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I was sent this website today which has some great material from the show. Lots of behind the scenes footage which shows off Portland in a great way. Even Jim Clark from Hive FX made an appearance in the clip about the skateboarding scenes.
It also finally confirmed that “A Walk In My Shoes” will be airing on NBC Friday December 3 at 8:00PM. The whole film was shot and set in Portland.
Every year Movie Maker Magazine surveys independent filmmakers in the united states to find the best cities live and work in. They focus on a number of criteria; good cost of living, employment opportunities, quality of life, affordable home prices and of course financial incentives, availability of locations and quantity of crew and vendors.
The annual best places to “live, work and make movies” will be out in their magazine’s winter edition, which is released at Sundance next year. We would love to be on that top ten list again…..so
In today’s Oregonian Kristi Turnquist writes about IFC’s announcement of “Portlandia’s” premiere date. I’ve had several conversations with IFC about their plans for promoting the show and I can say that the cable network is 100% behind “Portlandia”. Expect to hear of some cool promotional efforts surrounding the show soon! In the meantime, set your DVR’s for January 21 for the premiere episode!
-Vince
Past festival events have taken place in Sydney, New York, Los Angeles, Seoul, Chicago, London… and now PORTLAND! HDFEST Portland is taking place December 6th-9th at the Living Room Theaters. Tickets are $9 and are available at the festival box office and through the web.
Details, trailers and schedule of features, shorts, music video, animations and experimental films screenings are now up. Over 40 films will be screened over the 4 days. The complete festival schedule is available at http://www.hdfest.com/hdfestportland.html.
Portland, OR – November 22, 2010
On November 29th, local Portland-based filmmakers, the Brothers Freeman, commence principle photography on CELL COUNT, the second of two feature films made back to back under the i-OPIF incentive program this fall from their production company Polluted Pictures in association with Wooden Frame Productions.
The film, which was written and directed by Todd E. Freeman will be shot entirely on location in Portland for 3 weeks. It stars an all local cast including Robert McKeehen, Haley Talbot, Ted Rooney, Judd Eustice, Christopher Toyne, Suzanne Owens-Duval, Eric Newsome, Sean McGrath, John Breen.
This past week there were two news articles of note; one in the Eugene Register Guard and the other in the Ashland Daily Tidings. In Eugene writer Mark Baker profiled Katherine Wilson’s efforts to start a film museum in the Willamette Valley. For those of you who have seen Katherine’s photos from the days of “Animal House” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, you know she’s collected a lot of film history on her own – here’s the article.
Mark your calendars… the Oregon Film Annual Meeting will be held Friday, December 17th at 7:00PM. This year’s meeting will once again be a state-wide teleconference event thanks to the support of our friends in Bend, Eugene, and Ashland. The Portland location for the meeting will be Portland State University’s Lincoln Hall.
Attending for the last time as Governor, will be Governor Ted Kulongoski. We need a strong turnout to demonstrate our gratitude to the Governor for all he has done to support our industry.
If you are a professional in Oregon’s commercial, film, TV or new media industry you need to list in SourceOregon.com.
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SourceOregon.com lists crew, cast, and resources in Oregon’s media production industry. Listing deadline is Tuesday, November 30th, so log on to www.SourceOregon.com, click “Get Listed”, and do it today.
Here’s why:
1) Producers, coordinators, agencies and clients use SourceOregon to hire people and contract vendors.
Between the printed and the online directory, you are exposed to hiring authorities around the state and around the globe, and SourceOregon.com
Where does the money go?
I was about to step into a graphics company on Powell for vinyl on Wednesday. Finishing a phone call with Bob at the Film Office he said “contributing to the economy?” yes I guess I am. Thinking about all the people, vendors, services I buy everyday I guess this film incentive is working.
We need to start thinking about the big picture. What happens when a film company comes to Oregon?
Put a team together and make a film/video in 3 days December 10-13th 2010. Support charity when you come watch the completed films at the Hollywood Theatre. Goto www.3dayfilm.com
