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New Addition To Animus Cross Family Won’t Delay Series Launch

Giving birth to a widely-hailed western fantasy like the Oregon-produced web series Animus Cross is a massive undertaking that could easily be derailed – especially when a birth of a different sort occurs!

When series creator A.L. Steen gave birth to her and husband Jerry Buxbaum’s first child, Trone, on February 11, 2010 the show’s fans congratulated her. As time has gone on, however, there have been rumbles of concern that the Series II of the wildly popular internet series would be delayed.

Help Make The Paranormalists A Big-Screen Feature!

Remember Nicholas J. Hagen? He directed that film I mentioned a few posts back, Dark Horizon. Well, Nick’s always got something going on… last year, he shot the pilot for a new “Mocumentary-style” TV comedy called The Paranormalists. He pulled together some of the best actors in Portland for the cast, including my friend and frequent collaborator Mercedes Rose, Todd Robinson, Jennifer Skyler, Richard Topping, and Darius Pierce.

MDiTV a new internet television company in Portland

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MDiTV is a new television production company located in Portland, OR. We are creating video programming about health and medical news for online distribution. Our shows will be portable and viral, just the thing to watch at the water cooler with your coworkers or while waiting for the bus. We’re excited to announce our launch in Spring 2010!

Oregon Film's New Ad

FYI From The Media Lab

Next Generation Media, the company that purchased the CD/DVD replication business from Allied Vaughn just over two years ago, has permanently closed its doors. If you or your organization had assets stored at the Next Generation branch in Portland, it’s going to be a while before you can reclaim them. In deciding how much NGM’s creditors will be paid, the bankruptcy courts have frozen all assets contained in all branches. That’s the bad news.

"Calvin Marshall" – Behind the Scenes

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“Calvin Marshall,” filmed in Ashland, Oregon in late 2007 has now hit the festival circuit.

The producers have come up with a very clever and innovative way to market the film. Below are a few links to Youtube clips that show behind the scenes footage of the film. At the end of each clip you are provided a password and a website address (calvinmarshall.com). At the website you can then watch the finished scene covered in the Youtube footage.

Featured Oregon Location

Our latest featured location is this dramatic section of the Owyhee River Canyon in Oregon’s Vale district of the Bureau of Land Management.

Contact the Oregon Film office at (503)229-5832 or [email protected] for more information on this, or any other Oregon location.

Request for Donated Video Production Services

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Dark Horizon Is Now On DVD

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Heya Folks…

Back in 2006, I appeared in a very ambitious independent film called (at that time) The Lonely Apocalypse – written and directed by Northwest filmmaker Nicholas J. Hagen.

My part was pretty small – I only had two shoot days on the project. The film itself, however, was shot over the course of an entire month in and around Southwest Washington and incorporated a dizzying array of stunts, special effects, and locations. Everyone who’s seen the movie under its new title Dark Horizon has been impressed by the tension Hagen evoked – and the high production value he was able to bring on such a small budget.

Media Arts Fellowship – Call for Submissions

FY2011 Oregon Media Arts Fellowship
Guidelines & Application

Deadline: October 1, 2010

The Oregon Media Arts Fellowship(s) provide financial and other support for production expenses to enable Oregon film or video artists to create or complete new work or works in progress. The Media Arts Fellowship(s) recognize and assist media artists whose work shows exceptional promise and who have demonstrated a commitment to film or video art. The Oregon Arts Commission, the Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant Foundation and Oregon Public Broadcasting fund the program.

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