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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 jminshall@gmail.com 541.228.7268 Christopher Toyne Talent Co-Chair NW Film Financing cftoyne@gmail.com 503.288.3551 OMPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tom McFadden info@ompa.org OMPA ASSISTANT Jessica Beer jessica@ompa.org
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Director’s Letter Working together with a group of some 19 volunteers to bring about OMPA’s biggest fundraising event last month was an amazing highlight to what has already been a stellar year for our industry and our industry trade association. We achieve so much by working together to promote excellence and business opportunities in Oregon, and I am reminded of what we have accomplished this year alone: screening Meek’s Cuttoff with over a dozen working Oregon legislators and hundreds of industry members at the Elsinore Theatre, the Industry Roundup, not to mention the incredible effort we coordinated to educate industry members and state officials around the state incentive programs. We have built an incredibly strong association, and that strength was put to the test as we made the case that investing in media production is good business for Oregon. Cheers to that success! The weather for the Final Cut Classic was almost perfect and everyone was on their best behavior. (But seriously, has anyone seen my pants?) OMPA scholarship award winners were on hand to be celebrated and to document the tournament and wine tour, which was powered by a generous sponsorship from collaborative workflow and solution partners AJA, Autodesk and Key Code Media. Thanks again to guests and sponsors, in particular R2 who sponsored the beverage cart and hosted a martini at the awards party for all attendees, MacPac whose hole-in-one offering kept the best golfers on their game, Advanced Broadcast Solutions who managed the popular “Skills Challenge,” Hays Companies for arranging the Prize Putt and sponsoring the awards party, Cine Rent West whose Golf Digest photos are available online, the Oregon Film Office for sponsoring the equally ridiculous and challenging “Joker’s Wild” hole, Gearhead Grip & Electric for bringing us the wine tour of the Hood River Valley, @Large Films for their Belgian-themed delights and New Belgium beer luge, Pacific Grip & Lighting’s Men’s Long Drive competition, Fujinon’s Women’s Long Drive, New Belgium Brewing’s Men’s KP and really awesome bike donation, plus hole sponsors Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Picture This Production After some confusion at the Services, Indent Studios, tournament around the winning scores Morrison Hotel, Act Now, in several of our event categories, we Bent Image Lab, Studio have the following accurate and final Bard, Koerner Camera determination of the winners of the Systems, Limbo Films and 2011 Classic (unless we change our Cascade Video Systems. minds again!). If you didn’t make it, we’ll be around next year - go 2011 Final Cut Classic Winners ahead and pencil your calendar 1st Place: Hays Companies for Friday, July 20, 2012! 2nd Place: R/West Tom McFadden
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3rd Place: MoHo/Act Now Last Place: Limbo Angels Men’s KP: Todd Robinson Women’s KP: Sara Burton Men’s Long Drive: Todd McClelland Women’s Long Drive: Sara Burton Skills Challenge: Doug Darroch Prize Putt Contestants: Nick Weed, KC Guyer
But who’s really keeping score, anyway?!
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Final Cut Classic
Mad Martian entertains golfers at the Oregon Film Officesponsored Joker’s Wild hole
Volunteer Timothy Levine, taking a brief break from his work on the Digital Media Commission project. The winning raffle ticket selling team, volunteers Michelle Kelley & LeeAnn Gibbons.
Captain Obvious entertained both sponsors and golfers throughout the day.
The attendees of the Gearhead Grip and Electric sponsored Wine Tour.
Volunteer Production Coordinator Bob Wadden gets in front of the camera for a Digital Media Commission project.
Volunteer Ryan Menard has an intense conversation with Daniel Baldwin on the course.
