4500 in student scholarship money and announce newly-elected members of the OMPA Board of Directors. Continue reading... “OMPA Annual Meeting: Live stream 7pm Tuesday”
NBC Universal’s “Grimm” returned for its third season Friday and started up right where it left off. The season 3 premiere was actually up in the ratings from the season 2 premiere and helped launch NBC’s friday night premiere of “Dracula”. Here’s one quick analysis from the Hollywood Reporter. If you were on Twitter during the friday night broadcast, you know that the show is a hit on Twitter as well. During the 9:00pm west coast broadcast the cast was live tweeting and that with the fan interaction made “Grimm” one of the top trending topics on twitter. Continue reading... “NBC Universal’s, Season 3 of “Grimm” Premieres Strong – More Great Episodes to Come”