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Portland Filmmaker Wins 9 National Telly Awards

Portland filmmaker David Poulshock and his production company Red Door Films were recently awarded an astounding nine Telly Awards for TV commercials and web videos they produced on behalf of clients Spirit Mountain Casino and Goodwill Industries of the Columbia-Willamette.

“It’s a real honor,” said Poulshock, “especially for the recognition it gives the wonderful talent and stellar production crews who worked on these projects.” According to Poulshock, the overall production included six :30 spots for Spirit Mountain Casino, and five :30 spots and four 3-minute web documentaries for Goodwill.

Jumpdrive Studios Launches XO On Kickstarter

[youtube]https://youtu.be/cyCMKyxE8O0[/youtube]At the start of 2015, I found a new job at Jumpdrive Studios and left a 10 year career in the music business behind. My love of video games has never been a secret, and getting to work on them every single day is like a dream come true. On top of that, we teamed up with one of my favorite composers Jim Guthrie – who I very much admire. His work on Sword & Sworcery and Indie Game: The Movie is basically what inspired me to start writing video game music in the first place, and what set me on my path into the games industry.

Congratulations to “Portlandia” On Two Emmy Nominations

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxDnWYxhMlM[/youtube]Congratulations to “Portlandia” and IFC on their two Emmy 2015 nominations. The nominations are:

Outstanding Variety Sketch ( Dead Pets episode)

Tyler Robinson, Production Designer

Schuyler Telleen, Art Director

Katherine Isom, Set Decorator

and

Outstanding Production Design for Variety, Non-Fiction, Reality or reality-Competition Programming.

“We could not be prouder of the Portlandia team for their remarkable work this past season,” said Jennifer Caserta, IFC’s president. “We are extremely happy that Academy voters have recognized this unique comedy with multiple nominations for the fifth year in a row, and especially excited to be included in the newly created sketch series category.”

Eugene On Top 10 List Of Emerging Tech Cities

ZipRecuiter placed Eugene in the top ten list of tech job growth cities across the US this week. Joe Maruschak (RAIN – Regional Accelorator & Innovation Network) said, “it reflects that our local efforts to organize the tech community here are being noticed.” ZipRecruiter analyzed the hiring behavior in US cities and watched for the ones that had the highest growing tech jobs. According to the Register Guard, “Eugene-Springfield’s tech community has come a long way in the past few years.

The 2015 OPIF Tax Credit Auction is Currently Underway!

The 2015 OPIF Tax Credit Auction began Wednesday July 8 and continues through July 17.

The Oregon Department of Revenue is auctioning $10 million in OPIF tax credits.

Bids can be placed through the online auction at the following link:

http://www.oregon.gov/dor/PERTAX/Pages/credit-auction-info.aspx

20,000 increments of $500 tax credit certificates are available. Businesses and individuals with an Oregon income tax liability may bid on the certificates. The credit can be claimed on your 2015 state income tax return. Any amount that cannot be used on your 2015 tax return can be carried forward for up to three years.

Dark Horse & Universal Cable Prods. Sign First-Look Deal

Daily Variety reports, “Dark Horse Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions have signed a first-look deal to develop and produce scripted programming based on Dark Horse’s expansive comic book library, along with new properties, the two companies announced Tuesday.” Read more here.

Hinge’s Kitty Litter Spot is the Cats Meow!

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/131123654[/vimeo]

Avoid a cat-astrophe in the bathroom! In an original pitch spot called “Cat’s Meow: The Interruption,” Hinge’s creative team brings attention to a very real problem facing cats and their owners everywhere.

The concept was developed in-house and shot with Portland crew and talent. The animation and post team created and integrated a photo real CG cat into the live action plates — all with a dash of litter humor.

For more details, go to hingedigital.com

2015 OPIF Tax Credit Auction Coming Up July 8-17

We just wanted to remind everyone that the Oregon Department of Revenue is planning to once again conduct a tax credit auction for the Oregon Production Investment Fund (OPIF) this July. The total amount of tax credits to be auctioned this year will be $10,000,000.

The process will be exactly the same as the successful auction conducted last July. We will be working hard to make sure all the tax credits sell out in the designated time frame. If we are successful in this goal, this will be the only opportunity for people to contribute to the fund and receive OPIF tax credits for 2015.

“Seven Wonders” Campaign + Film Tourism – Has Affected Increased Visitors To Oregon

The love for the beauty and magnificence of Oregon as a destination continues – this week the New York Times travel section reported that Travel Oregon’s “Seven Wonders” campaign (Wieden + Kennedy), coupled with the “Wild” movie locations tie-in, increased Oregon’s tourism “by nearly 10 percent growth in statewide lodging revenue in 2014 over 2013, an increase of more than 120,000 social media followers, and a record number of unique visitors to its website”.* Travel Oregon partnered with Oregon Film on three distinct aspects of the “Wild” journey;

the Los Angeles premiere,
the five screenings around the state, and
the Fox Searchlight prize promotion (that promoted the movie’s release, as well as put a nationwide, and international spotlight on the state).

NW Film Center Dialogue Writing Class Starts July 1

DIALOGUE WRITING
5 SESSIONS, WEDNESDAYS, JULY 1-29, 6:30-9:30PM, $345
Taught by award-winning writer & director STEVE DOUGHTON

The Northwest Film Center has a Dialogue Writing class that starts Wednesday July 1. Taught by local award-winning writer and director Steve Doughton (Buoy, 2012) the class includes writing exercises meant to unlock your artist’s toolbox, deconstructing scenes from films (Cassavetes and Mamet!), and a session with actors in-class. Over five class sessions you’ll work with Steve to put your ideas into practice while gaining a formal understanding of screenplay structure and dialogue styles.

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