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AFTRA National Convention Report By Nathanial Applefield
As a new AFTRA staff member, it was a great honor and privilege to join more than 300 member Delegates last week in Seattle for the 63rd AFTRA National Convention. For those of you who are not familiar with AFTRA, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO, is the union that represents performers, broadcasters and recording artists. Our highest level of governance is the biennial National Convention, where our leaders are elected and the direction of the union is decided for the following two years. As AFTRA President Reardon noted on the first day, “The AFTRA Convention is a special time for this union. No matter your earnings level, no matter where you come from, no matter what part of the industry you work in, AFTRA members gather every two years to share our hopes, our dreams and our ambitions. Each Convention, we sit together and chart our collective course for the future.� Delegates enjoyed remarks from a long and impressive list of speakers, including United States Senator Patty Murray, and Tom Chamberlain, President of the Oregon AFL-CIO who spoke passionately about the challenges to workers across our country and the need for unity to protect our working class. (For more about the convention and to view videos of the speakers, visit the AFTRA website here.)
Originally, AFTRA booked this National Convention at the Seattle Westin because it was a union hotel. Unfortunately, by the time convention had begun the hotel employees were working without a contract and in contentious negotiations with their employer. On Friday, AFTRA Members suspended their convention to rally in
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solidarity with UNITE HERE Local 8 at their Day of Action. Seattle Local President Steve Krueger remarked, “These workers want to see the hotel continue to be a leader in Seattle’s hospitality industry - but they also expect their employer to treat them fairly.” Some convention highlights included The American Scene Awards, the only award AFTRA gives to producers. This award is given every two years recognizing excellence in the employment and portrayal of women, minorities, seniors, people with disabilities and the LGBT community in a positive, balanced and realistic manner. (Again, for more, click here.) Several convention resolutions were reviewed, including one “Endorsing the Joining Forces InterGuild Task Force,” which further emphasizes AFTRA’s commitment to supporting military families and veterans by joining with other industry groups to provide creative and production support
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to the program, which is spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden. Ken Howard, President of the Screen Actors Guild, also addressed the Convention with a video message, “The incredible opportunity we have to stand together is the most profound way possible in becoming one union. What we have in common is so much greater than anything that separates us.” On Saturday, AFTRA Convention Delegates re-elected Roberta Reardon as National President. They also elected our own Portland Local Board Member, Chrisse Roccaro, to the National Administrative Committee. This committee makes decisions about the inner workings of the union between National Board Meetings. Nathaniel Applefield AFTRA Portland Executive Director
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AFTRA sponsors Megann’s Night at Morrison Hotel The fourth season of the AFTRA program Leverage is underway on TNT. Every Sunday, AFTRA is sponsoring an official viewing party at the Morrison Hotel (719 SE Morrison St., in Portland), starting at 8:30pm. These parties are named “Megann’s Night” after Portland casting director and union supporter Megann Ratzow, who we lost to cancer in January of 2009. OMPA welcomes Megann’s night as a gathering for the industry community, and OMPA members are encouraged to join for the viewing of Leverage. By sponsoring “Megann’s Night,” AFTRA hopes to build awareness of the union, as well as the diverse crafts and services that support our community by bringing people together. Admission to Megann’s night is free, and each night includes a screening of Leverage from 9:00 to 10:00 PM, followed by a raffle where attendees can win fabulous prizes from restaurants, theaters (film and stage), shops and creatives in our talent-wealthy town. One raffle ticket is provided for free to every person who attends. Megann’s Night will continue for the run of all 17 original airings of Leverage, with a break in the series run mid-way through.
About Megann Ratzow: Megann Ratzow was a principal casting director in Portland for 18 years and a major force in casting and promotion of film production in the Northwest. When we lost Megann to cancer in January 2009, we all lost a great friend and champion. Megann always supported indigenous production in Oregon and consistently promoted the local talent base in the greater Portland area to out-of-state as well as local production companies. One of the ways she did this was with the creation in 2004 of “Industry Nights.” On these nights, folks from all aspects on our industry converged at a local watering hole to socialize. No agenda, no speeches just like-minded folks meeting and having fun. These nights became a catalyst for many projects, introducing actors, agents, directors, producers and crew in a low key environment where creative ideas thrived. Megann was known for not playing favorites, willingness to cast outside the box, having a special eye for talent and providing a nurturing, safe environment for actors to display that talent in her casting sessions. She was also a strong union advocate without being a strong-arm. “Megann’s Night” is a means by which we hope to help her memory live on.
