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Transcript of OMPA September Callsheet 2011
09.2011OREGON MEDIA PRODUCTION ASSN
Oregon’s Resource for the Media Production Industry
09.2011
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Director’s Letter
Portland’s Creative Conference–known by its catchy URL “cre8con”–lives up to a rich history of bringing high-quality presenters to light a fire of inspiration for creative professionals. It is a also a celebration of Oregon’s unique position as a creative industry Mecca, a distinction which underscores our region’s extensive professional talent and our commitment to grow the region as a business and entertainment solution provider, and the jobs that go with that.
To kick off the conference, OMPA hosts a party at Indent Studios, which also marks the 1-year anniversary of our inclusion of actors within the industry trade association. Anyone from the local industry knows the depth and breadth of Oregon’s acting talent. Now actors are recognized even more as an Oregon production industry resource, alongside our world-class crew, locations, facilities, equipment and incentives.
The list of Creative Conference presenters is truly amazing. One should strongly consider attending to hear any one of these heavyweights:
• Jim Kouf, screenwriter of National Treasure, Rush Hour, and Stakeout and producer of Con Air, Ghost Whisperer, Angel, and not to mention an as yet unheard of show called Grimm.
• David Greenwalt, another Grimm producer, and producer of X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Eureka, writer of Wonder Years, X-Files, Buffy, Miracles, Angel, and Grimm, and director of Help Wanted Kids and Double Switch.
• Rob Legato, special effects supervisor on Avatar, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Titanic, Apollo 13, Armageddon and others.
• Brynn Bardacke, global creative director for Coca-Cola.• Singer/songwriter Courtney Taylor-Taylor, graphic novelist
and founder of The Dandy Warhols.• Peter Richardson, Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
winner for documentary How to Die in Oregon.• Robert Thompson, architect & design director at TVA
Architects, known for the Nike campus, Matthew Knight Arena at the U of O, Fox Tower, and the Proctor & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• James Beard Award finalist and chef of Beast Naomi Pomeroy, from Top Chef Masters.
• Saving Pelican 895 and Hear & Now documentary director Irene Taylor Brodsky.
• Robyn Tenenbaum, Producer of OPB radio’s Live Wire!
You won’t be disappointed.
Tom McFadden
OMPA Executive Director
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OMPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The CALLSHEET is published monthly by the Oregon Media Production Association, a 501c(6) non-profit representing Oregon’s film, video and multimedia industry. © 2011OMPA901 SE Oak, Suite 104Portland, OR 97214503.228.8822 / FAX:[email protected] • www.ompa.org
James WilderHancock, PresidentGovernment Affairs and Business Development Co-ChairWilderHancock [email protected]
Lisa Cicala, Vice-PresidentMembership [email protected]
Tim Troester, Secretary/TreasurerGolf Co-ChairHays Companies of [email protected]
Ryan Crisman, Past PresidentDirectory ChairRead [email protected]
Kathleen LopezKathleen Lopez Production [email protected]
Damon JonesTalent Chair, Health Insurance ChairActors in [email protected]
Michael BardGolf ChairStudioBard Music and Audio [email protected]
Wayne Paige Scholarship ChairDigital [email protected] Robert LewisNew Media CommitteeFashionbuddha [email protected]
Kathleen O'Reilly KTO Studio310.301.0023 Mike RatozaBullivant Houser Bailey [email protected]
Susan HaleyMarketing [email protected]
Stefan Henry-BiskupLiquid [email protected]
Jeanna [email protected]
Christopher ToyneTalent Co-Chair NW Film [email protected]
OMPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTORTom [email protected]
OMPA ASSISTANTJessica [email protected]
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Call for Volunteers!
OMPA welcomes Jessica Beer
Directory Categories Review
On Friday, September 16th, OMPA welcomes the Creative Conference with the Oregon’s Got Talent party! We’re looking for a few more volunteers to help with set-up, clean-up, etc. If you are interested and available, contact Ryan Menard at [email protected] or 503-715-6144.
