Media Arts Education Fund Scholarships Intel Grant offers $2000 student opportunity
Students pursuing careers as media professionals have more opportunity to fund their studies with the help of scholarships from the Oregon Media Production Association’s Edward Gustamante Media Arts Education Fund. The Fund’s objective is to encourage excellence in Oregon’s media production industry by providing financial assistance to those expanding their education in a media related field. The Media Arts Education Fund offers scholarships typically ranging from $300 to $1000 to Oregon students working in or studying journalism, film, video, audio, photography or new media. Continue reading... “OMPA – Intel Grant Offers $2000 Student Opportunity”
We are excited that Portland will be hosting “The Wheel Of Fortune” in the not too distant future. Kristi Turnquist blogged on OregonLive.com that Vanna White will be at Pioneer Courthouse Square tomorrow showing off the new Nissan LEAF as part of a promo for the show. Not only is Portland hosting this iconic show but they also are featuring the city as part of their “green week”.
Negotiations for the 2011 – 2014 contract with SAG and AFTRA on industrial rates have concluded. The agreement is now called the Corporate/Educational and Non-Broadcast Contract and took effect on May 1, 2011. The unions have sent the deal out to their membership for ratification and have stated that all new terms for this agreement will be effective as of May 1, 2011. Please call or email if you need a quote for services or for details on the new rates. Continue reading... “New SAG and AFTRA Industrial Rates”
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last year or two, you’ve probably seen the re-birth of 3D in the digital world, and you may have some questions…
How does it work?
Do you always need to wear glasses?
Why does it give me a headache?
How different is production?
Post production?
What editing tools are available? FCP? Avid?
How can I distribute 3d content? BluRay? Web? Mobile?
Wednesday, May 25th 5:30pm – 6:30pm Spirit of 77
500 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Portland
Join OMPA members for the opening night celebration and get a peek of what the conference has in store for digital storytellers as well as meet Douglas Rushkoff and other visionaries.
The festival was created to showcase new or existing collaborations between musicians and filmmakers, exploring how the moving image informs musical performance and vice versa. Each night of the festival will be curated by a different local artist and will feature a mixture of film screenings and live music from favorite local bands. Continue reading... “BridgePort Brewing Presents Sound + Vision Fest at Hollywood Theatre”
Are you a creative, fun-loving, fan of the internet whose thirst for knowledge will never be quenched? There is an event just for you! May 25-27, join Oregon Film at WebVisions, Portland’s own ‘creative conference for the web’. Oregon Film is proudly co-presenting: “Portlandia: The Story Behind the Series”. In this talk, Marie and Colin Moore of IFC and Andrew Singer of Broadway Video will discuss the “perfect storm”—driven via the web, social media and press—that elevated the show from a web series called “Thunder Ant” to the hipster chic hit cable series that will be entering its second season in January. Continue reading... “WebVisions: Explore the Future”
SHORT FILM BLOWOUT: Stop Talking About Your Short Film & Make It
Kelley Baker/ School of Film
All of the great filmmakers started off making short films, from George Lucas to Gus Van Sant. Short films are a great training ground to learn your craft and to start building your audience. They’re also great “calling cards” to show people to get funding for bigger films. Make a good short film, and the film festival world will open up for you. So what are you waiting for? Continue reading... “SHORT FILM BLOWOUT with Kelley Baker at the School of Film”
He was here in Oregon in the 60’s; in the town that Stan Brakage called “the Poetic Cinema Capitol of the World, Eugene, Oregon.” He arrived on the scene like his character in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest:” Randall Patrick McMurphy, to tell us we weren’t crazy, to legitimatize what we were trying to do with our 16mm cameras, and over the years, to help us get a break in the business.
My friend Ron Vidor, a Cinematographer who worked as a cameraman on “Five Easy Pieces” said that in 1969 Jack and the rest of the cast and crew were just traveling through on I-5, when Director Bob Rafelson saw the Eugene Denny’s Restaurant. Continue reading... “Jack Nicholson’s Legacy to Oregon Film”
Media Arts Education Fund Scholarships
Wednesday, May 25th
Are you a creative, fun-loving, fan of the internet whose thirst for knowledge will never be quenched? There is an event just for you! May 25-27, join Oregon Film at WebVisions, Portland’s own ‘creative conference for the web’. Oregon Film is proudly co-presenting: 
