The Confluence

Hollywood Trades in the City of Stars for the City of Roses

Posted by Carly Petrone, U of O Grad Student

Filmmakers begin to move film and television production up to the Pacific Northwest.

Portland, Ore. – Portland, Oregon is rapidly becoming the next production capital of the west thanks to the hit television show Portlandia, which debuted on the Independent Film Channel last January.

The wildly popular show, set to debut its second season in January 2012, stars comedians Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. Armisen, best known as a returning cast member of Saturday Night Live and Brownstein, a former band member of Portland-based Sleater Kinney, first grabbed viewers attention when the six-episode series aired earlier this year.

Official Trailer to the Feature Film “Cell Count.”

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/34222769[/vimeo]

Written and Directed By Todd E. Freeman
Produced By The Bros. Freeman and Lara Cuddy
Executive Producers: Roger and Jen Wood

Release Date: 2012
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
Studio: Polluted Pictures in association with Wooden Frame Productions

Description: Feature film currently in Post Production.

Plot Outline: Russell Carpenter reluctantly admits his wife Sadie into an experimental treatment facility for her life threatening disease. While locked in this prison like surrounding they, along with 6 others, are unknowingly subjected to a cure that might just be worse than the disease itself.

Open Lens Announces Selection of Films

(Eugene, Oregon) The eighth annual OpenLens Festival 2012, celebrating Oregon’s independent filmmaking spirit, has announced this year’s juried selection of films that will be screened at 7:30 pm on Saturday, January 28th at the UO Baker Center Auditorium at 325 E. 10th Street in Eugene. Admission: $8.00. The festival is hosted by DIVA (The Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts)

The screening is followed by a public reception and awards ceremony in which the Jury Best Of Show ($500), Jury Honorable Mention ($250), and Audience and Choice Award ($100) are made.

DIY Spirit Shines with People’s Portlandia

Last year the TV show Portlandia drew attention to some of the qualities that make our city unique. Maybe for some of you those skits and characters paled in comparison to your own experiences living in Portland. Alongside the second season of Portlandia, the Hollywood Theatre, in patnership with PSU’s MFA in Art and Social Practice program will host the first ever “People’s Portlandia,” a collection of Portlandia inspired skits made by Portland residents.

Entries will be accepted through www.peoplesportlandia.com beginning in early December.

Film Production Accounting Workshop

Film Production Payroll and Accounting Workshop

January 21st, 8am – 5pm
PSU Campus, Lincoln Hall, Room 315
1620 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97201

Register for the event online: http://businessofentertainment-portland.eventbrite.com/

Early Registration Offer. Register before 1/18 and your name will be entered into drawings for free Showbiz Software. Plus, all attendees will receive a special 10% discount on production and software tools at Showbiz Software’s online store www.showbizsoftware.com. Don’t miss this opportunity, courtesy of Media Services and Showbiz Software.

Last Call to list in Oregon’s Media Production Directory for 2012

The final deadline to list in SourceOregon — Oregon’s film, TV, commercial and new media production industry directory — is midnight on January 1st, 2012. If you have not yet renewed or added your listing to Oregon’s 2012 directory of crew & services, visit www.SourceOregon.com today.

Every major producer and coordinator currently shooting in Oregon endorses SourceOregon as the best resource for hiring crew, equipment and services. Print and digital copies are distributed to each commercial, feature and television production company that considers shooting here.

Oregon Film “The Perception of Moving Targets” Selected to Screen at Sundance

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/27963192[/vimeo]

Local film maker Weston Currie’s film “The Perception of Moving Targets” will screen at the Sundance Film Festival as a part of the New Frontier series. Here’s a link to more info on the film via the Sundance Website. The festival has featured quite a few films from Oregon in past years including last year’s award winning documentary “How to Die in Oregon”. According to Weston’s bio on the Sundance site this is his first feature after several short form films.

Job Posting – 3D Studio Max Technical Director for Bent Image Lab

Position: 3D Studio Max Technical Director

Bent Image Lab is seeking Pipeline TD’s for all areas of production including animation, stereoscopic and visual effects.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Recorded Webcast of Annual Meeting Available

This year the University of Oregon’s media team was able to record the annual meeting and now it’s available here. If you have a Mac you’ll first need to download the flip for Mac Application which can be found here. One quick note – we ran a 15 minute pre-show of clips prior to the meeting beginning and that is on the front end of the video. If you’re interested in knowing what the clips are –

#1 – YouTube video of a boy who wrote “An Ode to Fred Armisen” after meeting him on the set of ‘Portlandia”

#2 – “Rid of Me” Trailer

#3 – “Gone” Trailer

#4 – a series of commercials from the animation studio Bent Image Lab

#5 – Leverage Location Video

#6 – Behind the Scenes of “Grimm”

Elemental Technologies receives award for Innovation in Media Arts

It sounds like a cliché but it’s very true. Innovation is a key ingredient to future economic growth. This is as true in the media industry as it is any other. Over the past few years Oregon has seen several promising media technology companies start up. One such company is Elemental Technologies, which is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 2006 by CEO Sam Blackman, Chief Technology Officer Jesse Rosenzweig, and Chief Architect Brian Lewis, Elemental has raised over $16 million in financing, which has directly resulted in Elemental’s rapid ascension to become one of the world’s leaders in software designed for video content creation.

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