Please welcome Jessica Beer as Administrative Manager of the Oregon Media Production Association. Jessica joins OMPA’s staff as a former member, as she was manager for the performing and film-scoring music ensemble 3 Leg Torso for the last seven years. Jessica’s skills include web application programming and project management, which will be well utilized as OMPA makes continued improvements to the functions of the industry directory SourceOregon.com, as well as to the efficient management of the association. She studied English Literature at Montana State University before fleeing to the weirder pastures of Portland, OR in 1999. OMPA’s goal is to add value to the increasing membership, and we are happy to have Jessica on board to support this effort.
To keep our directory categories current with the changing jobs and formats in film, video and new media production, OMPA will review the directory categories in SourceOregon.com during the first few weeks of September. To ensure we are organizing the industry in the most appropriate way, we will call on production coordinators and department keys to help us. If you have thoughts or time to lend to this effort, contact OMPA at 503-228-8822 or [email protected].
Jessica’s official start date was July 26, although she has been working temporarily for OMPA since June. Her email is [email protected].
Please welcome her on board.
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In the tradition of TV’s best-loved animated Christmas classics, Hallmark Channel announces the world premiere of Jingle All the Way, a Hallmark Channel original animated special produced by Portland’s Bent Image Lab and starring one of Hallmark’s most lovable characters, Jingle the Husky Pup™, which premieres exclusively on the network, Friday, November 25 (8 p.m. ET/PT, 7C).
This is the first time that Hallmark Channel has ever brought a Hallmark product to life in a full-length entertainment production, and it is the first cable TV experience of its kind. The “Interactive Storybook & Story Buddy,™” available in Hallmark Gold Crown Stores, is part of a significant partnership from retail to on-air, digital and social media to promote the special. Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas,” one of the most anticipated seasonal events in entertainment, features more hours of holiday-themed programming than any other network.
In Jingle All the Way, a spirited Husky puppy looking for a home at a Christmas tree farm instantly bonds with a young boy visiting with his parents. As the boy rides away, unable to keep him, the pup escapes and embarks on a snowy journey to find his friend again. Guided by a wise cardinal and the sound of jingling bells, he eventually receives the help he needs from a big man in a red suit just in time for Christmas morning.
The animated special offers the first-ever opportunity for viewers to activate the Jingle Interactive Storybook and Story Buddy™ while watching original program content based on the book.
Jingle All the Way is a Bent Image Lab Production. Chad Harris, Jodi Schade, Diana Stuart, Shawn McClaren and Ray Di Carlo are Executive Producers. Tsui Ling Toomer is Producer. Chel White directs from a teleplay by Allan Neuwirth.
Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming available in high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) to a national audience of 87.5 million subscribers. The top tier program service is distributed through more than 5,450 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country. Hallmark Channel is the nation’s leading network in quality family programming with an ambitious slate of original TV movies, lifestyle and general entertainment content, and is the home of “The Martha Stewart Show”, which anchors the channel’s new daytime HOME block. Hallmark Channel’s sibling network is Hallmark Movie Channel, also available in HD and SD, which focuses on the family-friendly movies with a mix of classic theatrical films, presentations from the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame library, original Hallmark Channel movies and special events.
For more information, please visit Hallmark Channel Press online.
Jingle All the Way comes to the Hallmark Channel
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Faux Film Festival Call for EntriesWe poke fun at stuff!
Submissions are open for the 8th annual Faux Film Festival. It’s the only festival in the world specializing in spoofs, satires, mocumentaries, music video parodies, faux trailers, faux commercials, faux education videos, etc.
Check our web site for more “in-faux” and deadlines. Note that we need both shorts and features, live action and animation (and sock puppets), and have a special block for sci-fi and horror spoofs.
OMPA member benefit: we will waive the submission fee for OMPA members.
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Jose Solis UpdateLatest projects for Jose Solis Creative Art
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Selfless: Award-Winning Identity Theft Thriller to Air on Comcast VOD
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Approximately 8 million adults in the U.S. lost their identity to fraud last year. From September 13 to December 12, Comcast’s Video-on-Demand (VOD) will feature the eye-opening new thriller, Selfless, on what it can be like when you’re the victim of this $37 billion nightmare that changes lives forever.
