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Great Film Festival Programming in Ashland and Eugene Coming in April

March 19, 2012 Oregon Film Events, Film Festivals, Uncategorized Ashland Independent Film Festival, Cinema Pacific, Disorient Film Festival1 Comment

Once again in April Oregon is home to a series of great film festivals in consecutive weeks. The eleventh annual Ashland Independent Film Festival is happening April 12-16. This year the festival is honoring acclaimed director Julie Taymor. With Ms. Taymor’s experience in both live theater and film, it makes perfect sense that Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch will join Ms. Taymor on stage for a certain lively and engaging discussion. Other filmmakers expected to be in attendance include documentarian Ondi Timor and director Lynn Shelton. Continue reading... “Great Film Festival Programming in Ashland and Eugene Coming in April”

Ashland Producer Gary Kout Talks About His Work on Oscar Winning Film “Rango”

March 16, 2012 Oregon Film Blog, Oregon Animation Industry Academy Award, Animation, Gary Kout, Rango, SOFAT, Southern OregonLeave a Comment

Behind the scenes footage from the making of “Rango”:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Bc43WVoL0[/youtube]

Many of you may know Gary Kout as the president of Southern Oregon Film and Television (SOFAT) and producer of films like “Walk In,” “Calvin Marshal,” “Conversations With God” as well as many commercials. A few years back, he was contacted by Gore Verbinski’s team on the Academy Award winning film “Rango” to be the production supervisor on the live action performance capture shoot for the film. The process was unique to animated feature films, but helped the film makers create something special. Continue reading... “Ashland Producer Gary Kout Talks About His Work on Oscar Winning Film “Rango””

Director Amy Heckerling Announced as the 2012 POWFest Guest of Honor

March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 POWFest Uncategorized1 Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DIRECTOR AMY HECKERLING ANNOUNCED AS THE 2012 PORTLAND OREGON WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL GUEST OF HONOR

Portland, Oregon – March 5, 2012 –Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) organizers are thrilled to host internationally acclaimed director, Amy Heckerling, (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless) as this year’s guest of honor.

Each year, POWFest seeks to pay tribute to those women who have been pioneers in the filmmaking industry, while also creating opportunities for those who are just getting their start. Continue reading... “Director Amy Heckerling Announced as the 2012 POWFest Guest of Honor”

Portland Feature Film “Cell Count” World Premiere May 20th

March 5, 2012 Todd E. Freeman Economic Impact, Events, Featured Videos, Film and Media Industry, Film Festivals, Financing, Independent Films, Movies, Oregon Film, PortlandLeave a Comment

Portland Feature Film “Cell Count” has World Premiere and closes the Fantaspoa Film Festival in Porto Alegre Brazil.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/37701293[/vimeo]

PORTLAND, Oregon (March 05, 2012) – The Fantaspoa Film Festival announced today that the Portland feature film “Cell Count,” made by Polluted Pictures in association with Wooden Frame Productions, is the Closing Night Film at their Festival in May. Last year’s Closing Night Film, “Stakeland”, was later released in theaters in 2011 by IFC Films and Dark Sky Films.

Cell Count was the third of three feature films shot in 2011 from Wooden Frame Productions that utilized the Oregon state iOPIF rebate program which provides rebates of 20% of goods and services and 10% of Oregon labor for films produced by Oregon filmmakers who spend a minimum of $75,000 but not more than $750,000 on their project. Continue reading... “Portland Feature Film “Cell Count” World Premiere May 20th”

Lot’s of Good Oregon Film and Television Available this Weekend

February 24, 2012February 24, 2012 Oregon Film Oregon Film, Portland, Television Amanda Seyfried, Gone, Grimm, Jay Leno, PortlandiaLeave a Comment

We’ve been highlighting mostly the fine Oregon based television work that has been airing recently but this weekend not only is there “Grimm” and “Portlandia” but the feature film “Gone” produced by Lakeshore Entertainment premieres in theaters this weekend. Harold Phillips’ blog Oregon Film And TV Dollars put up a good post about the film yesterday. He also found a great clip from star Amanda Seyfried’s appearance on Jay Leno where she brought Voodoo Donuts to the show. Here’s the clip with her raving about Voodoo and Portland. Continue reading... “Lot’s of Good Oregon Film and Television Available this Weekend”

