The Oregon film community's official blog.
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Credit goes to Kristi Turnquist for bring the video to my attention but I had to post this video from local filmmaker James Winters. It’s a hilarious remake of the classic Beastie Boys video “Sabatoge”. All I can say is well done James Winters, well done.
-Vince Porter
Portland declares May 26 date “Bill Plympton Day”
The Great NW Film Tour is a new series geared toward independent releases, kicking off at McMenamins Mission Theater on Saturday, May 19
In a partnership with the Oregon Media Production Association (OMPA), McMenamins presents The Great Northwest Film Tour, giving new films a place to be shown, gather momentum and burst out onto the scene. At regular intervals, The Great Northwest Film Tour will host directors, actors and/or producers at our McMenamins hotels and theater-pubs with their latest work – could be a documentary, an action film, animation or beyond.
NBC Universal’s series, “Grimm” was honored for it’s environmentally friendly production practices at the 33rd Annual Travel Portland Tourism and Hospitality Industry Awards last week. This award recognizes environmentally friendly business practices that “help sustain Oregon’s exceptional quality of life”.
“Grimm” has utilized many local green and sustainable vendors during season 1 and plans on doing the same (and hopefully more) during season 2.
WIF-PDX is now accepting applications for the 2012 Faerie Godmother Production Grant!
Deadline for RECEIPT of complete mailed applications is July 31, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
Application and full grant guidelines available at: http://wifpdx.org/grants.html
About the WIF-PDX / Faerie Godmother Production Grant
The purpose of the WIF-PDX/FG Production Grant is to support women working in media in Oregon and SW Washington (ClarkCounty.) The goal of this grant is to provide financial support aiding in the production or completion of a consequential piece of work, while helping to advance the artist’s vision and craft.
In case you hadn’t heard, there was a 10 day festival celebrating Portland’s arts, culture and music scene recently and Portland Monthly has a great recap here. Travel Portland was there selling the city as a great destination and when Laura Guimond was in the Paris metro she saw this poster. Pretty cool huh?
Ok So I don’t understand French but if you do, here’s a clip covering the event and Portland.
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This week two companies with a large and growing presence in Oregon announced siginificant new funding. Elemental Technologies, the leading supplier of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, announced that it raised $13 million in Series C financing led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) this week. Elemental was the recipient of last year’s Innovation in Media Arts award. 2012 is proving to be a pivotal year for Elemental thanks in part to the Summer Olympics. At the Olympics this year Elemental will be powering multiscreen video in 30+ countries which shows how far of a reach the company has made in a short period of time.
The Winding Stream, an epic documentary film about the dynasty at the heart of American roots music is nearing completion, but needs finishing funds to get there. The film tells the story of the musical Carter and Cash Family and features interviews and performances by many Americana artists, including Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, George Jones, Sheryl Crow, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, the Carolina Chocolate Drops and others.
To get to the finish line, Grammy-nominated independent filmmaker and musician Beth Harrington and her team are in the midst of a 60-day effort to raise the needed funds through the online crowdfunding site, Kickstarter.
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Candidates Agree: Media Production in Portland is a Pillar of our Economy
See video of all the candidate statements at www.ompa.org/government-affairs
Portland – On Thursday, April 5th, the three major candidates for Mayor of Portland faced off in a forum focusing on media production issues at KGW studios. Sponsored by the Oregon Media Production Association and Portland Monthly Magazine, and other media organizations, the forum covered a range of issues concerning Portland’s quickly growing industry of creative media professionals.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 6-10 PM
Working almost exclusively on 16mm for his entire career, Chicago filmmaker and animator Jim Trainor’s preferred technique is Sharpie on typing paper. This is the medium he used to create THE ANIMALS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS, a series of pulsing line-drawn animated films featured at this year’s Experimental Film Festival Portland. Exploring the natural/animal world, the series uses a witty balance of scientific exposition and humorous narration often coming from the animal itself (one piece screened in the 2004 Whitney Biennial in New York).
Last week, web series creator Scotty Iseri received some good news on the startup venture he’s bringing into existence in September 2012; The