60-second PSA Being Produced to Help Rape Victims in Congo New statistics show that over 400,000 women per year are raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where armed militias are using rape as a weapon of war to terrorize communities. Since this statistic does not include men and children, the actual number is much higher. Seventy-seven aid organizations agree that the number one thing we can do to help stop this violence and put an end to the use of rape as a weapon of war is to convince President Obama to send a special envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo, often referred to as “the worst place on Earth to be a woman.” Several OMPA members have teamed up to launch a hard-hitting web campaign, in the form of a public service announcement, with
the goals of increasing awareness of these atrocities and getting people to put pressure on the White House and the State Department to do something about it. Behind this campaign are Director Andrew Warnecke, Executive Producer Lana Veenker, Producer Heather Harlow and Director of Photography Gary Nolton, all with years of experience in film and video production, as well as a top-notch, all-volunteer cast and crew based in Portland, Ore. The group plans to complete the spot in August, after which they will set out to distribute the PSA through their networks, encouraging people to contact the White House and demand a special envoy to Congo. More information on the project is available here.
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48 Hour Film Project Returns to Portland The 48 Hour Film Project is back in Portland August 5-7, bringing its typical pressure cooker of creativity. The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and a team make a movie—write, shoot, edit and score it—in just 48 hours. On Friday night, you get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in your movie. 48 hours later, the movie must be complete. Then it will show at a local theater, usually in the next week. You can sign up to participate at the project website. All films will screen at the beautiful and historic Hollywood Theatre again this year, and the big Portland winner will go head-tohead with other city winners in a no-holds barred, cage match to determine the best 48 Hour Film of 2011. Screenings will be August 10 and August 11 and tickets will be available online before the screenings. The 48 Hour Film Project’s mission is to advance filmmaking and promote filmmakers. Through its festival/competition, the Project encourages filmmakers and would-be filmmakers to get out there and make movies. The tight deadline of 48 hours puts the focus squarely on the filmmakers— emphasizing creativity and teamwork skills. While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the filmmakers, it is also liberating by putting an emphasis on “doing” instead of “talking.” In 2010, nearly 40,000 filmmakers made
3,000 films in 80 cities on five continents. This year, the 48 Hour Film Project is even bigger, with filmmakers around the world taking the challenge to make a film in just 48 hours. For more info about the 48 Hour Film Project, or to join a team (as talent or crew) visit the website. If you have questions, contact Rob Hatch. What are you waiting for? Every second counts when you only have 48 hours to make a film... About 48HFP: Back in May 2001, Mark Ruppert came up with a crazy idea: to try to make a film in 48 hours. He quickly enlisted his filmmaking partner, Liz Langston, and several other DC filmmakers to form their own teams and join him in this experiment. Now ten years later and with more than 300 competitions having taken place around the world, it is amazing to consider the success of the Project. 2011 marks the 10th time the 48HFP has visited Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York and Austin, and the 12th time for DC. The smallest team has consisted of one person who would set up the camera then run around to be “on-camera.” The largest team to date was a team from Albuquerque with 116 people and 30 horses! About 12,500 teams have participated in the Project over the years, and at 15 people per team, that translates to roughly 200,000 people who have answered the call to come on out and make a movie.
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Dancing on the Edge screens on Both Coasts in August Sandy MacKenzie, CEO and President of Highland Light Productions Inc, provides the following update on the feature film Dancing on the Edge: “Here’s an update on what’s happening with our movie Dancing on the Edge. First, Dancing... has been selected for competition in the New York City International Film Festival August 18-26th in Times Square in Manhattan. So far, Tom Zalutko, Alisa Rakoz, Nicole McCullough, Emily Abramson, Victoria and I and my daughter Beth will be there to walk the red carpet and see our film screened in the Tribecca 2 Theater at 6pm Friday, 19 August. But for the rest of you, don’t feel left out. We’ve also been selected as a headline participant in the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival that will take place right here in Vancouver August 1014th. Dancing on the Edge has been given the premiere spot of the day, 6:30pm Thursday 11 August at the newly restored Kiggins Theater in downtown Vancouver. This will be our World Premiere and will feature formal red carpet entrance for Investors, Producers, cast & crew only prior to general admission. This will be a major media event with photo sessions with the press and state and local dignitaries. If you are going to walk the red carpet men will need a tux and ladies a formal. NO EXCEPTIONS! This will be followed by a gala party that will be open to minors at a local hotel (TBD). Please RSVP if you plan to attend either of these functions, the World Premiere or the Party so we may plan the logistics of these events. I will find out from the festival organizers if the cast and crew will have comp tickets or not. That’s out of my control. The party will be free to Investors, Producers, cast & crew. Others will be admitted for a suggested donation to help defray the cost. Let me know how many friends and family plan to attend the party so we can have enough grub.
