This year’s PLAYA Screenwriter’s Residency Award has been granted to two projects and three writers – David Poulshock and his project “Captain Jack” and KatMeow García & Rebeca Alamo González for their project “Dance and Resist.” Each project team will receive an up to two week residency at PLAYA Summer Lake and a $1000 stipend to develop their stories and scripts deep within the inspirational Oregon Outback.
This year’s award was open to Oregon Resident filmmakers, screenwriters and other creative teams to develop and write a narrative project with a “historic” theme that is set in the Northwest while the story itself was to focus on people, cultures, traditions, events or communities that are not traditionally covered or heard from. Continue reading... “PLAYA Screenwriter’s Residency Awarded to Two Projects”
OPIF Tax Credit Auction – Sept 30 to Oct 4, 2019
$14M in state tax credits are available.
Dates for the tax credit auction for the Oregon Production Investment Fund have now been set: Monday, September 30 at 9a to Friday, October 4 at 5p. You can sign up for the OPIF Tax Credit Auction Newsletter here.
With SB459 now being signed into law, the minimum bid for each $500 increment in the Oregon Production Investment Fund (“OPIF”) Tax Credit Auction this year is now $450, or 90%. Continue reading... “Annual OPIF Tax Credit Auction Opens Sept. 30”
It is live!
OregonAnimation.com is a site exclusively created for the stop-motion community to connect job seekers with opportunities.
For Job Seekers, it is the place to post information, images and links to your reel.
For Recruiters, teachers and producers looking for talent,
OregonAnimation.com will be a resource to find the best talent in the stop-motion industry.
For a short time, there is a free subscription code for you to use to join. With this code it’s free for one month for job seekers to sign up – Founder2019June.
Continue reading... “OregonAnimation.com – A Hub to Connect Employers and Employees – Launches”
Thanks to our colleagues at IATSE we have recently become aware of a(nother) phishing scam looking for cast & crew for a project shooting in the area. The company is called Hurrah Production and is based out of Singapore.
The message attached below is a phishing scam.
Please do not respond to that email.
The email is being reported to the OMPA and reported to the US Dept. of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
The IASTE encourages all to make their own report by following the directions below:
Report Phishing Sites
US-CERT partners with the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) to collect phishing email messages and website locations to help people avoid becoming victims of phishing scams.
Continue reading... “Another Production Phishing Scam”
2019 is a big year for Hinge, as it marks our 10 year anniversary of bringing high quality innovative content to the creative industry.
Hinge came to be in 2009 after the three founders, Alex Tysowsky, Michael Kuehn, and Roland Gauthier, aspired to combine their experience and expertise to start their own studio. Their impressive and diverse backgrounds lay the foundation for Hinge’s success.
Alex Tysowsky, our Director of Animation, has worked in the film industry for nearly twenty years. Continue reading... “A Look At Hinge Over The Past 10 Years”
As I typed the first lines of our script, I knew there would be challenges beyond the technical but didn’t care. After leaving a six-year marriage & suffering from an annihilated heart as well as all the near-death experiences — imagined & real — that accompany rediscovering oneself at 35, there wasn’t much else to lose. I committed to sharing the cinematic dream at all costs. In terms of money, it cost somewhere around $800.
The most expensive line item for the film was an electric hot dog cart ($380 including bottles for ketchup & mustard). Continue reading... “The Real Cost of a Sub-$800 Oregon-Made 30-Minute Independent Dark Comedy”
May 20, 2019 PORTLAND, ORE – Animation studio HouseSpecial has signed Director John Robson to its in-House director roster. Robson brings a digitally-rich portfolio that includes the Vimeo Staff Pick CG short Quality Time and memorable content for brands including Xbox One X, Nike, IBM, Apple, Gnarls Barkley and Campbell’s Soup. A Southern California native, Robson refined his accomplished narrative sensibilities in Los Angeles at studios such as Blind, ManvsMachine, Brand New School and Motion Theory.
Robson is also the founder of Late Lunch Inc, a studio specializing in live action and post production, including 3D animation, conceptual design, compositing and virtual reality. Continue reading... “HouseSpecial signs Director John Robson”
The Guilds and Unions of the Entertainment Industry invite the entire Portland production community and their families to the first ever of its kind event:
Priority #1: Safety On Set Expo & Workers Memorial Event
We have been too often reminded of the the dangers of the work we do. Tragedy struck this recently with a Rigger at Coachella Festival falling to his death while setting up for the concert: https://variety.com/2019/music/news/coachella-worker-dies-after-fall-festival-1203182450/. Locally we had a too close call in Portland in April with a car stunt gone wrong with a camera operator and sound mixer in the back seat on the filming of the non-union, Discovery documentary “The Wonderland Murders.” Continue reading... “Priority #1: Safety On Set Expo & Workers Memorial Event”
Hulu has renewed ‘Shrill,’ starring Aidy Bryant, for Season 2 for eight episodes. Based on the book by Lindy West.
The series launched this March to positive reviews (according to the Hollywood Reporter, the series currently has a 91 percent rating among critics and 80 percent score among viewers on RottenTomatoes.com.) “Shrill” shot in and around Portland last year.
Read more from the Hollywood Reporter.
Continue reading... “#OregonMade “Shrill” Renewed For 2nd Season”
Screenwriters & Filmmakers, ISA Third Thursdays April 18th is ALL ABOUT TV! It’s a Portland first with screenwriter, playwright and teacher Hal Cantor, who has written For Fox Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television and Showtime. Hal will give us his take on the craft and business of writing for television in today’s madcap TV marketplace.
WHEN: Thursday, April 18th – 7pm
WHERE: NW Film Center Office & South Park *
934 SW Salmon, Portland OR, 97205
* We begin at NW Film then migrate across the street to South Park. Continue reading... “ISA Third Thursday Features TV Writer Hal Cantor”
The Guilds and Unions of the Entertainment Industry invite the entire Portland production community and their families to the first ever of its kind event:
