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Oregon Film – Who We Are & What We Do!

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 Oregon Film #OregonMade, Acting, Animation/VFX, Commercial, Economic Impact, Education, Events, Film and Media Industry, Film Festivals, Green, Incentives, Independent, Independent Films, Indie Game, Jobs, Locations, Media Services, Movies, Music, News, Oregon Film, Production Services, Resources, Rural Production, Talent, Television, TV Series, Video Game Development, VR, Web Series #OregonMade, #OregonMadeShows, Creative Connection, Film and Video Office, Oregon Film, Oregon Film Office, Oregon Governor's Office of Film & TV8 Comments

As we move into another busy production season and a new fiscal year, we wanted to proactively answer a few questions about the Oregon Film & Video Office, a/k/a/ The Governor’s Office of Film & Television, a/k/a Oregon Film.

That’s us.

Did you know this office was “founded” in 1968 by Gov. McCall as a way to help better organize the needs of the film “Paint Your Wagon” that was in the throes of shooting in Baker County? Continue reading... “Oregon Film – Who We Are & What We Do!”

#OregonMadeShows Exhibit Opens At PDX

July 27, 2016August 10, 2016 Oregon Film Featured Locations, Film and Media Industry, Locations, Movies, News, Oregon Film, Portland, Rural Production, Television, TV Series, Uncategorized #OregonMade, #OregonMadeShows, Animal House, Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Comnmerce, Clatsop County Historical Society, Danner Boots, Hollywood Theatre @PDX, Katherine Wilson, Oakley Design Studios, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Oregon Film Museum, Oregon Museum of Mental Health, PDXArt Program, Port of Portland Art Program, Portland Store Fixtures, Portlandia, The Goonies, The Librarians, Travel Oregon, Wild the movie5 Comments

#OregonMadeShows Exibit

In collaboration with PDXART, and many other partners (please see list below) a new exhibit is up on Concourse E, at the Portland International Airport this week. The exhibit showcases “vignettes” of artifacts, props and images from just a few of the 400+ feature films & television shows that have utilized Oregon as their production backdrop over the years. From the early silent era films like “Fisherman’s Bride” (shot in Astoria, 1908), to “Grimm”, the popular NBC television series currently shooting in Portland, Oregon has played an important role in production. Continue reading... “#OregonMadeShows Exhibit Opens At PDX”

Tips For Renting Your ‘Hot Property’ As A Film Location

October 25, 2013March 12, 2018 Sunny Clark Blog, Film and Media Industry, Locations, Media Services, Oregon Film, Production Services, Resources film locations, film sets, filming in Oregon, Goonies House, interior film locations, location resources, location services, Locations, Oregon Film, Oregon Film Interns, The Goonies House, Train Master 29 Comments

Of the five major broadcast television networks’ 23 new one-hour dramas offered up last year, only two were filmed in Hollywood. State tax incentives from outside California have successfully lured many productions to other economies, and created a growing market for a variety of property owners in Oregon as location providers. Indicating the extent to which films are made outside the confines of studio lots in America, about five years ago- when California still commanded the lion’s share of the film location market -Los Angeles County issued permits for over 30,000 film location days, with about 75% of Southern California’s location filming shooting in private residences. Continue reading... “Tips For Renting Your ‘Hot Property’ As A Film Location”

The Impact of Oregon Film

July 17, 2013July 18, 2013 Oregon Film Intern Economic Impact, Film and Media Industry, Independent Films, Movies, Oregon Film, Portland, Television Economic Impact, filming in Oregon, Grimm, Jobs, Oregon Film, Oregon film industry, Oregon Film Interns, Portlandia, Television4 Comments

Hi All– I’m the new intern here at the Governor’s Office of Film & Television. I love all things film and Oregon, as well as baking and studying communication theory. If you want to talk about the entertainment industry, I’m practically a walking IMDb.

Have a good one! -Katlyn Prentice

You can learn quite a bit by the clothes you wear. Walking around my campus in Boston, sporting my new Portlandia sweatshirt, I learned a lot about the impact that Oregon filmmaking has on rest of the country. Continue reading... “The Impact of Oregon Film”

New Details from “Paranorman” Directors on the film

June 24, 2011 Oregon Film Blog, Oregon Animation IndustryLeave a Comment

Today in the online version of indieWire, there are more details on “LAIKA’s” new feature film “Paranorman”. LAIKA has been at work on the project for more than a year already and the film is slated for an August 2012 vote.

Co-Directors Sam Fell and Chris Butler give some background behind the genesis of the project in the article.

“The essential story came from a ‘what if’ idea in my family that had to do with my relationship with my Grandma,” he said. Continue reading... “New Details from “Paranorman” Directors on the film”

New Details from “Paranorman” Directors on the film

June 24, 2011June 24, 2011 Oregon Film Animation/VFX, Jobs, Oregon Film LAIKALeave a Comment

Co-Directors Sam Fell and Chris Butler give some background behind the genesis of the project in the article.

HB 2167 – My Written Testimony

February 10, 2011February 10, 2011 Oregon Film Economic Impact, Jobs, Oregon Film HB 2167, Oregon Film Incentives3 Comments

Several people asked me to make available my written testimony in yesterday’s hearing on HB 2167. It was a spirited hearing despite the fact that we only had 30 minutes. We have also provided online information related to our office and the bill here. The remaining testimony and questions will continue on Friday but in the meantime, here’s what I provided. Continue reading... “HB 2167 – My Written Testimony”

Oregon Film Highlighted in the Hollywood Reporter

June 29, 2010 haroldphillips Featured Locations, Jobs, Locations, Media Services, Movies, Oregon Film, Television1 Comment

(Originally posted at http://www.oregonfilmandtvdollars.com)

Oregon’s film industry got quite the write-up yesterday in the Hollywood Reporter! The producers of TNT’s Leverage had wonderful things to say about shooting in Oregon, including this quote about Oregon’s talent from Co-Creator Jon Rogers:

“When we got up there we were expecting to fly in three or four cast members an episode, but we average about one or two,” co-creator/executive producer John Rogers says. “Some of the (local) actors have been so good, we’ve made them recurring characters on the show.”

Filmin' in the Rain and Other Oregon Myths

February 22, 2010 Oregon Film Uncategorized1 Comment

By David Poulshock

My best friend is writing a musical called RAIN. He’s a master at irony and his show is set in a globally-warmed future when rain no longer falls in Portland. Its anthem is “What’s Portland Without the Rain?” Obama had to have his John McCain / Send out Lewis without a Clark? That’s insane / Would you Bogey without Bacall / What’s a Taj with no Mahal / So what’s the point of Portland without the rain? 1.

‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’ – Was “A Gorgeous Time”!

January 29, 2024 Oregon Film Uncategorized #OregonMade, Astoria, Diasy Ridley, Kyle Eaton, Oregon Coast, Oregon film locations, Rachel Lambert, Sometimes I Think About Dying, Steve WisemanLeave a Comment

#OregonMade ‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’, starring Daisy Ridley, was released in the US on Jan 26th by Oscilloscope Laboratories (it opened theatrically in France on Jan 10th) and the film will be at theaters locally on February 2nd. Get ready to grab your tickets!

Kristi Turnquist’s recent update on the film reports that both Ridley and director, Rachel Lambert, described their experience shooting in Astoria and on the north coast as, “a gorgeous time”. A fine endorsement indeed! Continue reading... “‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’ – Was “A Gorgeous Time”!”