There will be a cast and crew screening/ sneak preview, free to all, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, across the parking lot from Priority Place, on Wednesday August 3rd at 7pm. At that time, I will let you know our strategy for future marketing plans for Dancing... and how we need your help to get the word out! There will be refreshments! This will be a great pep rally for Dancing... I expect all cast to attend these events as you are so critical to our public relations efforts. We need every seat in the Kiggins filled with enthusiastic fans. So we need all hands to get on your social network sites and get everyone you know to come out on the 11th. If we can get the BUZZ going here it will carry to New York and Buzz is critical to not only winning awards but landing a distribution deal! Well, that’s all for now. More details as they evolve. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call. More fun to come, Sandy” For more information, visit the Highland Light Productions website.
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Portland Creative Conference Registration Opens The Portland Creative Conference returns to the Newmark Theater, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, on Saturday, September 17, 2011. Check-in/networking begins at 8:15am, with the main program taking place from 9:00am – 5:00pm. A wrap up party that evening will be from 5:00 – 7:00pm. Early bird registration (through Sept 2nd) is jEarly bird registration (through Sept 2nd) is just $64 using the discount code: OMPA. (Be sure to enter this code when you register!) Proceeds support K-12 arts education programs in Oregon. Join other Creative Industries professionals for a celebration of inspiration, imagination and innovation, featuring local and national creative thought-leader presenters. The Portland Creative Conference is an interdisciplinary exploration of the creative process across creative industries professions. The conference features keynote presentations from leading creative thinkers who reveal their work and let us in on their secrets, influences and inspirations. It is an opportunity for attendees to get inside the head of visionaries who are generating original and effective ideas for fun & profit and to be inspired in entirely new ways, viewing their own world with a fresh perspective as a result.
Confirmed Speakers (subject to change) include: Jim Kouf – Screenwriter (National Treasure, Rush Hour, Stakeout), Producer (Con Air, Ghost Whisperer, Angel, Grimm) David Greenwalt – Producer (X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Eureka, Grimm), Writer (Wonder Years, X-Files, Buffy, Miracles, Angel, Grimm), Director (Help Wanted Kids, Double Switch). Rob Legato – Special Effects Supervisor, Avatar, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Titanic, Apollo 13, Armageddon and others. Brynn Bardacke – Global Creative Director, Coca-Cola Peter Richardson – Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner for documentary How to Die in Oregon Robert Thompson – architect & design director at TVA Architects (Nike campus, Matthew Knight Arena at the U of O, Fox Tower, Proctor & Gamble HQ) Naomi Pomeroy – Chef, Bravo’s Top Chef Masters TV show Irene Taylor Brodsky – Documentary Director, Saving Pelican 895, Hear & Now Robyn Tenenbaum – Producer of OPB’s Live Wire! radio show For more info and to register, visit the Creative Conference Website.
