OMPA Callsheet May 2011 by Oregon Media Production Association

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Oregon’s Resource for the Media Production Industry

Webvisions: OMPA Opening Night Event

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Wednesday, May 25th Spirit of 77, 500 NE MLK Blvd,

• Callsheet goes digital • $20,000 in Intel grants for students

Portland

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Douglas Rushkoff

Kate Ertman

Robert Reinhardt

Rebecca Gerendasy

• Webvisions packs info on film/video for the web

...and many others! Phil Oppenheim

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The CALLSHEET Managing Editor: Jen Wechsler info@ompa.org Photography: By Submission Page Layout: Duck Up Productions jay@duckupproductions.com 503.701.7926 _______________________________ OMPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS James WilderHancock, President Government Affairs and Business Development Co-Chair WilderHancock Productions wilderhancock@gmail.com 503.245.7415 Lisa Cicala, Vice-President Membership Chair lisa@lisacicala.com 503.260.2977 Tim Troester, Secretary/Treasurer Golf Co-Chair Hays Companies of Oregon ttroester@hayscompanies.com 503.624.4770 Ryan Crisman, Past President Directory Chair Read Entertainment ryan@readentertainment.com 503.501.5454 Kathleen Lopez Kathleen Lopez Production Services Filmmakerlopez@aol.com 503.780.2767 Damon Jones Talent Chair, Health Insurance Chair Actors in Action actorsinaction@qwest.net 503.762.2911 Michael Bard Golf Chair StudioBard Music and Audio Post michael@studiobard.com 503.273.2273 Wayne Paige Scholarship Chair Digital Wave wayne@digitalwave.tv 503.227.9283 Robert Lewis New Media Committee Fashionbuddha Studio robert@fashionbuddha.com 503.490.4787 Kathleen O'Reilly KTO Studio 310.301.0023 Mike Ratoza Bullivant Houser Bailey PC Michael.ratoza@bullivant.com 503.228.6351 Susan Haley Marketing Chair Paydogs susan@paydogs.com 503.850.4742 Stefan Henry-Biskup Liquid Development shbiskup@liquiddevelopment.com 503.223.8500 Jeanna Minshall Chambers Productions jeannaminshall@chambersproducti ons.com 541.484.4314 Christopher Toyne Talent Co-Chair NW Film Financing cftoyne@gmail.com 503.288.3551 OMPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tom McFadden info@ompa.org MEMBERSHIP ASSISTANT Jennifer Wechsler jen@ompa.org _______________________________ The CALLSHEET is published monthly by the Oregon Media Production Association, a 501c(6) non-profit representing Oregon’s film, video and multimedia industry. © 2011 OMPA 901 SE Oak, Suite 104 Portland, OR 97214 503.228.8822 / FAX:503.228.7099 info@ompa.org • www.ompa.org

DIRECTOR’S Letter

Testimony Joint Committee on TAx Credits In Support of SB 2167 April 21, 2011 Chairs Ginny Burdick, Jules Bailey, and Vicki Berger OPIF and the Greenlight Oregon Labor Rebate are sustainable economic development programs that cultivate a 21st Century industry in which Oregon has unique advantages, and also represent one immediate solution to Oregon’s jobs crisis. Media production is one of the few stable manufacturing industries left in America. Investing in its growth in Oregon is a smart business move. Oregon successfully participates in the competitive national and international landscape to attract large budget projects to our state with a modest incentive and a conservatively apportioned program. We should be proud of our success at attracting industry so efficiently. Our incentives stimulate investment from large-scale film and TV projects now averaging $55 million per year. That contributes to the existing production activity in Oregon, last figured at $709 million annually. Immediate Jobs: The result of this stimulation means first and foremost more jobs. Any given project hires local actors, crew, painters, and makeup and wardrobe artists among a host of others. Not to mention the indirect participants: the antique dealers, hardware store owners, cab drivers, restaurant workers and others who also benefit when we grow jobs in this industry. OMPA manages a list of some 1300 qualified crew and services online at www.SourceOregon.com, which we use to connect the industry and promote our local workforce. Cultivating an Industry: The large-scale projects also bring additional opportunities for training, and access for Oregon-made product to a pipeline for the international trade of media content. The knowledge and infrastructure that is gained as a result of hosting projects makes it possible for more Oregon businesses to develop their own titles. OMPA supports this effort of cultivating the indigenous industry by networking producers to share best practices of realizing return on investment, educating the finance community on opportunities for investing in Oregon-made product, and ! promoting the excellent work that is produced here. Oregon has cultivated a business and technology environment that puts us on the leading edge for story telling in the 21st century. Add to this the rapidly expanding resources of young, educated talent, our attractive shooting locations, and ongoing private investment, and we can begin to understand the scope of what Oregon has to offer the world. We summarize the advantages of OPIF in three ways: • Being a growing, information-age industry with higher than average wages and minimal environmental impact, it is the right industry for Oregon to grow. • With little to no infrastructure to develop, the opportunity to increase jobs is right now. • And it is the right price. The fact is that OPIF is an economic development program, not a revenue program. In spite of that, OPIF yields local and state government revenues that exceed the spending associated with the program. Continuing it is a smart business move. Sincerely,