The brainchild of legendary comic book creators Jacob and Arnold Pander, this gripping drama takes viewers on a relentless journey into a brilliant young architect’s helpless descent into a reality where, technically, he no longer exists. As the story opens, Dylan Gray, a rising star in the ‘green’ architecture movement, is flying high from winning a prized high-rise commission when he unwittingly plants the seeds of his own destruction during a chance encounter with a deadly stranger. While waiting to board his plane home, Dylan sketches an unflattering caricature of fellow passenger Wesley Stone to impress an attractive flight attendant. As Dylan soon learns, the stranger he innocently ridicules is a convicted identity thief who has just made Dylan his next target.
Calling it “stylish, smart and compelling,” the Oregonian noted that “the Panders clearly adore Alfred Hitchcock films, and it’s not hard to imagine the master himself devising this protagonist and the way he’s done in.” Filmed in Portland, Oregon’s trendy Pearl District, Selfless took top honors, including the “Best Feature Award,” at the Bend Film Festival, and was nominated for both the “Red Star” award sponsored by Heineken for “new visions” in filmmaking and the “Film for Change Producer’s Award” at the Santa Fe International Film Festival.
Selfless stars veteran actor Mo Gallini, whom the Oregonian calls a “standout as the glowering, apoplectic identity thief who makes life hell for Dylan.” Joshua Rengert portrays the architect, October Moore
plays his fiancé, and Jen Hong assumes dual roles as both the flight attendant living in his building and her twin sister who is smuggled into the country illegally. Based in Los Angeles, Gallini’s portfolio of unforgettably menacing villains includes supporting roles in John Singleton’s 2 Fast 2 Furious; End of Days, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; and David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. Rengert has appeared in national commercials for Nintendo, Vonage, and Regent’s Blue Cross, as well as local spots for the Oregon Lottery. Moore, a graduate of the New Actors Workshop in New York, where she studied under director Mike Nichols, recently appeared on the TNT series, Leverage, and co-stars in the upcoming movie, Something Wicked, with Britney Murphy in her final role. Hong, who makes her feature film debut with Selfless, also recently co-starred in Leverage.
Selfless marks the feature film debut for the Pander Bros., whose previous collaborations include such blockbuster comics as Batman: City of Light and Batman: Apocalypse Girl and graphic novels as the cult hits, GRENDEL: Devil’s Legacy and XXX (Triple X). The sons of prominent Northwest painter Henk Pander, the Pander Bros. were encouraged to explore their creativity from the time they could hold a crayon. Their early shorts played in downtown Portland nightclubs, even though the brothers were too young to be admitted. Around the same time, they landed their first nationally-published comic series, GRENDEL: Devil’s Legacy. The 12-issue series set a new sales record for an independent comic book (on a par with Marvel and DC Comics), merited nominations for the coveted Eisner and Manning Awards, and scored the industry’s top fans-choice award for the duo.
Among other notable projects, the Pander Bros. created the Secret Broadcast comic book/companion audio CD tribute to pirate radio (which included electronica producers from throughout the U.S.); the first comic book designed to be read in any order: the Dark Horse mini-series, Exquisite Corpse;
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Selfless: Award-Winning Identity Theft Thriller to Air on Comcast VOD
and their own epic Amsterdam thriller XXX, also for Dark Horse (which Mondo 2000 hailed as “a comix masterpiece”).
After studying 16mm filmmaking at the Northwest Film & Video Center, Jacob launched his career as a director with the Frontier Records’ music video, Light in You, for Dharma Bums, which received extensive play on MTV. Among others, the Panders conceived, directed and produced Hitting Birth’s Drive On, winner of a Oregon Cascade Award, and several electronica videos featured on MTV’s Amp. Soon after, they were hired by LA-based Palm Pictures to create a series of music videos, featuring such international electronic artists as Howie B., Fantastic Plastic Machine, Spacer, and DJ Miku in a narrative through-line to tell an audio-visual story. Wired magazine called their talent for raw storytelling “a knack for cinematic suspense.”
