The Oregon film community's official blog.
After my three decades here with film and video, Oregon each year grows. Its not going to stop. The tools that are available now are state of the art.
Local investors keep building as more productions look at Oregon as a location. What needs to continue is the banding together of all the states workers to show outside production that we are ready. The state itself has always been a place of some of the most incredible locations anywhere.
On my way down to Los Angeles this week I came upon a display at the Portland Airport focusing on the history of 3D photography and film in Oregon. You can find the exhibit at the entrance to terminal E which is the United terminal. The exhibit has display items from the past including view finders and other 3D photography items and the present including items donated by local animation/VFX company Hinge Digital and of course LAIKA.
The Oregon Media Arts Fellowship, established to recognize and support the work of Oregon film and video makers, announced its 2010 awards November 5 at the 37th Northwest Film & Video Festival to Portland filmmakers Matt McCormick, Nick Peterson and Elijah Hasan. Filmmakers receive cash fellowships administered by the Northwest Film Center.
The Fellowship program is funded by the Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Public Broadcasting and the Gordon D.
Tomorrow morning Jane Ridley and I fly down to Los Angeles to host a reception in Santa Monica. The American Film Market is going on at the Loews Hotel and our reception is next door at the beautiful Shutters Hotel. We have about 50 invited guests who have RSVP’d for the reception and Jane Ridley has done an amazing job organizing a great “taste of Oregon” reception. Maria Ponzi of Ponzi Vineyards will be pouring wine for the reception and we have artisan cheeses being served from Juniper Grove Farm, Willamette Valley Cheese Co.
In case you haven’t already caught Aaron Mesh’s profile on Carrie Brownstein, here’s a link to the article. Carrie’s diverse talents as musician, writer and actor make her a perfect representation of Portland’s creative class. I don’t know if it’s because you need to be versatile to make a career in a small market like Oregon, or if it’s in the fabric of the region that creative professionals have many talents.
Either way, Carrie is a solid representation of the creative community and I for one can’t wait to see “Portlandia”.
CASTING CALL FOR DISNEY SHOOT
2 ADULTS AND 4 KIDS NEEDED! (see below)
Ambidextrous Productions is casting in Southern Oregon for a commercial for Disney Movie Rewards.
AUDITIONS ARE THIS COMING MONDAY, NOV. 8 – LOCATION AND TIME WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOU!
Adult auditions will be happening all day, kids will be scheduled for after school.
The shoot will be in the Rogue Valley on November 16 and 17 (Tuesday and Wednesday). Must be available all day. There will be a 1-hour fitting the day before.
Picture This Production Services & Stage hosted a 3D Workshop last month to introduce our community to multiple 3D Camera solutions including the Panasonic AG-3DA1 Camcorder, the first professional 3D dual lens HD video camera in the world, as well as 3D projection and 3D post production solutions.
The workshop kicked off with an introduction to 3D basic terminology and fundamental principles. We were guided through how physical science combined with aesthetic choices and art direction can produce successful and compelling 3D video imagery.
One of the greatest resources we as filmmakers have today are DVD’s. I can’t tell you how much they come in handy. I myself have over 200 flicks that range from Noir to Horror, Foreign to Family, or Musical to Mayhem, but no matter what the material is, I find that there is a lesson I can learn from each of them and it’s called COMMENTARIES!!!!
Someone has to sing their praises, you know, the men and women who choose to make their films in Oregon, and largely because of their efforts, we are basking in the light of the films that they showcased our Oregon in. This post is to honor Michael Douglas, the man behind the movie “Cuckoo’s Nest” and the movie star image. I am writing this post because I remember him as he was in the 70’s, but readers take caution, as he was quoted in the forward to photographer Jim Marshall’s book Not Fade Away: “If you remember the 60’s, you weren’t there.”
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A world destroyed… a woman left alone… a relationship left unresolved…
These are the elements that come together in the newest drama from Moon Tribe Studio’s Gil Luna (director; writer) and Jonathan Stark (executive producer; concept) and golightlyfilms’ Kenneth Luba (director of photography). Every day, Lilith wanders the remains of civilization, scavenging what she can from the deserted refuse of what was once a bustling city. Every night, she returns to her home underneath the dead city and contemplates the past that has left her alone.