Tom McFadden OMPA Executive Director CC: OMPA Membership

INDUSTRY News

OMPA expands Media Arts Education Fund Scholarship Intel offers $2000 Grant to Students Students pursuing careers as media professionals have more opportunity to fund their studies with the help of scholarships from the Oregon Media Production Association’s Edward Gustamante Media Arts Education Fund. The Fund’s objective is to encourage excellence in Oregon’s media production industry by providing financial assistance to those expanding their education in a media related field. The Media Arts Education Fund offers scholarships typically ranging from $300 to $1000 to Oregon students working in or studying journalism, film, video, audio, photography or new media. One category, the Scholastic Program scholarship, is awarded to high school programs rather than to the students themselves. Since the fund’s inception in 2005, scholarships have been awarded in three categories: Individual Educational, ProjectBased, and Scholastic Programs, with funds supported by OMPA members and the Final Cut Classic golf tournament. Thanks to a generous grant from Intel, OMPA offers a fourth category this year: the Student Digital Media Commission. Intel seeks new ideas for experiencing, combining and interacting with personal digital media. They have asked OMPA to field a group of creative digital media students and their academic advisors to experiment with digital media products, and deliver projects to help vision what a personal digital media experience of the future may look like. The selected students will be encouraged to push the boundaries of a typical consumers experience. Students will be required to have access to their own video editing and image manipulation tools for producing their final project. Unlike the existing three categories of the Media Arts Education Fund scholarship, applicants will be nominated by their professors or academic advisors from accredited digital media programs at Oregon colleges. As with the other MAE scholarships, applicants will then be asked to submit a

OMPA Member Benefits Roundup! We are interested in breathing new life into the benefits offered to OMPA Members in 2011 and we need you! We would like to add new vendors to our list of member benefits providers. All you need to do is offer OMPA Members a special discount on products/services and OMPA will add your benefit to our website, new member packet, and marketing materials. It’s a win win! If you business offers a service or product utilized by Oregon’s production industry professionals and would like to take advantage of this exposure opportunity please contact OMPA Membership Assistant Jen Wechsler at jen@ompa.org. To see a current list of OMPA Member Benefits visit www.ompa.org and click on Join OMPA.

portfolio and written application. Those awarded the Digital Media Commission are required to attend meetings (one at Intel campus in June, one at the OMPA golf tournament in July), write and submit a journal of their explorations, and present a final project in September that synthesizes their exploration. If all deliverables are submitted as required, the total stipend for the selected students is $2000 each, and an additional $500 is awarded to each student’s digital media professor or program advisor upon presentation of the project. Eight students will be selected. The stipend is intended to offset the costs that may be associated with the time and materials needed to complete the project. Money not spent on the project will be the students’ to keep. Application deadline is May 30. For more information on the scholarships, please go to the www.ompa.org. Recipients for all scholarship categories are celebrated at the Final Cut Classic Golf Tournament on July 23, 2011. The Final Cut Classic was founded in 2001 by Edward Gustamante as an entertaining approach to fundraising for OMPA and the Media Arts Education Fund. The yearly event brings Oregon’s creative industries together to support a good cause. For more information visit www.ompa.org or see page 7.