Columbia Gorge International Film Fest The Fourth Annual Columbia Gorge International Film Fest takes place at various venues in Vancouver, WA from August 10-14, 2011 and will feature over 300 films. A rough schedule follows. For more information, visit the Columbia Gorge International Film festival website. Wed, Aug 10 — 7:30pm — Opening Night at Kiggins Theater Thu, Aug 11 — 10:00am start — Film screenings all day Fri, Aug 12 — 10:00am start — Film screenings all day Sat, Aug 13 — 10:00am — Film Screenings starts 7:30pm — Awards Ceremony 10:00pm — Special event screening Sun Aug 14 — 10:00am — Winners rescreen all day
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The Love of Beer Premiere The first annual PDX Beer Week presents the world premiere of The Love of Beer, Alison Grayson’s documentary celebrating women in the craft beer industry at the Bagdad Theater (3702 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd, in Portland) on Saturday, August 20th at 7:30 PM. Admission is $6 and advance tickets can be purchased at Cascade Tickets. More than two years in the making, the film examines why women—a small segment of the craft beer industry—do what they do, from their everyday lives to their struggles in work. It’s not for feminism or equality, it’s for “The Love of Beer.” Brought to you by the first annual PDX Beer Week with presenting sponsors Google Places, Yelp!, Deschutes Brewery, and Bend Brewing, the August 20 premiere at the world-renowned McMenamin’s Bagdad Theater will be an event you won’t want to miss. Much more than the first screening of the documentary, it will also feature a panel of special guests, including subjects of the film Bend Brewing Brewmaster Tonya Cornett; Sarah Pederson, owner of famous North Portland bottle shop, beer bar, and pasty tavern Saraveza; Founder of the Pink Boots Society, Teri Fahrendorf; and Deschutes Brewing’s Veronica Vega. All of the panelists will be speaking about the film and their experiences in the industry, and the session will be MC’d by the Beer Goddess herself, Lisa Morrison. It all starts at 7:30pm when the doors open for drinks and a
meet-and-greet, followed by the panel discussion on-stage at 8:30pm and the roughly 75 minute documentary premiere at 9:00pm. Details on the event’s afterparty are soon to follow. $3 pint specials from Deschutes and Bend Brewing will be available all evening. For more on the movie, visit the website. Running time (without credits) 70 minutes Music by FocusFocus!, Jessie Dettwiler and Brent Rogers Additional Editing/Graphics by Garrett Russell Color by Chris Borges-Silva at Rex Post Audio Sweetening done by Rex Post
Thoughts from filmmaker Alison Grayson: About three years ago I impulsively moved from Philadelphia to Portland and lived with a friend who was involved with the Portland craft beer industry. I was blown away by how instantly warm and welcoming this community was—it was unlike anything I had ever seen. The craft beer community quickly became my second family, and I started incorporating my background in video production by making short videos for friends’ beer blogs, festivals, etc. I started going to more events and met more and more people in the community and in the industry. I began to notice a huge disconnect between the vast amount of women beer consumers and the sparse number of women who worked in the beer industry. After meeting inspirational women like Sarah Pederson, Tonya Cornett, Lisa Morrison, and Teri Fahrendorf, I knew that I had to make Serving the Pacific Northwest a documentary celebrating the amazing women in the industry and introduce others to the community I Producers. Directors. Writers. Cinematographers. Editors, Graphic Designers had fallen in love with. This Award-Winning documentary has been funded Industry Professionals by fundraising events and in Development and through Kickstarter, and would Production for not have been able to be Network Television, 503.449.5046 completed without the support Cable, Independent Film, 360.910.7211 of the community. I can’t Commercial and Corporate. www.duckupproductions.com Fortune 500 Client List. thank everyone enough.
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Polara Studio Presents a New Seth Resnick Event with ASMP Oregon Seth Resnick offers two seminars at Polara Studios (614 SE Hawthorne Blvd., in Portland) on Thursday, August 18, 2011 from 6:30 to 9:30 PM , with a social time in advance at 6:00 PM. The cost is $10 for ASMP Members and Professional Association members (Free to Student members), $20 for non-members and $5 for Students. Pre-registration is required to be eligible for door prizes. Part 1: SEEING COLOR Creating Dynamic & Saleable Images. Experiences, sights, sound and smells fuel creativity. Sitting still won’t bring new ideas in; experimenting and trying new things will jog your creativity. Rather than just taking pictures this seminar will help refine your creative vision and help you create more effective and compelling images bringing your creativity to a new level.
Oregon Animation Blog Launched Following the successful effort by the Oregon Governors Office of Film & Television to create a voice for the Oregon industry on it’s Oregon Confluence blog, the Office convened a group of Oregon animation and visual effects professionals and asked them how a site dedicated to their segment of the industry might be received. After lots of lively conversation and great ideas, it became clear that there was great interest, and that it would be very helpful for drawing attention to the fact that Oregon has more than just great locations, amazing acting and crew talent, and a terrific film incentive program.