Their 1995 cult classic, The Operation, in collaboration with visual artist Marne Lucas, took first place at the New York Underground Film Festival, 2nd place at the Chicago Underground Film Festival, and honors at festivals in Berlin and Copenhagen. Film Threat noted that The Operation was “the most unusual, inspiring and crowd-pleasing piece” in the NY Underground Film Festival. Wired described it as “the kind of video that can rewire your neural net,” and Northwest Film & Video Festival judge Dan Ireland told Willamette Week: “It’s like a 16mm version of going over Jupiter in 2001: A Space Odyssey!”
The Pander Bros.’ last comics collaboration was DC’s Batman: City of Light – which, coincidentally, featured Batman pitted against a mad, ego-driven architect. Their most recent graphic novel was Accelerate from Image Comics, and Arnold’s Manga thriller, Tasty Bullet, in collaboration with conspiracy theory author Jon Vankin.
During the last year, the Panders began transitioning into commercials and branded entertainment—the former for such clients as LG Electronics, for whom they’re also working on an upcoming 3-D spot; the latter
for such clients as Panasonic, LG, the Port of Portland, and the Portland Art Museum’s exhibition, “Allure of the Automobile.” They recently signed with mmmm Society for representation in both fields.
For more of the Pander Brothers’ wide range of media projects visit the Pander Brothers’ site.
PDXperts: Arnold Pander directs talent on the PDX sky-bridge for Sockeye Creative’s ‘PDXperts’ training video. Also pictured are First AC Cory Sorensen and stylist Claudine Ebel.
SELFLESS: Jacob Pander directs Jen Hong on the set of ‘Selfless’ while Director of Photography Kevin Fletcher lines up the shot and Arnold watches the monitor on location for Selfless.
LG Cinema 3D: Jacob Pander
and Kevin Fletcher discuss
the next shot for Steelhead Agency’s ‘LG Cinema 3D’
shoot as talent awaits direction
at the Picture This stage.
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The ads first aired last year, but were re-launched this summer as part of a new media campaign for the aquarium. Working with Engine Company 1 and New York-based Monster Media, Monterey Bay built the Media Truck, an immense truck covered in LCD screens. Rather than being a simple billboard on wheels though, the team from Fashionbuddha was brought back to create a virtual ocean on the sides of the truck. Monster Media then added an interactive element so that passersby can use their smart phones to create customizable divers that will then dive in to the truck and swim with the animals.
It’s this ability to move seamlessly between interactive programming and animation that puts Fashionbuddha at the cutting edge. “The diversity and constant evolution of challenges is really kind of cool with this company.” says Operations Manager Ben Kubany. Lewis agrees, “[The kinds of projects we take on] are not your typical marketing campaigns… We do a lot of research type work and the end result is that we can truly say that we’re doing things that have never been done before.”
Fashionbuddha Shares the Monterey Bay Love
By Lindsay HarropOregon-based companies pride
themselves on being amongst the first to leap beyond the established creative norms. And Fashionbuddha, an animation studio in Old Town Portland, thrives off this innate quest for innovation. “We’re a unique studio from the standpoint that we have animation and interactive under the same roof,” explains founder and Executive Director Robert Lewis.
Fashionbuddha got its start ten years ago creating high-end flash websites but has since expanded into mobile apps, interactive installations and broadcast animation. “We were all under the same roof at the beginning because it made sense with those projects but now we’ve splintered to some degree and it’s just as exciting,” says Lewis.
This dual focus helped Fashionbuddha when they were hired by San Francisco agency Engine Company 1 to create promotional spots for the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Featuring the slogan: “Share the love,” the concept was for animals to share tender moments – actions which, though enchanting, aren’t part of the natural order. “The challenge was to make the creatures be convincing as real animals and yet make them do something they wouldn’t normally do,” says Lewis. In addition to Fashionbuddha’s animations, the on-camera talent and several background plates were shot by Atomic Productions using a Red One camera. Principle photography took place on location at the Monterey Bay Aquarium while the talent was shot on green screen in studio at Atomic.