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OMPA Celebrates Digital Storytelling at Webvisions May 25 - 27 OMPA Opening Night Event 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Spirit of 77, 500 NE MLK Blvd, Portland, OR 97232 Join OMPA members for a Webvisions opening night celebration, and get a peek at what the conference has in store for digital storytellers. It’s free for all comers, so bring a friend. Learn about cutting edge tools and techniques to leverage web video and social media for your projects. Webvisions is an ideal environment to explore the latest and greatest in design, technology, user experience, and business strategies for web and mobile delivery. Webvisions has redesigned its program this year specifically with Film and Video OMPA members in mind. Highlights include keynote speaker, Author, Teacher, Documentarian, and Commentator, Douglas Rushkoff. Senior Vice President of programming and scheduling for Turner Broadcasting’s TNT and TBS networks, Phil Oppenheim. Multimedia and online video expert Robert Reinhardt, Andrew Singer of Broadway Video, IFC’s Marie and Colin Moore, and Kate Ertmann (c’mon, you really don’t know who Kate Ertmann is?). More info at www.webvisionsevent.com

Special Webvisions Workshop Offer for OMPA Members Exclusively for OMPA members: Register for Robert Reinhardt’s popular workshop Encoding H.264 and WebM Video for HTML5 and Flash: A Crash Course on Wednesday, May 25, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, and receive a full conference pass for only $375! You’ll want to attend because . . . 1) You save time and broaden your projects’ potential by learning how to efficiently compress optimized video for HTML5 and Flash projects using free tools like x264 and HandBrake, as well as commercial encoding products such as Telestream Episode Pro, Sorenson Squeeze, and Adobe Media Encoder. Online services from encoding.com, zencoder.com, and videoRx.com will also be discussed. 2) Members who register will also receive a discounted full conference pass to attend two days of sessions featuring over 80 speakers! Register today at www.webvisionsevent.com/promo/ ompa/

Stop Talking About Your Short Film & Make It All of the great filmmakers started off making short films, from George Lucas to Gus Van Sant. Short films are a great training ground to learn your craft and to start

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building your audience. They’re also great “calling cards” to show people to get funding for bigger films. Make a good short film, and the film festival world will open up for you. So what are you waiting for? The Northwest Film Center’s School of Film is hosting a SHORT FILM BLOWOUT taught by “Angry Filmmaker” Kelley Baker! Craft your skills at the Center during a series of one-day workshops (Sound, Distribution, Producing, Production) that culminates in a six-day production intensive. They will occur between May 12 – June 13. For more info, go to www.nwfilm.org/ school/classes/term/178 and look through Spring 2011. Questions? Contact Pam Minty at 503-221-1156. Remember: you have until August 1 to make and enter your own short film in this year’s Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival (November 11-19, 2011). Special Tuition Offer: Register for any three one-day sessions plus the six-day Production Intensive and get the fourth one-day session FREE (a $55 savings).

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“One Foot in the Gutter” Premiere “One Foot in the Gutter” follows a group of rural burnouts in a small logging town in Oregon as they tear through what may be their last night together. It will premiere at the Bagdad Theater on Tuesday, May 10th at 7:00pm. This production was directed by Justin Koleszar, the Director of Photography was Ryan Kunkleman, 1st Assistant Camera was Patrick Lavalley, and the sound mixer was Shawn Willis. The music composed by Tobias Nathaniel from the band Blackheart Procession. The Oregon talent featured in “One Foot In The Gutter” was Geoff Stewart, Zach Sanchez, Benjamin Parslow, Luke Clements, and Meredith Adelaide. For more info. and to watch the trailer of this film visit onefootinthegutter.com

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“Wake Before I Die” Premiere Directed by brothers, Todd and Jason Freeman, and filmed entirely in Portland Oregon, the new motion picture, “Wake Before I Die,” stars an all local cast and crew showcasing all that Oregon has to offer. After moving his family to a small Northwest town, Pastor Dan Bennett begins to suspect that all might not be as idyllic as he first imagined. Strange spiritual obsessions begin to unearth age-old secrets, and personal threats await anyone who dares confront them. He realizes he must not only prepare his new congregation to face the assault, but also fortify his own home as evil seeks to invade and shake it to its very foundation. The production features over 30 Northwest actors and hundreds of local extras. Shot completely in Portland Oregon, “Wake Before I Die,” was Executive Produced by Roger and Jen Wood, Produced by Robert Blanche, and Written / Directed by the Brothers Freeman. While both Jason and Todd have been making films for over 15 years, this is the first film that they have co-written and co-directed. This is also the first of many films to be produced that will be adaptations of their father’s books. The next collaboration is based on the book “The Dinetah Tapes” and will be called “The Rift.” Production will begin later this year. Executive Producers Roger and Jen Wood have known the Bros. Freeman for almost 5 years. They first Executive Produced Todd’s feature film “Pray for Hell.” Since then, they have partnered with Todd and Jason to form Wooden Frame Productions. WFP produced three features in 2010 that utilized the i-OPIF rebate from the state. “Wake Before I Die” was the first film to utilize the i-OPIF 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. Over 50 cast and crew for the film were residents of Oregon. Following production of “Wake Before I Die,” “The Weather Outside” written and directed by Jason Freeman

