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#OregonMade Animated Comedy Series Turns America’s Obsession With Weight & Body Image Into Morbidly-Funny Cartoons

https://vimeo.com/206132887

WATCH the first 5 cartoons on Vimeo.

The recently-launched SmashTheHive Studio in SE Portland has just debuted its first production —the “My American Waistline” animated comedy series. This fearless, unapologetic and politically-incorrect collection of bite-size shorts leaves no muffin top unturned or moob unchafed in its unsparing quest to expose America’s fixation on over-eating, under-eating, ripped abs, apple bottoms and surgical enhancement.

The project is the brainchild of SmashTheHive founder and award-winning sound designer Jason Edwards, whose credits include ten independent features, numerous animated shorts and three major network television series.

“Oregon’s Animation Magic” On OPB TV

Don’t miss out! Get an exclusive look at how animation gets made in Oregon, from the studios of Portland’s indie animators to the heavyweights in the stop-motion animation industry. “Oregon’s Animation Magic: An Oregon Art Beat Special” premieres tonight, April 27, at 8 p.m. on OPB TV and online at the same time at opb.org/animation.

Explore more of “Oregon’s Animation Magic” on OPB’s special series page, here: http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/animation/

POWGirls Announces two Workshops for Summer 2017

POWGirls Announces two Workshops for Summer 2017!

POWGirls launched in March of 2014 and has hosted eight successful workshops serving over 80 girls in the Portland Metro area. Watch POWGirls Films Here. We are excited to announce our Summer 2017 dates:
Summer Workshop I: INTRO TO FILMMAKING, June 19-23, 2017

Summer Workshop II: ADVANCED DOCUMENTARY WORKSHOP, July 17-21, 2017

Summer Workshop I: INTRO TO FILMMAKING, June 19-23, 2017 – SIGN UP HERE

Over the course of five days, participants will collaboratively develop, film and edit an original short film.

Double Feature – Ekimmu/The Dead Lust & The Black Sea

Filmmaker Andy Koontz’s debut feature Ekimmu/The Dead Lust will screen at the Clinton Street Theater on Saturday May 6th as a double feature with Brian Padian’s debut feature film The Black Sea Movie. Both films were made independently and took over a decade to be fully realized with minimal resources. But the films share something else in common: both directors are also brain tumor survivors. “We met online and realized we had these things in common and wanted to have a screening to celebrate cinema and being alive” says Padian.

Outside the Frame Seeks Production Coordinator/Exec Assistant

Outside the Frame teaches homeless and marginalized youth filmmaking, and supports them in the production of their own films. We facilitate intensive film workshops, weekly programming and community screenings. We make homeless youth directors of their lives, rather than character actors. Learn more at otfpdx.org.

We are seeking someone self motivated to grow with us. This position is part Production Coordinator, part Executive Assistant/Office Manager, with potential to grow. Seeking someone flexible, organized, detail oriented, with film production experience who respects youth, doesn’t take no for an answer, has a current driver’s license and reliable access to a vehicle and is able to walk up a flight of stairs.

Oregon Poetic Cinema Filmmaker Jack Nicholson Turns 80

‘Five Easy Pieces’ 1970: Karen Black and Jack Nicholson

This is an excerpt from the photo book being written by Oregon Filmmaker Katherine Wilson:

50 Years of Oregon Film, from Hollywood to Cinematic Literary Voices 1968 -2018

Five Easy Pieces & Poetic Cinema: the 1st Oregon Film of Jack Nicholson

There is a quote I love from Jack Nicholson about the low budget existential westerns he made in the early 60’s with Director Monte Hellman (Ride in the Whirl Wind & The Shooting) for Roger Corman: “Roger wanted some good Tomahawk numbers with plenty of Ketchup, but Monte and I were into these films on another level.”

Filmmaker Beth Harrington Announces New Project – The Musicianer

On the heels of her successful music documentary, The Winding Stream – The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music, filmmaker Beth Harrington is pleased to announce that she and her team are in pre-production on a new project. The Musicianer will be a music-based narrative digital series that builds on the research done on old-time music during the making of the The Winding Stream, and takes the subject matter in new and surprising directions.

The Musicianer tells the story of a 1920s-era singer who inadvertently becomes immortal.

CASTING CALL: Extras for New Alan Ball HBO Series

PORTLAND CASTING COMPANY SEEKING EXTRAS OF ALL TYPES FOR NEW HBO SERIES

Untitled Alan Ball HBO Drama series is scheduled to shoot in Portland April 24-26; open casting call this Saturday

PORTLAND, ORE. Cast Iron Studios, a Portland-based film and television casting company, announced today that it is seeking general background performers, experienced stand-ins, photo doubles, Portland hipster types, and extras who own vehicles, bicycles and pets for Alan Ball’s new HBO drama series.

The series will shoot scenes in the Portland area April 24-26, 2017.

Governor Brown Dedicates Grove Of Trees To #ThankYouGrimm!

This afternoon, Governor Kate Brown joined members of the “Grimm” cast and crew along with the City of Portland, State of Oregon elected officials, and representatives from Oregon Film, Friends of Trees, Friends of Pier Park and Comcast/NBC. They all came together to plant a small grove of trees in beautiful Pier Park, North Portland, creating a lasting tribute to the work and the legacy of the long running show.

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