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“Portlandia” Covered in the New York Times – Good For Business

I found this article in the Sunday New York Times about the upcoming IFC show “Portlandia”. The show is not only proving to be one that the media is interested in covering (it’s been in Entertainment Weekly and many local pubs) but it’s managed to stir up some interesting debate.

Recently IFC smartly put this video up on YouTube from the show. “The Dream of the 90’s is alive in Portland” on the surface seems to make fun of a lot of unique things that exist in Portland.

Polluted Pictures Holiday Party.

Come out and celebrate the passing of an incredible 2010 and to ring in an even better 2011. Portland film is on the verge of doing some incredible things and we want to celebrate! Music, drinks, and entertainment will be on hand all night long.

We will also be presenting sneak peeks of our current features “The Weather Outside” and “Cell Count.” Make sure you come out to see them because they will not be online nor screened again. A special screening for all those who can make it out to the celebration.

A Christmas Gift from “Live Wire Radio”

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I went to the recent “Live Wire Radio” show which plays on OPB on Saturday Nights. They recorded two shows – one that will air on Christmas Night and one that will air in January. The January show features Carrie Brownstein and Gus Van Sant (as well as a good skit with Carrie about “Portlandia”). The Christmas show featured singer/songwriter Thao Nguyen who played this song that night. It brought the house down. A gift card Christmas – a true 21st century Christmas song.

Oregon’s Film Incentives: A Good Deal For All

gordon at podium.jpg — Board Chair Gordon Sondland at Oregon Film's Annual Meeting

Last Friday our office presented some important information regarding the Oregon Production Investment Fund and the Greenlight Oregon Labor Rebate and those programs’ performance over the last few years. I feel it’s best to share that information on our blog at this point so you all can have a place to find the presented information.

“Dream of the 90’s is Alive in Portland” – Portlandia

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I went to last night’s sold out Live Wire show which was fantastic! The first hour was their coming Christmas night radio broadcast and it was packed with entertainment. If you don’t podcast the show, you should. The second hour was for a show that will air January 15 and it featured Gus Van Sant and Carrie Brownstein. Carrie did a fun skit with the team from the show who affectionately call themselves “Faces For Radio Theater”. Show host Courtenay Hameister played a clip from “Portlandia” titled “Dream of the 90’s is Alive in Portland”.

Thank You Governor Kulongoski – Annual Meeting Huge Success

gov and industry 2 — Industry Honors Gov. Kulongoski

Attending our Annual Meeting was Governor Kulongoski, members of the Governor’s Office of Film & Television Board, as well nominees for the annual awards and a large audience of industry professionals at the newly rennovated Lincoln Performance Hall at PSU on Friday evening. PSU‘s technical team made it possible to catch up on industry happenings in Ashland, Bend and Eugene via live broadcast by teleconference bridge.

Governor Kulongoski presented awards to:

Innovation In Media Arts Award– NaturalPoint – OptiTrack, Insight VCS,

gov and jim — Innovation award to Natural Point Optitrack VCS

Film Advocate Awards went to Rob Burchfield (Traffiic Operations, Portland Dept.

Live from Baker City, it’s New Year’s Eve!

Very exciting news from Japan! They’ll be shooting LIVE in Baker City for their big New Years Eve Show. It’s sort of like our Dick Clark’s rockin’ New Years Eve,where they flip to different venues around the country-only the Japan version is flipping to different interesting venues around the world. Yep. That’s right, including us in Oregon. We think this is the first time Japan TV has ever broadcast live from Oregon for any reason. Unbelievable TV Show is one of the highest rated TV shows in Japan, now in its 11th season.

“Portlandia”!!!! Footage Available.

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The Independent Film Channel is beginning to roll out more footage for the upcoming series “Portlandia”. At the film office, we’re waiting with baited breath for the premiere air date on January 21. Actually we’ve been invited to participate in the premiere party in New York City on January 19 as a sponsor. The premiere party will be at the Edison Ballroom in Mid Town Manhattan and IFC is committed to making the party all about Portland (rumor has it a popular local band will be performing).

Part of the Tron franchise produced in Oregon

Yesterday in the New York Times Arts Section Adam Kepler wrote a piece about the new “Tron: Legacy” Motion comic that is out in conjunction with the feature release. I bet you didn’t know that this was produced by an up and coming company here in Oregon. Double Barrel Motion Labs is a growing company that has a base here in Portland and recently has shown interest in having even more of a footprint in Oregon. Chief Executive Jeff Kreilitz called our office earlier in the year as his company started to line up a slew of new projects.

Summer Opportunities for Oregon Filmmakers & Digital Artist

Remember what it felt like the moment that you wanted to make movies? Where where you? What inspired you to create? Who inspired you to create? What if you could be the person who sparks the creativity of the next great filmmaker or digital artist?

I loved my freelance life (yep, a production designer, wardrobe designer, production coordinator and writer), but when things were slow, I had to look for other opportunities and I found the most amazing group of people: kids who already knew they wanted to be in the biz!

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