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Homegrown DocFest & Treeverse World Premiere
This summer’s Homegrown DocFest takes place on Friday, September 2 at the Mission Theatre (1624 N.W. Glisan St., Portland, OR 97209). The night kicks off with foot-stompin’ tunes by Kory Quinn and the Comrades. Then we’ll feature the new work of 7 artists from our summer DIY Documentary workshop. And to top off the evening, we’ll premiere the work of one of our alumni, faculty, and dear friends, John Waller, who will be sharing his latest film Treeverse for the first time.
More info:• $7 - proceeds go to NW Documentary’s education center Doors around 7pm show starts at 8pm.• DIY Doc films from 8:15-9:30• Treeverse from 9:30-10 After-Party 10pm until the beer is gone
To RSVP, visit the event page on Facebook.
To see the preview for Treeverse, click here.
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Screening and Live Performance of Wheedle’s Groove at MusicFest NW
The Northwest Film Center, Musicfest NW and Search Party are joining forces to present a special screening of the acclaimed musical documentary Wheedle’s Groove on September 7.
The collaboration honors two of Portland’s great musical celebrations: Musicfest NW 2011, the third largest indoor music festival in the US., which takes place this year from September 7 – 11; and Reel Music 29, the Film Center’s showcase of music on film, which moves to the fall this year, taking place October 7 – 23, 2011.
Kicking off Musicfest NW 2011, Wheedle’s Groove will screen at McMenamin’s Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan) on Wednesday, September 7, at 7:00 p.m. Wheedle’s Groove, a 2009 documentary from director Jennifer Maas, wipes the dust from a stack of forgotten vinyl and takes a trip into the largely undocumented Seattle soul scene of the 1960s, which saw the emergence of artists like Robbie Hill, Patrinell Staten, and more, who remain largely unheralded decades after their zenith. Deftly illustrating how music shapes community, breaks barriers, and forges new paths, Wheedle’s Groove
reveals that Seattle’s gray-sky grunge owes a debt to musicians such as native Kenny Gorelick—yes, Kenny G.—who wailed soul sax in his hometown’s mostly black Central District years before becoming the coy prince of marshmallow jazz.
After the film, music producer George Drakoulias will moderate a question-and-answer session with director Jennifer Maas, and at 9:00 p.m., the Wheedle’s Groove Band will perform.
Tickets for this special screening are $9 to the general public, $8 for seniors and students, or free with a MusicFest NW wristband. Tickets may be purchased online at nwfilm.org.
After this pre-reel screening, the Film Center’s Reel Music 29 will screen 36 great music documentaries October 7 – 23, 2011, opening with Martin Scorsese’s new documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World. The full Reel Music line-up can be viewed online at nwfilm.org.
The Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts resource offering a variety of exhibition, education, and information programs which serve film and video artists of the Northwest. For more information, visit nwfilm.org.
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Time-Based Art on Film 2011: James Benning’s Ruhr
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The Northwest Film Center and Portland Institute for Contemporary Art are teaming up again this year for PICA’s 2011 Time-Based Arts Festival. The Film Center will screen Ruhr, the latest film from acclaimed minimalist filmmaker James Benning, as part of TBA On Screen.
For the past thirty-five years, James Benning has been one of the most fascinating figures in American independent and experimental cinema. As the director of fourteen feature-length documentaries, Benning’s work has been characterized by a strong sense of place, earning him a reputation as a master of “landscape films.” Most recently, for Ruhr, Benning has turned his camera to Germany’s industrial Ruhr Valley.
The first film that Benning has shot entirely outside the United States, Ruhr is a meditation on the notion of terra incognita. Faced with a new medium and an unfamiliar landscape, he turns the film into a process of slow discovery. Ruhr explores duration in a series of masterfully composed shots: a stark grey concrete tunnel with zigzagging light, a factory where steel tubes hypnotically jostle across the frame, the blasting of graffiti from a Richard Serra sculpture, and trees outlying the Düsseldorf airport, as if kneeling in a mosque. The final shot of a monolithic tower belching billows of steam to the sound of a siren invites a host of associations, from Warhol to contemporary catastrophes. Rigorous, radical, and frighteningly beautiful, Ruhr assures its place among the cinematic industrial sublime.
