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Hollywood Theatre Launches New Film Education Programs @HollywoodTheatr

Our friends at the Hollywood Theatre continue to start new exciting intiatives! Below is the most recent announcement from the team.

HOLLYWOOD THEATRE LAUNCHES NEW FILM EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Opens Media Lab, “Hollywood Theatre Studio” at Grant High School

(Portland, OR) September 21, 2011 – This fall, as funding for the arts in schools continues to face significant cuts, the nonprofit Hollywood Theatre is piloting multiple education programs, affording hundreds of young people the opportunity to explore filmmaking and animation.

In partnership with Grant High School, the Theatre has launched “Hollywood Theatre Studio,” a state of the art media lab able to accommodate up to 40 students.

Oregon Vendor Spotlight: Share Your Story

Oregon Film Interns at Bent Image Lab — Oregon Film Interns filming at Bent Image Lab

Hopefully you have been following our Oregon Film Summer Interns’ “Oregon Vendor Spotlight” video series. The series of videos, produced by our interns (Sabrina, Justen, and Jake) over the course of the summer, features interviews with local vendors that have recently experienced an increase in business due to film and television production. They were able to capture the stories of 12 local businesses in eight videos, but we know that there are many more businesses out there that have benefitted from local film and TV production.

World Premiere of “The Weather Outside”

PORTLAND, Oregon (September 19, 2012) – “The Weather Outside”, produced by Polluted Pictures in association with Wooden Frame Productions, will have its World Premiere as part of The Eugene International Film Festival at 7 PM on October 19th, 2012 at the Regal Valley River Center Stadium 15 & IMAX in Eugene, Oregon.

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/39732270[/vimeo]

“The Weather Outside” was the second of three feature films shot in 2011 from Wooden Frame Productions that utilized the Oregon state iOPIF rebate program which provides rebates of 20% of goods and services and 10% of Oregon labor for films produced by Oregon filmmakers who spend a minimum of $75,000 but not more than $750,000 on their project.

Oregon Vendor Spotlight: Local Nursery Supply Chain Fulfills “Grimm’s” Green Needs

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/49256004[/vimeo]

The second video in our Oregon Film Summer Interns’ “Oregon Vendor Spotlight” series (above) follows the local supply chain that is utilized to provide the unique greenery needed for NBC’s “Grimm.”

In order to provide the trees, bushes and plants that help create “Grimm’s” eerie atmosphere, the show’s greensman, Charlie Carlsen, looks to local nurseries such as Dennis’ 7 Dees and Cascadian. They provide greenery from their stock and, in turn, activate their supply chain of other nurseries in the area to help meet the increased demand.

Sustainable Business Oregon Talks Green Impact

Lee van Der Voo, a contributing writer for Sustainable Business Oregon contacted our office last week to find out more about sustainable production efforts and practices that are taking place on set and in production offices in Oregon. You can read the whole article in their news section here.

Sustainable Business Oregon is a “publication of the Portland Business Journal, dedicated to covering the news and issues at the intersection of business and sustainability.”

We continue to work on green initiatives and we are always interested in collaborating on ways to help production be greener.

Animal House of Blues

“Animal House of Blues”: has been announced today as an Official Selection of the Eugene International Film Festival October 18th- 21st, 2012. Directed by Jay Richardson, class of 2012; with the help of fellow graduating filmmakers.

Subtitled “How an Oregon Community Helped Create a Hollywood Blockbuster (or Two) On a ‘B’ Drive-In Movie Budget”; this next generation of young Oregon filmmakers, formerly from the University of Oregon, stepped up and optioned, filmed and edited Katherine Wilson’s documentary screenplay, as well as licensed her Oregon Film Factory Movie Museum images and artifacts.

Oregon Vendor Spotlight: Shop Adorn

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/49256783[/vimeo]

This summer, our team of Oregon Film student interns (Sabrina, Justen, and Jake) embarked on a project to interview some of the local vendors that have recently experienced an increase in business due to the film and television industry. By the end of the summer, the interns had produced eight short videos for their “Oregon Vendor Spotlight” series. We will be rolling out the videos over the next four weeks. Today, we are happy to present the first video in the series (embedded above) which highlights local boutique Shop Adorn.

GRIMM screening and cast Q&A scheduled for Wednesday now postponed

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“Grimm” is a new drama series inspired by the classic Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli, “Turn The Beat Around”) discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as “Grimms,” charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world.

First of 8 @ORfilmInterns Videos to Come Out on Monday #ORFilm

Interns-at-ATI — Oregon Film Interns in Bend interviewing Greg Knowles from ATI

This summer we were lucky enough to have four summer interns who were interested in learning more about the impact of the local film and television industry. At the beginning of the summer, we had Veronica intern with us. Veronica is studying business in school and was willing/interested in analyzing more than 25,000 lines of data we gave her regarding the local vendors used on the first 12 episodes of “Grimm”.

Next VFX/PDX Meeting – Thursday, September 20th

The Portland area visual effects user group – VFX/PDX – is pulling together their next meeting and intend to wrap up summer with a bang!

The talented and hard working artists & filmmakers from Hinge Digital are headlining this meeting, giving an in depth demo and breakdowns from their most ambitious project yet: a commercial campaign and character design stint for Carrington College.

We all know Portlanders love a good sandwich, and Mariana Acuña from The Foundry is in town and will sandwich software demos of Katana (Lighting/Look Dev) and Mari (3D Paint/Texturing) wrapped like Dave’s Killer Bread around the Hinge presentation.

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