I’m professional actor and fight coordinator Kendall Wells.
I’m offering classes in Portland on fight performance for film and television. I’ve been teaching for about nine years, but only recently decided to hold a regular class (twice per month). I have held a couple workshops in conjunction with Cast Iron Studios in the past, including one taught by my mentor, fight master Anthony De Longis. The workshops were a huge success, and all the students have expressed great interest in training more.Continue reading... “Film Fighting Classes in Portland”
Feature film highlights include Lynn Shelton’s YOUR SISTER’S SISTER, starring Rosemarie DeWitt, Emily Blunt, and Mark Duplass; James Westby’s RID OF ME starring Katie O’Grady; a special FREE 50th Anniversary screening of POLLUTION IN PARADISE, the 1962 KGW-8 produced film that documents the beginning of the environmental movement in Oregon that became the hallmark of former Governor Tom McCall’s tenure; and closing the Festival is Matt McCormick’s THE GREAT NORTHWEST. Continue reading... “39th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival”
Oregon Film Veterans Katherine Wilson and Philip Krysl (with over 40 years as Oregon filmmakers and 50 Oregon Film Credits between them) mentored 10 students this last year from the U of O into the industry by helping the students produce the couples’ screenplay “Animal House of Blues”. The collaboration with the students began small as a short for credit in a NW Film Class, which then resulted in final projects and Career Center and Journalism Internships. Not wanting to stop there, Student Director/ Cinematographer/ Editor Jay Richardson was supported by the whole group of students from several classes over the summer to create a feature length Documentary and entered the Eugene International Film Festival August 17th, the day summer school ended. Continue reading... “Oregon Film Veterans Mentoring Graduating U of O Filmmakers Wins Award”
Art of Makeup, School of Professional Makeup Artistry, has added both evening classes and daytime classes to the 2012 fall/winter schedule. The new dates are:
Evening Schedule: September 24 – November 9 from 6:30pm – 10pm
Daytime Schedule: October 29 – December 14 from 9am – 3pm
Classes can be taken individually or as an entire course
HALLOWEEN WORKSHOP with Christina Kortum on September 9, 2012 from 1-4pm Cost is $85 including supplies.
FILM FINANCING SEMINAR with LA-based entertainment attorney and author John Cone
Available through two locations: in person in Ashland or via Skype in Portland
Cone is the author of 7 books including 43 Ways to Finance Your Film, The Feature Film Distribution Deal, and Business Plans for Filmmakers from Southern Illinois University Press. www.filmfinanceattorney.com
The topics to be covered this Saturday: Overview of film finance • Lender financing and the latest developments in the investor financing area • JOBS Act’s authorization to use general solicitation and advertising in certain Regulation D, Rule 506 offerings • New investment Crowdfunding models • Analysis of the three forms of documentation with which to approach film financiers and when to use each • The latest models for successful independent Distribution
Please register in advance for the location of your choice
The Northwest Film Forum (NWFF), the Film Center’s sister media arts center in Seattle, provides an array of technical and financial support to regional filmmakers, including the Start-to-Finish program. Since 1998, it has also been a film distributor, using its institutional muscle and expertise to shepherd the much-heralded film POLICE BEAT and other selected independent works into the marketplace. Having built this component of NWFF’s offerings from the ground up, Program Director Adam Sekuler knows the behind-the-scenes terrain inside and out. Continue reading... “DEMYSTIFYING DISTRIBUTION: A WORKSHOP”
The Northwest Film Center School of Film is offering an array of classes geared toward getting you out in the sun and working on your cinematography.
From documentary to narrative films, time-lapse to Super-8 there’s a little something for everyone. Classes and workshops are a great opportunity to brush up on basics, learn some new tricks, and network with others working on local productions.
The School of Film welcomes a variety of experience levels and no applications are necessary.
The Oregon Media Production Association is excited to present “Schmooze It or Lose It,” an exciting speed networking session on July 28 at the Red Lion Convention Center (in the Windows Lounge) from 6-8pm. Meet new potential collaborators in the media production industry (film, TV, commercial, new media, interactive, etc.) and re-connect with past ones at this fun and productive event.
PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP SCHOOL TO OPEN IN SOUTHWEST PORTLAND
Oregon’s First School of Makeup Enrolling Students Now For Summer Courses
Portland, OR, May 24, 2012 – Renown professional makeup artist and Portland resident Celena Rubin to launch Art of Makeup, School of Professional Makeup Artistry, Oregon’s first school exclusively dedicated to Makeup Artistry.
