Bend, A Versatile Filming Location, Now Voted One of America’s “Best Towns” By Outside Magazine
Central Oregon has long been a versatile location for commercials and features, with sweeping high-desert landscapes, rushing white-water rivers, and roads that stretch for miles, and now Outside Magazine has recognized it’s hub, the city of Bend, as one of America’s “Best Towns” to live and work. We couldn’t agree more! Bend is not only a great location, with crew and services to call on, but it is also is a vibrant outdoor playground. The city and surrounding areas have a “film friendly” reputation, with hundreds of viable, stunning locations.
We were recently approached by, Theo Friedman, a University of Oregon business alumnus, with an idea to create a report for the rookie filmmaker that would look at providing some answers to how projects get made. Oregon Film, in conjunction with the University of Oregon’s Film Organization, was able to introduce Friedman to a handful of Oregon filmmaker insiders and once all the information was in, Friedman created his report, that if you are curious you can check out 
“Everything Sucks”, a high school coming of age dramedy, set in the late 1990’s Oregon, is currently shooting in Oregon City. The Netflix series will shoot 10 half hour episodes here in Oregon over the coming weeks.