Ruhr screens at the Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium as part of TBA On Screen September 14 and 17. Ruhr also screens on September 15
as part of the Northwest Film Center’s regular exhibition programming. Tickets are $9 general or $8 for students, seniors, and Portland Art Museum members. Tickets may be purchased online at nwfilm.org or pica.org.
The Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts resource offering a variety of exhibition, education, and information programs which serve film and video artists of the Northwest. For more information, visit nwfilm.org.
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Red Door Produces Goodwill’s Circle of Hope
A Great Dane named Vegas. A kids secret hideout in the woods. A county jail. A green auto repair shop. A beautiful day in the park. A family reunion. A circle that never ends. These elements and more went into the making of four spots produced for Goodwill by Red Door Films this summer.
Directed by David Poulshock, three of the spots portrayed the personal stories of families whose lives have been changed by Goodwill. “They’re such compelling stories of personal triumph,” said Poulshock, “all of us on the crew were inspired.”
The fourth spot was a remake of a commercial Poulshock and Red Door produced for Goodwill several years ago, called “Circle.” It follows the path of a single donation – in this case, a Tiffany lamp – and how it impacts the lives of people in different ways, from finding a job to learning English. All spots will begin airing this Fall.
The spots were shot on the Arri Alexa over four days in multiple locations throughout Portland, including: the Wapato Correctional Facility, the new Goodwill Store on 122nd, Peninsula Park and Fernhill Park.
The production team included: David Poulshock, Writer/Director; Dan Gorczyca, Producer; Patsy Perkins, Production Manager;
Russ Eaton, DP; Matt Barbee, 1st AC; Guy Wagner, Data Manager; Bruce Fleskes, Gaffer; Matt May., Electrician; Ken Riddle, Key Grip; Jim Davis, Grip; Anna Rieke, Sound Mixer; James Walton, VTR; Jack Devries, Art Director; Heidi Sturdevant, Script Supervisor; Sherilyn Lawson, Wardrobe/Stylist; Betty Moyer, Hair & Make-up; Greg Brown, Prop Master; Katie Sugarman and Eli Thomashefsky, Art Assistants; Connie Crabtree, Craft Service; Catie Bull, Production Office Mgr.; PAs included: Gabby Francis, Erica Montgomery, Byron Mercurius.
Camera gear, Koerner Camera Systems. Grip/electric, PG&L. Sound, Runaway trains. VTR, Cascade Video Systems. Motor home, Oscar Palmquist. Insurance, Gales Creek. Walkies, Film Sound. Process Trailer, Elite Cameras Cars – Mark Haleston.
Post production, Bingo Lewis – edited by Nancy Anderson, layback, titles and color correction by Rob Anderson. Sound design and sweetening by Richard Moore and Randy Johnson of Tag Team Audio. And original music by Cal Scott.
For more information on Red Door Films, or to see the spots, please visit our site.
BigTools: Big men with big tools doing a big job.
DP Russ Eaton and 1st AC Matt Barbee with the
Arri Alexz.
LongLens: DP Russ Eaton on the nose of Elite’s insert car.
Megaphone: “Mr. Poulshock, you’re wanted on the set.”
Zen: Heidi Sturdevant and the Zen of script supervision.
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golightlyfilms films, inc. Wins Two Awards
golightlyfilms films, inc. is proud to announce that they have won a Platinum Award (the highest award given) at the (2011) Third Annual EMPixx Awards for their film produced for PNCA (The Pacific Northwest College of Art and Design). 100+ Years of Art and Design was written and directed by golighltyfilms Executive Producer Kaja Zaloudek and shot by golightlyfilms Director of Photography Kenneth Luba. The film was edited by Nancy Anderson of Bingo Lewis Editorial. Created through a multitude of voices from our community, the film pays homage to the many influential artists who have shaped and continue to influence the cultural landscape of the College and the Northwest region. To view the award winning film, click on screen image below.
golightlyfilms would like to give special thanks to:
Ed HenryBob McKeehanVana O’BrienMercedes RoseBrent RogersTara KrickDeborah Royer, Portland Art MuseumKenneth Webster & Innervoice StudiosKoerner Camera SystemsREX PostBingo Lewis EditorialThe Portland Art Museum
Additionally, Moon Tribe Studios, LLC. in association with golightlyfilms,inc., won a Platinum Award (the highest award given) for the official trailer for the feature film “Population: 2” at the (2011) Third Annual EMPixx Awards. The film, to be released later this year, was written and directed by Gil Luna of Moon Tribe Studios; Produced by Jonathan Stark and Gil Luna of Moon Tribe Studios, Director of Photography was Kenneth Luba of golightlyfilms, inc. The original music score was written and produced by Edouard Brenneisen of EB Music for Film. To view the official trailer, click on screen image below.