and “Cell Count” written and directed by Todd Freeman also utilized the i-OPIF rebate and will premiere later in 2011. “Wake Before I Die” premieres on Sunday May 15th at the Bagdad Theater at 6:00pm. Free admission! For more information about the feature film “Wake Before I Die” and the premiere go to www.wakebeforeidie. com or email us at wakebeforeidie@gmail. com

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“John Gets Wasted” Premieres at the Hollywood Theatre Local comedy “John Gets Wasted” will debut at the Hollywood Theatre on May 28th at 7:00pm. The movie follows the story of a Portland man who lost his job in the recession. Deciding his straight-laced behavior did him no good at all, John sets off on a journey of vice and bad decisions. At the end of the day, will he find a new outlook on life, or will he just get wasted? “John Gets Wasted” has been in the works for nearly two years. Christopher Tucker and Will LP shot for forty days over a series of weekends, balancing the movie and their jobs at video store Videorama. The movie makes the most of Portland’s cinematic scenery and deep talent pool. Now that they are finished, Paycheck to Paycheck Productions is ready to present “John Gets Wasted” to the city that made it possible. On April 23rd, the PDX Film Collective put on an

advance screening of “John Gets Wasted” at PSU’s 5th Avenue Cinema. Christopher Tucker explained his plans to the packed house. His slogan was “view local,” inspired by the “buy local” movement designed to keep business within the community. Instead of throwing the movie into the world and hoping someone would grab it, “John Gets Wasted” is to be aimed at a specific audience: Portlanders. Christopher Tucker said his main goal is to get the movie played at one of the city’s many independent beer theaters. His hope is that the Hollywood Theatre premiere will show how much of an interest there is in locally made comedy. For tickets or more information, check out johngetswasted.com and facebook.com/johngetswasted.

Actors Meetup “Ground Floor” at Indent Studios Ground Floor started as 2 actors, Ryan Menard and Rob Harris, just wanting to get together and read some scripts. It has since become a group of well over 100 actors, writers and directors who meet monthly to do collaborative table reads. The function of Ground Floor is two-fold. First, they hold monthly meetings consisting of 30 or more actors from all over Portland just having fun, taking turns reading a variety of new scripts from shorts to features. Secondly, Ground Floor makes themselves available to do more exclusive, or Level 2, table reads. For these, a smaller group of actors is selected from among

the professional, working actors in Ground Floor’s membership. Roles are pre-cast for the table read ensuring the best character performance for the benefit of the scriptwriters and directors. With the establishment of their website and new move to Indent Studios, Ground Floor is providing a venue for actors to gather and enjoy reading aloud some fantastic scripts, while also enabling writers & directors both new and established to have a living, breathing, sounding board for their work. Together they become the Ground Floor for new projects in Portland’s film community. For more info visit groundfloorsrg.ning.com

Guest Speaker Peter Kuran at Stage 13 on May 7th Peter Kuran, director of 5 Documentary films on the subject of Atomic History, started his career in 1976 as an animator on the original Star Wars. In 1982, after finishing work as Animation Supervisor on “The Empire Strikes Back” Mr. Kuran Founded Visual Concept Entertainment (VCE) and began work on AtomCentral, a division of VCE, where his development of processes for restoring film footage won the Scientific and Engineering Academy Award® in 2002. Peter and VCE have worked on over 250 theatrical motion pictures. Last November Kuran, completed work on the iPAD version of his successful book : “How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb” Printed copies will be on sale at his speaking engagement at Stage-13, Saturday, May 7th.

