The Confluence

Youth Silent Film Festival Awards Screening

Ever find yourself pining for the days of F.W. Murnau and D.W. Griffith? This week at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, young film makers from around the Pacific Northwest celebrated the 100^th anniversary of the “Mighty Wurlitzer” theater organ by producing over 50 silent film shorts. The theater organ’s squealing melodies provided more than just an accompaniment –students based their videos on one of several 3-minute scores composed by organist Nathan Avakian. Genres varied, but silent film stalwarts like horror, slapstick and heist flicks dominated the screen.

News from Los Angeles

Last week I made the trip down to Los Angeles to take a few meetings, get some industry intelligence, and hopefully drum up some business for Oregon. I wanted to fill everyone in on my trip.

Review: “The Goonies” 25th Anniversary Celebration in Astoria, OR

June 7^th, 2010 marked the 25^th Anniversary of the 80s cult classic film, “The Goonies,” and fans of the film descended upon Astoria, Oregon in droves this past weekend to celebrate. Director Richard Donner and many of the stars from the film also showed up to commemorate the event and to share the experiences they had making the film.

Revolver Studio's Webseries "Planning to Fail (Spectacularly)" Reveals Its Cast.

ONLINE (June 4, 2010) – Revolver Digital Media Studio announced their main cast for PLANNING TO FAIL (SPECTACULARLY), their latest web series project. The web series stars: Casey McFeron as Paul, Victor Morris as Richard, John San Nicolas as Bryan, Jacob Bean-Watson as Clive, Mariessa Portelance as Naomi, Roshan Maloney as Dallas, and Sara Robbin as Brevin. The series is scheduled to shoot this summer in Oregon.

Yogi Bear Visits Silver Falls State Park

50 ft technocrane on a platform at the top of South Falls, Silver Falls State Park

Yogi Bear shot and completed filming on this live action 3D animated film project in New Zealand earlier this year but production needed some further shots for the opening scenes. After scouting Oregon and a few other states, Silver Falls State Park was deemed dramatic and on a grand enough scale to easily portray Jellystone Park.

DSLR Workshop with NW Documentary

Heard about the new DSLR cameras? Know how to use them for video projects? Learn to shoot with DSLR cameras and explore this format. You’ll pick an iconic place in Portland and use a DSLR camera to piece together compelling shots, timelapse, and other visual effects to create a short edited piece. Intermediate to advanced FCP skills required.

Visit the NW Documentary education page to sign up!

June OMPA Creative Connect tonight at Left Turn Studio

1028 Southeast Water Avenue
Portland, OR 97214-2192

The event is 6pm-8pm, it’s fun, its free, and there is food! Meet the greatest creatives of Portland tonight!

www.creativeconnect.org/portland

Stand By Me 25th Anniversary Celebration!

Brownsville, Oregon, will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the filming of the classic movie Stand By Me on July 24^th, 2010.

Motorcyle-USA at Fir Street Studios in Medford

An exciting production is now shooting at the Fir Street Studios in Medford. MotoUSA is producing a series of webisodes for their site www.motorcycle-usa.com.

Fir Street Studios Inc. is southern Oregon’s premier independent production facility, offering over 70,000 square feet of usable production space designed to support the creation of Media and Artistic Expression.

Fir Street Studios, driven by the unchallenged energy needed to sustain itself in this demanding industry is a company that posses’ all of the creative resource and skill necessary to service their clients.

Independent Film Meet Jane Doe Rolls Cameras on July 12th

Portland, OR – The eagerly anticipated inaugural feature film for local filmmaker Jacqueline Gault of JackSpeed Productions begins principal photography on July 12th at Dante’s nightclub in downtown Portland. The film follows two women: Jane, a dowdy toy store employee played by Audrey Walker, and Ruby a saucy cabaret performer played by Jacqueline Gault, as their lives suddenly intersect and Jane is thrust into Ruby’s dark world. Jane’s life gets turned upside down as she learns the details of her past and just how interconnected her life is with Ruby.

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