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Website Tune-Up Workshop

During this 4-hour Website Tune-Up Workshop you will:

Get a chance to showcase your site and discuss what you want to do.
Get an industrial-strength grade on your site, then look at what highly rated sites are doing right–even your competitors.
Look at the user interface + visitor experience of your site in a focus group setting.
Go to the site structure and look at the onpage SEO (page titles, keywords, alt-tags).
Look at the off page SEO (outbound links, social networking connections).

University of Oregon to Host Cinema Pacific Film Festival

In two weeks, the University of Oregon is hosting their first major film festival in Eugene entitled Cinema Pacific http://cinemapacific.uoregon.edu/. Festival Director Richard Herskowitz has already effectively recruited several U of O alums who work as studio execs in Los Angeles to serve on his advisory board. Below is some information about the festival.

Ovation TV is Looking for the next American Revolutionary Director

Send in your short film for a chance to air on national TV. Films must be under 20 minutes. Check the website at http://www.ovationtv.com/events/filmcontest/ for full details and entry forms.

The Contest ends at 11:59:59 p.m. on May 7, 2010 (“End Date”). All eligible entries must be received by May 14, 2010.

The Contest is open only to residents of the 50 United States of America or the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older as of their time of entry.

Rollin’ On TV Scheduled to Shoot in Eugene

Rollin’ On TV, the cable TV network program about RVs and the RV lifestyle, is immersed in producing its spring 2010 season episodes.

The show’s production team will be in the Eugene area the week of April 26-29 covering some local RV-related stories including the George M. Sutton RV dealership success and other subjects of interest to the national RV-viewing audience.

Make A Movie About Winning $1-Million & You Could Win $15,000

Filmaka and Discover Card to Provide Production Funding

We’ve all dreamt of winning a million dollars. But have you ever really thought about what you would do, could do if you won that much money. Or maybe just dreamed of how your life could change. Think about it. One day you wake up and you’re a millionaire! That’s what is going to happen to the very lucky winner of the Discover Card Million Dollar Sweepstakes.

Pink Martini Asks Fans to Create Music Video for Video Contest

Prizes Include A Trip To Europe, Cash, Concert Tickets and More.

Dust off your video cameras, call your boom guy, bring in the best boy and cast your comrades–we want you, filmmakers of North America, to direct our next music video as part of Pink Martini’s first ever Music Video Contest!

Pink Martini invites their fans to create a clever, inspired music video for the band for one of six songs from the new album Splendor in the Grass: “Ninna nanna,” “Ohayoo Ohio,” “Splendor in the Grass,” “Où est ma tête?,”

Live Updates from the Set of "Leverage"

The “Leverage” gang has to be one of the most Twitter savy groups out there. Thanks in large part to the leadership of Dean Devlin, many of the cast and crew tweet frequently about the goings on in and around Portland. Unlike other productions where information is always on lockdown, “Leverage” has opened their set to it’s fans and followers.

On this blog we’ve begun to post our two favorite Twitter feeds from the show (see our sidebar to the right).

WebVisions 2010 – Special Rates for Oregon Film

WebVisions 2010 – May 19-21 at the Oregon Convention Center

Oregon Film is thrilled to offer special rates for WebVisions 2010, a nationally recognized event that explores the future of web design, technology, user experience and business strategy. WebVisions takes place from May 19-21 at the Oregon Convention Center and features half-day and all-day workshops, sessions, keynotes and an exhibition hall with music, panel discussions and more. This is an excellent opportunity to learn new skills, hone the ones that you have, meet new people and explore the future!

3D Cinematography Workshop Sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH and the 3D Center

The Democratization of 3D Cinematography
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 from 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Presented by Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH and The 3D Center of Art and Photography

Ever wonder what it would be like to make a 3D movie using open source software, readily available digital cameras, school resources, your computer and some imagination? Attend this event and learn how two people with the same question in mind discovered desktop 3D film-making. Ron Kriesel and Kathleen O’Reilly, Board Members of the 3D Center of Art and Photography will walk you through their process and work-flow when making their first 3D film.

Webseries Crew Call

The Public Internet Channel (PIC.TV) is shooting a 9 episode Public Purpose Media web-series in Portland, Oregon JUNE 14^th to July 1^st 2010.

This is a paying gig, please submit your rate of pay along with your resume, any relevant online reels, and dates of availability to [email protected].

The Project:

Nine: 9 episode web-series.

Brief synopsis:

With over 750,000 teen pregnancies annually in the United States, nearly a third of them not carried to term, Nine – a new scripted series produced by the Public Internet Channel will examine the all too real consequences of this life changing phenomenon from a teen father’s point of view.

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