The Gem Theatre renovation in Northeast Oregon is nearing completion and is about to commence a Kickstarter campaign aimed at finishing up. We are new to this form of fundraising and would like to connect with any other Oregon theatres/arts organizations with successful Kickstarter experience. Please contact Rob McIntyre if you can help or have advice.
Continue reading... “Eastern Oregon Theatre Resoration Needs Help”
Join Oregon Media Production Association on August 28 for an exciting evening immersed in the local production scene!
Portland-based production designer Paul Harrod will kick things off with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Wes Anderson’s new stop-motion film, Isle of Dogs. We’ll get to see how the director’s distinct artistic sensibilities informed every step of the process, from design through fabrication, and ultimately shooting and performance.
After a Q&A, we’ll open the night up for casual networking on Ziba’s rooftop patio. Continue reading... “OMPA to host networking event with “Isle of Dogs” Production Designer”
OVERVIEW
Lower Boom is launching, today, August 1st, a diversity and inclusion initiative to create opportunities for Television and Film writers.
http://lowerboom.com/diversity
Lower Boom will be doing outreach and accepting writing samples throughout the month of August to select 4-6 writers who will then participate in a weekly writer’s room during September and October. Special consideration will be given to writers of color, LGBTQ, women writers, and candidates from socio-economically diverse backgrounds.
THE PROJECT
The project they will be working on is an 8 episode series that Lower Boom is producing entitled Portland Dark. Continue reading... “Lower Boom Launches Diversity And Inclusion Initiative”
This time last year we tried to give some context and background to the work of our office in a post we shared called, “Who We Are & What We Do.” This year, we’d like to add to that.
So, first things first.
In the last year we have been lucky enough to find dedicated and invested partners to tackle a whole new series of grants and workforce development opportunities through the #OregonMade Creative Foundation. Founded as a program of The Charitable Partnership Fund, a 501(C)(3) non-profit corporation, the OMCF, along with Travel Oregon, Danner Boots, the Portland Film Office at Prosper Portland and an amazing group of in-kind contributors, has now awarded the $18,500 “Outdoor Adventure Film Grant. Continue reading... “Oregon Film – A “Who We Are & What We Do” Update”
NASA is inviting college students and early career professionals to express their visual interpretation of NASA’s deep space exploration initiative from the Earth to the Moon and onto Mars!
Entries will be judged by notable film and graphics industry professionals including Gareth Edwards, the director of Rogue One; Mickey Fisher, w
riter and producer of National Geographic Mars; Joshua Grossberg, VP Creative of McCann NY, a world-renowned advertising agency; and NASA astronauts! Winning entries will be screened around the world at Opening Events at NASA visitor centers, NASA museum consortium members, and other interested venues in Fall 2018, and also during follow-on events throughout 2019. Continue reading... “Shoot A Film. Make A Poster. Tell Your Story Of NASA’s Plans For Mars!”
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As a reminder, we are now just one month away from the start of the 2018 OPIF Tax Credit auction. More information can be found here on our site. Please contact Nathan Cherrington with any questions via email ([email protected]) or phone (971) 254-4023. This year’s online auction for $14 million in OPIF tax credits will take place July 9-13, 2018 at the following link: http://www.oregon.gov/dor/pages/auction.aspx Full information about the upcoming auction can be found at the above link. |
Last Monday, Portland-based Lower Boom unveiled the prototype for the Lower Boom Discovery app during happy hour at Dig a Pony.
Filmmakers, many of whom have been featured in the Lower Boom Presents programming exclusively showing at the Hotel Eastlund, were able to download it and do a hands-on walk through of the functionality and design.
“We appreciated the great feedback from everyone, which will help make the app an even better tool for film lovers to find great stuff, and for filmmakers to find and grow their audience” said Matt Schulte, Founder/CEO of Lower Boom. Continue reading... “Lower Boom Launches New Discovery App”
Please join us for the inaugural event of the Peace of the City Summer Film Series at The Armory on Thursday, June 21, 6-10 pm!
Knife Skills is a 2018 Oscar®-nominated documentary about reentry, second chances, and the healing power of good food. Following the hectic launch of Edwins restaurant in Cleveland, where all the staff are just out of prison, the film follows three trainees, tracing their struggle to launch new lives on the outside. (40 minutes)
James Beard: America’s First Foodie is Portland director Elizabeth Federici’s fascinating biography of James Beard, the Portland, Oregon, native who had the first cooking show on television; was the author of 22 cookbooks along with a syndicated newspaper column and countless magazine pieces; and ran an acclaimed cooking school out of his townhouse in New York City. Continue reading... “Peace of the City Summer Film Series features “Knife Skills” and “James Beard: America’s First Foodie” at The Armory, June 21!”
Often we get asked how we got into the luxury restroom trailers business. Well, they say that ‘necessity is the mother of invention’, and that was certainly true in our case. Back in 2011 when I was planning my outdoor wedding and checking into outdoor restroom options, I found there weren’t really options beyond smelly construction Porta-
Potties. When the wedding was over, we resolved to change that.
We knew that weddings weren’t the only events that deserved better sanitation options; and, in the years since we founded Luxury Restroom Trailers, we’ve brought a new level of cleanliness, comfort, and service to outdoor restrooms for corporate events, movie shoots, store remodels, and farm-to-table dinners. Continue reading... “Smelly Outdoor Restrooms Drove This Local Vendor To Change The Industry”
Directing Intensive
Wednesday, June 13 through Sunday, June 17
9am to 4pm each day, $595
Online advanced registration required.
Once again local filmmaker, producer, and DP Scott Ballard brings his directing expertise to students, community members, and emerging filmmakers at the Northwest Film Center for an intensive studio class on Film Directing. Over five consecutive days, participants will shoot and direct a scene(s) with professional actors and a small crew. From lighting and framing to casting and working with the crew, the studio is about developing your unique “director’s eye.” Continue reading... “Directing Intensive With Scott Ballard At Northwest Film Center!”