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Film Adaption “The Glass Menagerie” Red Carpet Screening

THE GLASS MENAGERIE: THE FILM –It’s a Wrap!

After 5 Months of Filming, Eastern Oregon University’s First Feature-Length Film Now Enters the Editing Stage.

The cast and crew of EOU’s first feature-length film called it a wrap after five months of intensive and involved filming. The Glass Menagerie, a 92-minute movie based on the famous play by Tennessee Williams and adapted into a film by Professor April Curtis, is now ready for the final concentrated effort of computer technology, voice-over work and musical theme music composed by Biology Professor John Rinehart.

“John Gets Wasted” Coming to Hollywood Theatre

Local comedy “John Gets Wasted” will debut at the Hollywood Theatre on May 28^th at 7:00pm. The movie follows the story of a man who lost his job in the recession. Deciding his straight-laced behavior did him no good at all, John launches on a journey of vice and bad decisions. At the end of the day, will he find a new outlook on life, or will he just get wasted?

“John Gets Wasted” has been in the works for nearly two years.

New SAG and AFTRA Industrial Rates

Negotiations for the 2011 – 2014 contract with SAG and AFTRA on industrial rates have concluded. The agreement is now called the Corporate/Educational and Non-Broadcast Contract and took effect on May 1, 2011. The unions have sent the deal out to their membership for ratification and have stated that all new terms for this agreement will be effective as of May 1, 2011. Please call or email if you need a quote for services or for details on the new rates.

David Jahns to Give Presentation on Digital 3D

3D Movies, 3D-TV, 3D video games…

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last year or two, you’ve probably seen the re-birth of 3D in the digital world, and you may have some questions…

How does it work?
Do you always need to wear glasses?
Why does it give me a headache?
How different is production?
Post production?
What editing tools are available? FCP? Avid?
How can I distribute 3d content? BluRay? Web? Mobile?
Has it already failed in the marketplace?

Hand-made in Oreogn: LAIKA’s New Website and Featured Video

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In addition to this week’s announcement of their two new feature film projects, Oregon’s LAIKA animation studio also rolled out a newly designed website including the beautiful video embedded above. The video provides unique insight into who LAIKA is, and how they combine a classic hand-made artisan craft with cutting edge technology to achieve spectacular results. And best of all, they are doing it all right here in Oregon!

We think this exemplifies what the storytellers of our local film and media industry aspire to do; to build on our knowledge and experience from the past while embracing the technology and promise of the future.

Corvallis Oregon Great Locations, Talent, and Crews

Recently Sean Brown a Corvallis based Director made a demo scene from a novel called “Reality Crash” by Cyd Ropp and Lou Grantt, in hopes of getting the film made into a feature.

While gathering all the needed expertise to work on the project Sean found that Corvallis had more then enough talent to make the production a great one.

Sean’s AC, Gaffer, Set Designer/Builder, Costumer, and a few other positions all came from Corvallis. Ryan E Walters as Cinematographer and Christina Kortum for make-up came from the Portland area.

LAIKA and Focus Features Announce Two New Feature Film Projects in Oregon

CORALINE PARTNERS FOCUS FEATURES AND LAIKA RETEAM FOR TWO-PICTURE DISTRIBUTION DEAL; 3D STOP-MOTION ANIMATED COMEDY THRILLER PARANORMAN OPENS AUGUST 17, 2012

NEW YORK and PORTLAND, OR, May 4, 2011 – Focus Features and LAIKA, the two companies behind the Academy Award-nominated animated feature Coraline are reteaming for LAIKA’s next two projects. The first of the duo, ParaNorman, will be released nationwide on August 17th, 2012. The second, yet-to-be-named, picture will be released nationwide in 2014. Following the groundbreaking Coraline, ParaNorman is only the second stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3D.

Webvisions: OMPA Opening Night Event

Wednesday, May 25th
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Spirit of 77
500 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Portland

Join OMPA members for the opening night celebration and get a peek of what the conference has in store for digital storytellers as well as meet Douglas Rushkoff and other visionaries.

Click here to RSVP for this event!

BridgePort Brewing Presents Sound + Vision Fest at Hollywood Theatre

BridgePort Brewing Company, Oregon’s oldest craft brewery, is proud to announce this year’s “Sound and Vision Fest” taking place at the Hollywood Theatre to benefit restoration projects at the 85 year-old Portland landmark.

The festival was created to showcase new or existing collaborations between musicians and filmmakers, exploring how the moving image informs musical performance and vice versa. Each night of the festival will be curated by a different local artist and will feature a mixture of film screenings and live music from favorite local bands.

Portland-made Film Avails Itself of Rebate Program, Hits Big Screen

Shawn Levy from the Oregonian wrote an article about the upcoming premiere of the first iOPIF movie to be produced, “Wake Before I Die.”

Read the Oregonian article HERE.

WAKE BEFORE I DIE PREMIERE

Sunday May 15, 2011 Free admission!

McMenamins Bagdad Theater at 6 PM

Portland, OR – April 22, 2011 – Directed by brothers, Todd and Jason Freeman, and filmed entirely in Portland Oregon, the new motion picture, “Wake Before I Die,” stars an all local cast and crew showcasing all that Oregon has to offer.

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