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Laika Wins Technical Oscar’s Award For 3-D Printing Technology

Laika's Brian McLean won a special award from the Oscars for "pioneering the use of rapid prototyping for character animation in stop-motion film production." (Laika photo.) — Laika’s Brian McLean won a special award from the Oscars for “pioneering the use of rapid prototyping for character animation in stop-motion film production.” (Laika photo.)

Laika uses stop-motion animation techniques to bring their characters to life, but with hundreds of puppets needed for the process it is painstaking to create the many expressions and movement needed to make the action fluid. The studio overcame this by becoming early adopter’s of the 3-D printing process that enabled them to create the many minuscule changing facial features without losing any of the artistry that goes into each puppet.

POWMonthly: LUNAFEST Comes to Portland on January 25, 7:00 pm at Clinton Street Theater.

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LUNAFEST Comes to Portland on January 25, 7:00 pm at Clinton Street Theater.

Established in 2000 by LUNA, the makers of the Whole Nutrition Bar for Women, LUNAFEST connects women, their stories and their causes through film. This traveling film festival, which will visit over 175 cities this season, spotlights the work of a diverse array of talented women filmmakers with intelligent, funny and thought-provoking themes. The Portland screening will be on January 25th, 7pm at the Clinton Street Theater as part of the POWMonthly Screening series, brought to you by the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival.

Fox12’s Highlights Two More Locals In Their “More Movies” Series

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Fox12’s “More” series has been focussing on “More Movies” and has recently highlighted two more local business owners, 360 Labs and Greg McMickle.

360 Labs, an Oregon-based production company, is hoping to put Portland on the growing virtual reality map. 360 Labs specializes in “360º immersive panoramic photography and video.” Their goal is to create “meaningful and memorable experiences for virtual reality, desktop and mobile applications.says virtual reality videos will be the next big thing in 2016.”

Indie Portland Game Developers Organize Cartoon Network Game Jam

The Portland Indie Game Squad (PIGSquad) and Rose City Game Consulting Run are organizing a 48 hour Game Jam (Feb 12-14th) – “The Cartoon Network Game Jam“. The event will feature the cable channel’s characters that indie game designers will use to create their game ideas. Teams will have 48 hours in which to create a prototype, and that will then be judged by Cartoon Network staff. (Teams can sign up here.) The winning team will be offered a chance to negotiate a development deal with the Cartoon Network, which will offer the chance to realize the winning prototype’s full potential with a mobile roll out.

Stop-Motion Animation With Dan Ackerman

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Stop-Motion Animation with Dan Ackerman starts January 21st. Register online today.

Looking forward to Anomolisa? Fan of The Boxtrolls? Inspired by Coraline? If yes, our Stop-Motion Animation class with Dan Ackerman is for you. For the detail-oriented creative, this 9-session course will help you gain the tools and learn the techniques of a variety of drawn animation and object animation approaches. From the technical aspects of camera set-up, control, movement, and lighting, to the more conceptual like developing your message and storyline.

16mm Cinematography With Scott Ballard

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16mm Cinematography with Scott Ballard starts January 19th! Register online today.

Analog filmmaking is back at the Northwest Film Center! After an almost five-year hiatus, we’re excited to offer 16mm Cinematography again and this time with local Director of Photography Scott Ballard (DEATH ON A ROCK, THE BLACK SEA, HIDING BLAME). The nine-session course will give participants the opportunity to try out different 16mm film stocks (both black & white and color) and even different cameras (Bolex and Arriflex-S). Working in groups, students will complete projects in order to learn about lighting, blocking, and framing.

ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2015

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To our friends in and near Portland: The best archaeology-related films in the world are coming to Portland, starting Friday night, January 15. This is our annual event, ArchaeologyFest Film Series:Best of 2015! Please come to see some outstanding films and help us support TAC Festival 2016 by enjoying our PSU mini-Festival at the Fifth Avenue Cinema in Portland for four evenings (a different 2-hour show each evening), Friday, January 15; Saturday, January 16; Friday, January 22: and Saturday, January 23.

Screenwriting Fundamentals With Kyle Aldrich

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Screenwriting Fundamentals with Kyle Aldrich starts January 21st. Register online today.

Before story ideas make it onto the screen, there are outlines, treatments, and then a structured screenplay with plot, story, dialogue, and transitions! It can be a long road, but it doesn’t have to be scary. If you’ve ever wondered how to get from idea to screen, what the difference between plot and story is, or want some guidance on writing effective dialogue, Screenwriting: Fundamentals can help you get a solid start.

Hollywood Theatre To Open Annex At PDX

Screen Shot 2015-12-30 at 9.04.01 AM Boring, long layovers and frustrating weather delays will be a thing of the past – the Hollywood Theatre is opening an annex theatre in gate C6 at Portland Internatinal Airport. With approximately 5-8 million people passing through every year, the opportunity to entertain travelers while they wait, will be a welcome “first” for a US airport.

Fox12 Showcases Local, International Rigging Company, Spdyercam

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Oregonian, Todd’ “Hammer” Semmes, co-founded Spydercam, with Tim “Doc” Drnec, over 20 years ago in Hood River. Their unique creative rigging company has assisted over 60 feature films to get those often “impossible” looking shots by rigging their suspended camera systems with precision and creativity that does not compare to other traditional methods. With offices in Oregon, Colorado, (and equipment in Los Angeles and New York), Spydercam has significantly contributed to such movies as; “Transformer”, “Spyderman” , “The Avengers”, “The Life Of Pi”, “Mission Impossible I, II and II”, (see all their credits here.)

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LUNAFEST Comes to Portland on January 25, 7:00 pm at Clinton Street Theater.