Great ‘Short’ Program at Eastern Oregon Film Festival

Eastern Oregon Film Festival is primed to present it’s 3rd annual program beginning Thursday, October 20-Saturday October 22, in La Grande, Oregon. The program is packed with award winning films, guest directors, Skype Q&A’s, some of the best NW bands, and a wonderful and masterful collection of shorts. Come visit La Grande for this year’s 20 Films, 7 Bands, 3 days – in Eastern Oregon.

2011 Official Short Film Selections

Eastern Oregon Film Festival announces the official 2011 short film selection.

Portlandia Recycles! Season 2 Clip Available

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This week IFC put this clip up on their website to give fans of “Portlandia” a taste of what is to come for season 2. We all know that Oregon loves it’s recycling! In fact all you Portlanders – are you ready to start the city wide composting effort that begins October 31? Hopefully we’ll see more clips of “Portlandia” in the weeks leading up to the show’s season 2 premiere on January 9.

Missed Out on an Opportunity to Buy the Film Tax Credit? – Here’s Another

Last week Jody Wiser put out this information on the Tax Credit Auction that is about to happen through Oregon’s Department of Revenue. This auction process will be the same process for the Oregon Production Investment Fund next year. In the mean time check it out and consider the benefits.

BE GREEN

Be good for the earth and good for your pocket book at the same time

Make 3-5% interest in less than 6 months while helping the state support renewable energy efforts in Oregon

$1.5 million in BETC tax credits are up for auction October 24^th—November 4^th with bidding in increments of $1000.

Quarter Orange’s 2nd Annual Halloween Kickoff Extravaganza!

Once again Quarter Orange will kick the pants off Halloween weekend with a raucous night of unfettered awesomeness and horror at the Holocene. Badassery to include: A screening of local horror short Evidence of the Sasquatch, which documents the grizzly demise of four filmmakers on a location scout in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Brief Q&A with the filmmakers following the screening. Jams from local electric party monster, Kind Brother and rock providers, Father Figure.

Join us for an amazing night of local film, music and Halloween pageantry.

Sneak Peak of “Grimm” – Cast describes pleasure of filming in Portland

In today’s People website, there is a good video sneak peak of “Grimm”. Most of the cast is interviewed about the show. Towards the end of the video the cast talks about the experience of filming in Portland. Even though they are beginning to experience the pleasure of the rain coming back into the Northwest, the cast seems to be enjoying the experience. Be sure to check out the video here.

The Impassable Wilderness is Real!

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You must watch this video! It brings to life one of Portland’s greatest mysteries. Thanks Harold Phillips for digging up this very important video.

And if you don’t get it – go here.

Let’s hope they make a movie out of this phenomenon!

“A Year in Mooring” to screen at Salem Film Festival

I’m never big on talking about the projects that “got away” from Oregon but in this case I want to make an exception. “A Year in Mooring”, written by Salem writer Peter Vanderwall and directed by Chris Eyre who was born in Portland. A few years back my office was contacted about this film as the original story was set in Oregon. Unfortunately between bad timing, competing projects and a scarcity of incentive funds, the project went to Michigan and is now set in Michigan.

Hinge Digital Works with Sockeye Creative on a new Dick’s Sporting Goods Commercial

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Over the last couple of years Hinge Digital has built up an impressive reputation as a go to place for all things animation. As a result more and more agencies and clients are taking notice. Recently Hinge worked with Sockeye Creative on this commercial for Dick’s Sporting Goods.

That’s not all they’ve been working on. Be sure to check out their 2011 reel to get a good idea of all Hinge has to offer. Their blog also has a more in depth look into their work.

LAIKA House – Behind the Scenes of a new Honda commercial

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We often talk about Oregon being a great place for car commercials. Of course usually we mean live action commercials. This youtube video shows the behind the scenes of LAIKA House’s recent commercial for the Honda Pilot. This video really shows off the technical expertise and craftmanship of Oregon’s Animation industry.

Behind the Scenes of LAIKA House’s new Honda Commercial

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Ever wonder how LAIKA House produces their commercials? This video is a great look into just how they do it. It takes a special group of artists and technicians to make a commercial like this one for Honda. We’ve been talking a lot about Oregon’s diversity of roads to land car commercials, we didn’t stop to think that Oregon’s Animation industry is also a strategic advantage!

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