Besides contributing to “Star Wars” Oscar winning special effects at the age of 20 (the youngest person on the visual effects crew), Pete was thin enough to fit into the C-3PO costume which gave him the ability to fill in for appearances to help promote Star Wars when Anthony Daniels was unavailable. Come see selected screenings, hear Mr. Kuran speak about his films and take part in discussions at Stage-13 in the Pearl on Saturday, May 7th from 7:00pm – 10:00pm. Admission is $10.00 and paid parking will be available on NW 14th between W. Burnside and NW Couch.

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Friday, July 22nd, 2011

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OMPA Celebrates Awards of Excellence Winners Three stellar professionals were honored by the Oregon Media Production Association. Christopher Toyne, Heather Harlow and Andy Fraiser were celebrated with Awards of Excellence at the association’s Annual Meeting. OMPA is Oregon’s association for the professionals who work in commercial, film, television and new media production. OMPA celebrates distinction in the craft, and promotes Oregon as a place for doing production business. OMPA’s Awards of Excellence recognize achievement in three categories. The Rising Star award recognizes an individual who has shown great potential, initiative and the qualities that will make them a successful part of the creative and production community. This year’s winner is Heather Harlow. Heather’s extensive and exciting background in filmed entertainment includes serving as a member of the team that cast Gus Van Sant’s Elephant and Paranoid Park and Hideo Nakata’s Ring II; as production coordinator on projects including OPB’s America’s History in the Making and the Ben Folds’

Christopher Toyne, Andy Fraiser and Heather Harlow Photograph by Jeff Amram

music video, Landed; as the associate producer on the Pander Bros.’ award-winning feature, Selfless and The Shins’ music video, St. Simon; and directing the awardwinning short film Nous Deux Encore’. Christopher Toyne received the Service and Inspiration award, awarded to an individual or team that has made a substantial contribution to the betterment of the community. Toyne served as a director of OMPA’s Northwest Film Financing workshops, which train local producers on developing ever-larger budgeted productions. Toyne also helped establish OMPA’s Talent committee to promote Oregon’s accomplished talent pool alongside the state’s many resources. Andy Fraser received the overwhelming Award of Excellence, which recognizes an individual who has reached the highest level of excellence, craftsmanship and integrity and has made a professional contribution to our industry. Fraser has more than 20 years experience shaping, directing, and developing brand stories. A native Oregonian, a graduate of the University of Oregon in communications and a former OMPA board member, Fraser’s work has been primarily in the development of commercial and corporate creative, producing more than 200 television commercials to his credit. His production career includes work on films, infomercials, museum installations, retail environment video design and interactive content. The recipients were acknowledged at the association’s annual meeting, held at the beginning of this year. Also recognized at the annual meeting were individuals elected or re-elected to the OMPA board. New to the OMPA board are, Stefan Henry-Kiskup, Jeanna Minshall, Susan Haley (Pay Dogs), and Christopher Toyne. Reelected this year are Ryan Crisman, Lisa Cicala, James WilderHancock, and Wayne Paige. Continuing in the 2nd year of their 2-year OMPA board term are Damon Jones (Actors in Action), Michael Bard (Studio Bard), Kathleen Lopez (Kathleen Lopez Productions), Kathleen O’Reilly (KTO Studios), Robert Lewis (Fashion Buddha), Mike Ratoza (Bullivant Hauser Bailey), Tim Troester (Hays Companies).

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“Coup de Cinema” Premiere and May Screenings “Coup de Cinema,” the creation of Portland natives Sean Parker and Austin Hillebrecht, will premiere May 11, 2011, in a screening sponsored the Art Beat Festival on the Cascade campus of Portland Community College. Other screenings are scheduled for May 21 at the Hollywood Theatre and on May 28 and 29 at 5th Avenue Cinema. “Coup de Cinema,” a comedic heist tale about a disillusioned film crew that hijacks its own company’s production in order to make a better movie. The film tells the story of Miles Smith (Hillebrecht), an aspiring filmmaker who hires on with Bourgeois Pictures as a production assistant and is quickly disillusioned by their current project and its pompous, overbearing director, played by veteran Portland stage and film actor Corey Brunish. Assisted by veteran cinematographer Buster Owens (Dennis Fitzpatrick), Miles convinces key members of the film crew and the cast to shoot a shadow project beneath the noses of the director and the studio. The film features an array of Portland actors, including Michelle Damis, Tracy Conklin, Catherine Johnson, Michael Biesanz, Tom Walton, Barrie Wild, Tylor Neist, David Loftus, Tony Zilka, Nomi Summa, and Rhyan Schwartz. For more info. visit www.coupdecinemamovie.com.