Some of Oregon’s most original and creative thinkers let us in on the secrets that inspire and motivate their work at the 2011 Creative Conference, Sept 17 from 9am - 5pm at the Newmark Theater (1111 SW Broadway in Portland). Register here to receive an OMPA discount.
Cre8Con 2011
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Oregon Stills Exhibition at Hollywood Theatre
Carefully selected by filmmakers Aaron Katz, Matt McCormick, and Kelly Reichardt and curators May Barruel and Justen Harn, this exhibition features stills from three films shot in Oregon: Cold Weather, Some Days Are Better Than Others, and Meek’s Cutoff. Crew photographers include Scott Green, Neil Kopp, and Greg Schmitt. This exhibition is supported by Oregon Film and Newspace Center for Photography and benefits the nonprofit Hollywood Theatre.
About the filmmakers:Aaron Katz was born in rainy Portland,
OR and went to film school at North Carolina School of the Arts. Immediately after graduating, he and two of his college roommates drove a 1963 Chevy Nova from North Carolina to Portland, OR in order to make Dance Party, USA, his first feature. Quiet City, his second feature, premiered at SXSW in 2007. Subsequently, Quiet City had critically praised theatrical runs in several cites, was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at Film Independent’s Spirit Awards, and was featured on several year end top ten lists. Katz’ third feature, Cold Weather, was released in 2010 by IFC films and opened to similar critical acclaim. Katz currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Matt McCormick is a filmmaker and artist who lives in Portland. His work crosses mediums and defies genre distinctions. McCormick has been a pioneer
in the field of distribution and exhibition: extensively touring his work, creating the video label Peripheral Produce, and founding the PDX Film Festival. Three of his films have been shown at the Sundance Film Festival, and his work has been screened or exhibited at MoMA, The Serpentine Gallery, The Oslo Museum of Modern Art, the Reykjavik Art Museum, The Seattle Art Museum, the Moscow Biennial, and Art Basil. Awards he’s received include Best Short Film from the San Francisco International Film Fest, Best Experimental from the New York Underground Film Fest, and Best Narrative from the Ann Arbor Film Fest. His film The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal was named in ‘Top 10 / Best of 2002’ lists in both The Village Voice and Art Forum magazine.
Kelly Reichardt is an American director, co-writer, editor, and currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Film and Electronic Arts at Bard College. American landscapes and narratives of the road are themes that run throughout Reichardt’s work. Meek’s Cutoff, shot on the dry plains of Oregon’s high desert and featured in this exhibition, offers a vision of the earliest days of American frontier culture. Wendy and Lucy, filmed along the railroad tracks that surround an Oregon suburb, reveals the limits and depths of people’s duty to each other in tough times. Old Joy is an exploration of contemporary liberal masculinity, set in the tamed wilderness of the Pacific Northwest.
On View September 1st to September 30th, 2011Opening reception Tuesday September 6th, 6pm – 8pm
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AIFF Executive Director Tom Olbrich to Step Down as ED
The Ashland Independent Film Festival’s (AIFF) Tom Olbrich will be stepping down after eight years as Executive Director. The non-profit organization’s Board of Directors officially accepted his resignation at their July board meeting.
“I have accomplished what I was hired to do in 2003 as the only paid employee at the time – to help the volunteer board build a successful film festival,” said Olbrich, “and I am ready to hand over the reins to a new E. D. I am grateful for the opportunity to have served with our incredible staff, dedicated volunteers and generous supporters. I am deeply committed to the continued success of the festival during this transition to new leadership.”