Portland’s Hinge Digital Creates VFX for Brightwood

February 7, 2012 Oregon Film Blog, Case Studies, Oregon Animation Industry1 Comment

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/36301977[/vimeo]

For Hinge Digital, creating the visual effects for Brightwood was a chance to bring Hollywood-caliber visual effects to an independent locally produced short film. Combining themes of childhood innocence and the search for home and family, the film juxtaposes a young girl’s real and imaginary lives. The film veterans at Hinge Digital helped bridge the gap between reality and fantasy.

Director L. Gabriel Gonda brought the film’s rough cut to Hinge Digital Executive Producer Roland Gauthier in November 2011 and presented the challenge: to bring to life a believable, feature-film quality digital mouse in eight live-action shots on a short-film budget. Continue reading... “Portland’s Hinge Digital Creates VFX for Brightwood”

Portland Animation Now! – January 27-28

January 20, 2012 Oregon Film Blog, Events, Oregon Animation Industry Portland Animation Now!Leave a Comment

Discover Portland’s Powerhouse Animation Scene

Portland birthed the California Raisins. It schooled the voice of Bugs Bunny and the mind behind The Simpsons. It’s home to “the queen of indie animation.” It’s a rising force in entertainment, producing both TV shows and hit feature films such as Coraline.

On January 27-28, Portland Animation Now! reveals the power source behind these cultural icons: our electric, eclectic, grassroots animation scene.

Organized by the folks who brought us the first-ever NW Animation Festival this past summer, PAN!

All Three Oregon Produced Shows Airing New Episdoes this Weekend!

January 13, 2012January 13, 2012 Oregon Film Economic Impact, Jobs, Oregon Film, Portland, Television Grimm, Leverage, Portlandia1 Comment

Are you ready for a weekend full of Oregon produced Television? Starting tonight on IFC “Portlandia” airs episode 2 of its second season. Tonight’s episode includes guest stars Jeff Goldblum, Edward James Olmos, Eddie Vedder, and even an Eddie Vedder tatoo. I had the chance to see the episode early and I have to say that the Portland Allergy Pride Parade is hilarious! Season 2 got off to a great start last week and the ratings were greatly improved from Season 1. Continue reading... “All Three Oregon Produced Shows Airing New Episdoes this Weekend!”

Hollywood Trades in the City of Stars for the City of Roses

January 12, 2012January 17, 2012 Carly Petrone Film and Media Industry, Jobs, Oregon Film, Portland, Production Services, Television7 Comments

Posted by Carly Petrone, U of O Grad Student

Filmmakers begin to move film and television production up to the Pacific Northwest.

Portland, Ore. – Portland, Oregon is rapidly becoming the next production capital of the west thanks to the hit television show Portlandia, which debuted on the Independent Film Channel last January.

The wildly popular show, set to debut its second season in January 2012, stars comedians Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. Armisen, best known as a returning cast member of Saturday Night Live and Brownstein, a former band member of Portland-based Sleater Kinney, first grabbed viewers attention when the six-episode series aired earlier this year. Continue reading... “Hollywood Trades in the City of Stars for the City of Roses”

Job Posting – 3D Studio Max Technical Director for Bent Image Lab

December 20, 2011December 20, 2011 Oregon Film Jobs, Oregon Film1 Comment

Position: 3D Studio Max Technical Director

Bent Image Lab is seeking Pipeline TD’s for all areas of production including animation, stereoscopic and visual effects.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Continue reading... “Job Posting – 3D Studio Max Technical Director for Bent Image Lab”

Behind the scenes footage from the making of “Rango”: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Bc43WVoL0[/youtube]

Portland Feature Film “Cell Count” has World Premiere and closes the Fantaspoa Film Festival in Porto Alegre Brazil.

Discover Portland’s Powerhouse Animation Scene

Behind the scenes footage from the making of “Rango”:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Bc43WVoL0[/youtube]