Cinema Arts Camp Teaches Digital Art and Filmmaking to Kids To children creativity and the arts are intrinsic to what they do. In the minds of children, what they call play is seamlessly integrated with dramatics, story and plot. And now technology has potentially become an incredible tool for the empowerment of this creative expression. Cinema Arts Camp was founded by OMPA member Bev Standish, owner of Digital Elf Studios, a teacher with over 23 years of experience working with children. During this week long day camp the kids will make their own movie. They will be exposed to software used for 3D modeling, animating, green screening, sound design, compositing, editing and creating special effects. Upon completion, each camper receives a DVD of the movie they have created. Classes cater to the strength and interests of the camper. Some children will be interested in the 3D animation programs while others may be interested in still photography or the process of green screening. Students get to spend more time studying the things that really capture their interest and enthusiasm. This camp excels in teaching just enough of the technology that the children can learn to use it in artistic creative ways. If you are interested in learning more about Cinema Arts Camp, go to http://www.digitalelfstudios.com. It’s a great way to let kids “play” and find joy in self expression while creating a short film.

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INSURANCE Corner

Health Care Reform also known as The Affordable Care Act In the past few years one of the most polarizing conversations has been health care. Depending on your political leanings, nationality, health status, or income your position will vary. The Affordable Care Act, although a great name, didn’t take into account all of the costs of healthcare access and delivery. There are many cost drivers in the current healthcare system that haven’t been addressed or were told was not on the table for discussion. Legislative changes have had consequences that we didn’t fully conceive and the market has reacted. These changes have been seen from the legislature, insurance companies, and to your doctor’s office. Here are a few of the changes that will go into effect or are currently in effect: • Guaranteed issue individual coverage for children. Open enrollment 30 days before effective dates of March and September first. Rules may change (legislation or insurance company policies). • Health insurance exchanges (government run insurance broker). If subsidized by taxes these will be cheaper than current plans. Not sustainable if delivery model doesn’t change. • Preventive covered 100% with all health insurance. No co-pay or out of pocket as a preventive procedure (2%-4% added cost to plans). A preventive procedure may change into a surgical procedure (with diagnosis) and billable towards deductible and coinsurance.

• FSA can’t be used for OTC (Over the Counter) drugs without prescription. • Children may remain on parent’s health plan until age 26. • Small business tax credit (call/email me and I will send you the link). The key to understanding the increasing cost of health insurance is fairly simple: The more money spent on healthcare means more insurance premiums necessary to cover those expenses. A list of costs to consider changing the current approach may be: Control expensive procedures, use best-practice models, comprehensive chronic illness monitoring, step therapy with medications, preventive services, streamline healthcare billing, tort reform, and there are many others to consider. Health care is a challenging topic for everyone from employers, employees, families, and individuals seeking to find a balance between cost, level of care, and social responsibility. An answer may be to offer socialized care nationally to get everyone covered and allow people to “buy-up” to a higher level of choice. Everyone needs some level of care and some demand a higher level of choice. In the end the solution needs to be economically sustainable and allow providers to deliver proper and timely care.

Fulford Creative Launches New Website Copywriter, Scriptwriter, and Brand Storyteller Pete Fulford of Fulford Creative announced the release of his refurbished website this month. The site, http://fulfordcreative.com, showcases Pete’s unique creativity, humor and love of storytelling, and features his work conceptualizing and writing videos, branded entertainment campaigns, web content, print pieces, short stories, and much more. It was designed by local web designer Gabe’s Imagination (http:// gabesimagination.com). With over 8 years as an independent writer in the

corporate communications/advertising/marketing industry, Pete continues to support creative partners as an idea generator, copywriter, scriptwriter, web content writer, and social media strategist. He collaborates mostly with video production firms, interactive/digital agencies, and marketing departments of companies throughout the country. Some of the brands he’s written for include Bank of America, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, xBox, eBay, Ray-Ban, and many more. For more information or to contact Pete about a project, email him at pete@ fulfordcreative.com or call 503.206.8653.

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