“We are saddened to see Tom go after eight years of extraordinary work and dedication,” said AIFF Board President Ed McNulty. “Together with his staff he has made the AIFF one of the nation’s premier film festivals, one that offers an experience so welcoming and positive that it attracts the best films and filmmakers. The result is an unsurpassed festival experience that has become a vital part of our community and civic life.”
Olbrich has agreed to stay on through the transition period as the board searches for a new Executive Director. “The board is unanimous in its deep commitment to the festival and all the staff who have worked so hard to make it what it is,” said McNulty. “Our search committee has begun to look for an Executive Director who can ensure the continued excellence of the festival and build on the foundation Tom has created.”
The tenth annual Ashland Independent Film Festival in April set a record with 18,000 tickets distributed to 7000 attendees. The AIFF is a widely recognized and highly regarded festival screening 80-plus independently made documentaries, features and shorts at the Varsity Theatre and the Historic Ashland Armory each year, as well as a monthly film series.
MovieMaker magazine named it one of the “25 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee,” citing a “perfect balance of organization, experience and cinema appreciation,” and the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences twice awarded the AIFF with rare festival support grants.
The non-profit’s organizational structure comprises six year-round and nine seasonal staff supported by more than 325 volunteers, including an 11-member Board of Directors and 25-member Advisory Council. The AIFF receives community support through donations and memberships, and business sponsorship, advertising and in-kind donations including lodging for visiting filmmakers, food and beverage, and much more.
The 11th annual Ashland Independent Film Festival will be celebrated April 12-16, 2012.
For more information visit our web site.
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Hempsters: Plant the Seed and A NORML Life now Available on DVD
Hempsters: Plant the Seed, featuring Woody Harrelson, was released on DVD June 28th by Cinema Libre Studio. This lively documentary, directed by Michael Henning and produced by Diana Oliver, explores the reasons why the United States is the only developed country that still bans the growth of Industrial Hemp. Hemp—a durable fiber cultivated from plants of the cannabis genus—can be used for paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel. Due to its relation to marijuana, it is illegal to grow in the U.S. under Federal law. Hemp is considered a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act even though it contains minimum levels of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
This is the feature-length directorial debut for Michael Henning, who brings a wealth of experience to the film, having worked in the industry since 1978 with acclaimed artists such as Ron Howard, Mike Nichols, Bruce Beresford, Oliver Stone, and many others. Hempsters was a longtime labor of love for Producer Diana Oliver who came to Henning with the idea after Harrelson had planted the infamous four seeds. They began shooting footage for the documentary in the late ‘90s. The film won the “Best Work in Progress” Award at the 2001 Deep Ellum Film Festival in Dallas.
Click here for more information. Click here to view clips & trailer.A NORML Life, directed by Rod Pitman
and produced by Doug Ross, is based on the same principals that the nonprofit organization, NORML, holds. NORML or National Organization of the Reform for Marijuana Laws has long advocated for the decriminalization of cannabis for over
40 years. Its founder, current leaders and nationwide chapter representatives describe the patchwork of state and municipal laws that allow the sale of medical marijuana, while the federal government still regards cannabis as a dangerous narcotic.
Recent legislation, which was modeled after the Repeal of Alcohol Prohibition, could very well end prohibition against marijuana. The National Organization of the Reform for Marijuana Laws, also known as “NORML”, has been a forefront leader on this issue along with many of its standout supporters. On August 16, 2011, Cinema Libre Studio proudly released A NORML Life on DVD which tells the story of the advocates fighting for the legalization of cannabis.
About Cinema Libre: Cinema Libre Studio is a leader in distributing social-issue documentaries and features by passionate filmmakers. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Cinema Libre team has released over one hundred films including the Sundance Audience Award Winning FUEL, THE END OF POVERTY, and Oliver Stone’s SOUTH OF THE BORDER. The studio is developing John Perkins’ best selling memoirs, CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN, into a major motion picture. For more information and updates, please visit Cinema Libre’s web site.
About earthNOW!: In 2008, Cinema Libre Studio launched the earthNOW! label to focus on films that analyze how we co-exist with our planet. These films examine the environment, health, ecology and sustainability. For more information, please visit earthNOW! web site.
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