Hollywood Theatre Hiring for Summer Youth Documentary Program!


Project Youth Doc Instructor Job Description

Background: The Hollywood Theatre’s Project Youth Doc (“PYD”) program provides youth the opportunity to produce short documentary films of personal and social relevance, cultivating a heightened sense of community awareness/involvement and nurturing the development of students’ artistic voices in a positive peer-to-peer environment.  By using documentary film as a vehicle for creative self-expression, students who participate in PYD become better connected to their peers, the community in which they live and, most importantly, themselves. Since the program’s inception in 2004, over 200 youth have worked in teams to produce more than 50 thought-provoking documentaries on topics ranging from the juvenile justice system to the dangers of drunk driving.  Continue reading... “Hollywood Theatre Hiring for Summer Youth Documentary Program!”

New and Improved “Roads of Oregon” Website Goes Live Today

How many times over the past few years have you seen a road in Oregon featured in a car commercial?  The truth is that car commercials are filmed in our state quite a few more times than you would think.  For that reason we created a “Roads of Oregon” micro-site featuring photos of roads across the state a few years ago.  Today we are unveiling a new and improved site with more photos, higher quality images and a new interface that also organizes the roads by region.  Continue reading... “New and Improved “Roads of Oregon” Website Goes Live Today”

BENT Does Coke in Europe

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Football (Soccer) insanity is personified in a new 3D collaboration between Santo, (Buenos Aires, London, Milan) and Bent Image Lab, (Portland Oregon). Helmed by mixed-media maestro Carlos Lascano, “Spirit of the Euro” is an outrageous romp through stylized landscapes of Eastern Europe with an eccentric cast of chameleonic characters. The Coke-drinking, silly dancing, trumpet blowing, costume wearing, song chanting, stranger hugging football fans are a unique combination of CG animation and real actors’ eyes—a first for Coca-Cola, and a ground breaking technique for cinema 3D stereo. Continue reading... “BENT Does Coke in Europe”

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


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”

Northwest Film Finance Symposium

Want to know what Investors are looking for? Where in the World do we find Feature Distribution? The latest on Digital Distribution? The most effective types of Marketing?

Get the inside scoop on the indie film industry from a leading Hollywood executive and more than a dozen local experts when the 2012 NW Film Finance Symposium convenes on Friday, March 9, and Saturday, March 10.  Presented by OMPA and POWFest, this year’s event will feature Stephanie Slack, Senior Vice President, Co-Productions & Acquisitions for MarVista Entertainment in Los Angeles. Continue reading... “Northwest Film Finance Symposium”

Recorded Webcast of Annual Meeting Available

This year the University of Oregon’s media team was able to record the annual meeting and now it’s available here.  If you have a Mac you’ll first need to download the flip for Mac Application which can be found here.  One quick note – we ran a 15 minute pre-show of clips prior to the meeting beginning and that is on the front end of the video.  If you’re interested in knowing what the clips are –

#1 – YouTube video of a boy who wrote “An Ode to Fred Armisen” after meeting him on the set of ‘Portlandia”

#2 – “Rid of Me” Trailer

#3 – “Gone” Trailer

#4 – a series of commercials from the animation studio Bent Image Lab

#5 – Leverage Location Video

#6 – Behind the Scenes of “Grimm” Continue reading... “Recorded Webcast of Annual Meeting Available”

Weiden + Kennedy: The Future of Creative Business – check it out!

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I just came across this interesting talk from two Weiden + Kennedy employees talking about the future of creative business.  I found it very interesting and worth watching.  Weiden + Kennedy over the past few years have been pushing the envelope of what a creative advertising agency does and the results have been very successful.  So check out Dan Hon and Nick Barham and hear what they have to say.

-Vince Continue reading... “Weiden + Kennedy: The Future of Creative Business – check it out!”

Hollywood Theatre Receives 600 Donated Seats

In a bold move to increase the comfort level of thousands of patrons in Portland, Oregon, the Hollywood Theatre is rolling out an aggressive, new ergonomic stimulus package called “Creature Comforts”.

The Hollywood Theatre, long recognized as a historic landmark in the centrally located Hollywood neighborhood of Portland, is the recent beneficiary of ergonomic stimulus aid from Regal Cinemas, a national movie theatre chain, in the form of 600 “gently used” seats for its three auditoriums.

Like many stimulus packages, this generous gift of seats (a $100,000 value if the theatre were to try to buy them on their own) comes with a local matching component.  Continue reading... “Hollywood Theatre Receives 600 Donated Seats”

“MIND ZONE” Compelling New Portland Doc Nears Completion

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Jan Haaken, a Portland clinical psychologist, professor and the filmmaker behind the documentaries “Guilty Except for Insanity,” “Moving 2 the Beat” and “Queens of Heart,” has wrapped up filming on her latest feature-length doc. In “MINDZONE: Therapists Behind the Front Lines,” Haaken got extraordinary access to an Army Combat Stress Control Unit while they trained, ultimately following them to Afghanistan in order to investigate the role of psychologists in war zones and the ethical issues they wrestle with.   Continue reading... ““MIND ZONE” Compelling New Portland Doc Nears Completion”

“Rid of Me” trailer online as O’Grady and Westby ready for theatrical release

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After a successful film festival run and after securing a distribution deal, the time is near for the theatrical debut of “Rid of Me” in New York City.  The film debuts at Cinema Village in NYC on November 18.  I spoke with Katie last week and she and James plan to be in New York prior to the debut to drum up even more support for the film.  For all of you who are fans of their work, please be sure to follow the film as it arrives in theaters and spread the word!  Continue reading... ““Rid of Me” trailer online as O’Grady and Westby ready for theatrical release”