Part 2: THE BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND INDUSTRY TRENDS IN A CHANGING MARKET We all know that to be competitive we must stay ahead both artistically and technologically. However, few of us have changed our business tactics to compete in the global marketplace, and the business has changed—dramatically! Topics Tackled include Determining Your Price, Providing Digital Receipts, Copyright, Model Releases, Negotiating Tactics, Social Networking, Licensing Stock, Fine Art and more! Seth Resnick is one of North America’s most prolific corporate, editorial and stock photographers and past President of the Editorial Photographers Group (EP). Seth is one of 65 photographers worldwide named as a Canon Explorer of Light. Seth also produces workshops specifically designed for photographers through D-65. Recently, Seth was chosen by PDN, Photo District News as one of the 30 Most Influential Photographers of The Decade. For more information contact Michael Shay (ASMP Marketing/PR) at (503) 233-4028 or visit the ASMP Oregon website.
As a result of this collaboration, the OregonAnimation.com blog is now up and will feature postings from people in the local animation, visual effects, and digital media community; as well as several case studies of recent projects that have utilized Oregon’s animation and visual effects talent. OregonAnimation.com, like “The Confluence,” is a community driven blog; it will highlight the work of Oregonian professionals, and it will be curated by people who are themselves members of the community. If you are an animator, visual effects professional, or a firm that offers these services, the blog needs your help. Considering the important role that animators and visual effects professionals have in telling stories on screens big and small, the blog is seeking professionals in the community to join the effort to showcase Oregon’s community of animation and visual effects talent. If you have an idea for a posting for this site, please email the current site curator Robert Lewis or the site’s coordinator, Nathan Cherrington.
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Deep Green Films Offers Production Equipment Rentals Includes 10% discount on 1st equipment rental for OMPA members
In the spring of 2008, Deep Green Films bought top of the line production equipment in order to shoot the feature length documentary Deep Green—Solutions to Stop Global Warming Now. Deep Green Films invested in the purchase of a Sony HDW F900R camera, Sony PMW-EX1 camera, Fujinon lenses, an HDCAM tape deck, a Sanyo HD portable projector, and a world class sound kit to produce this high quality documentary. With the recent completion of the final cut of Deep Green, this equipment is now available for rental to industry professionals who know the value of quality, low mileage gear. Deep Green Films is offering discounted rental rates for local production professionals with the intention of depreciating the value of the equipment through use and ultimately donating this gear to a local educational program.
Carey Weatherford shooting Deep Green in China with the Sony HDW F900R Camera.
The Sony HDW F900R Camera Package is a great deal for industry professionals who prefer to output on to HDCAM for broadcast quality HD footage. The package includes a Fujinon 18x7.6 lens, and by renting this package you get a special discount on the rental of the Sony HDW-D1800 HDCAM Tape Deck. In addition, Deep Green offers tapedigitizing services and has an inventory of HDCAM tape stock. This camera package rental is guaranteed to satisfy your client with the superior image quality, your camera operator with the streamlined output, and your producer by cutting your budget in half. Also, the Sony HDW-D1800 HDCAM Tape Deck rental is tailored to the needs of industry professionals who have tape stock to digitize or content to submit to festivals and broadcasters. This is a great deal for editors with clients who require output on HDCAM as well as the flexibility of built in up-converters and down-converters allowing multiple format outputs. Finally, the Projection Package includes a Sanyo PDG-DHT100L HD Portable Projector, a 14’ x 7.5’ screen, and two JBL PRX612M 12 inch self powered speakers. This is ideal for filmmakers who would like to see their productions projected in high definition Blu–ray for superior image and sound quality. Great for local festivals, screenings, music events, and corporate events. Help Deep Green Films reduce (your budget), reuse (our equipment), and recycle (to a school). If you are interested in reviewing a rate sheet send a request to Jen Wechsler or download the rental kit.
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Announcing
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The Hays Companies team takes their golfing seriously!