OMPA Callsheet Newsletter - August 2014

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Oregon’s Resource for the Media Production Industry

You should join OMPA. If you get work from commercial, film, TV, interactive or new media production in Oregon, you already benefit.

If you don’t work enough, OMPA helps you explore the production community and find your path.

www.ompa.org/memberdrive Aug 4: Seminar on DIY Theatrical Distribution Aug 28: OMPA Portland Chapter welcomes Portland Film Festival and House of Last Things Sept 27: OMPA’s Oregon Performers Expo and OMPA Green Carpet Awards

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President’s Letter Dear Industry member: As the President of Oregon Media Production Association, I want to thank you for giving us the ability to serve you. OMPA strives to be the best advocate and resource it can be for Oregon’s media production industry. In an effort to improve our service to our membership and focus our efforts appropriately, we created a survey to collect your feedback. Can you please take a few moments to complete our short survey and let us know how we’re doing?

Know that this survey is completely confidential - unless you choose to include your name at the end.

This survey is open to current members, past members, and potential members of the organization. Please feel free to share it with your colleagues in the industry to help us collect as much feedback as possible. Everyone who responds will be entered to win a fabulous prize! It will just take a few minutes. Respond now by clicking here.

Some of the questions you will see on the survey include: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

What are the 3 most important things that OMPA does for you?

What areas can OMPA improve in?

What are your top sources of industry news?

What OMPA information do you find the most valuable?

What OMPA events have you found the most valuable?

What are the most important factors when deciding whether to attend an event?

How satisfied are you with the quality and value of OMPA events?

How satisfied are you with the overall professionalism of the OMPA Board of Directors?

How satisfied are you with the overall professionalism of the OMPA staff?

How satisfied are you with the responsiveness of OMPA? How satisfied are you with the way OMPA manages its business affairs?

Do you have any specific ideas about events you’d OMPA to host?

What additional benefits would you like to see OMPA offer?

Do you have any other suggestions for improvement of OMPA?

Many thanks,

Lisa Cicala OMPA Board President

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OREGON MEDIA PRODUCTION ASSN

08.2014 Board of Directors

Mission OMPA is a 501(c)6 non-profit trade association dedicated to the development, growth and enhancement of the film, video and multimedia industry in the state of Oregon.

Board of Directors

Lisa Cicala, President Nathaniel Applefield, Vice President & Gov’t Affairs Chair Dennis Gleason, Vice President & Chapters Chair Jamie Johnk, Secretary/Treasurer Slater Dixon Aaron Douglas, Fundraising Chair Jacqueline Gault, PR/Communications Chair Stefan Henry-Biskup Dennis Noreen Thomas Phillipson, Scholarships Chair Michael Ratoza Dave Spraker Christopher Toyne, Talent Committee James WilderHancock, Nominating Committee Chair

Volunteer Liaisons

Dayan Morgan-Sylvaen Portland Capter Chair Jeff Johnston Mid-Oregon Chapter Chair Stephanie Strahan Jobs Liaison Megan Drennen, Christian Henry Office Assistants Jennifer Kelley & David Freedman Talent Committee Chairs Martin Vavra Membership Committee Chair Sibyl Lazzara PR Liaison Gretchen Miller & Roland Gauthier Post-Production Chairs Enrique Arias Regional Gov’t Coordinators Chair

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2014 Portland Film Festival Announces Lineup, Aug 26-Sep 1 Over 150 hours of film and events on this year’s schedule The 2014 Portland Film Festival returns this summer for a week packed full of networking events, panels, workshops, music, and film premieres and screenings throughout the city. A number of actors and filmmakers will be on location all week to interact with festival goers and screen their work.

The festival kicks off with an opening night red carpet party at Lola’s Room before the world premiere of Director Issac Feder’s comedy Sex Ed, starring Haley Joel Osment. Feder and Osment will be in attendance for the premiere, as well as co-stars Abby Elliott (SNL) and Chris Williams (Dodgeball). A local film, Glena, will also screen on opening night at the Mission Theater. Glena was directed by Allan Luebke. Both films will be followed by an after party at the Crystal Ballroom.

Day two of the festival is filled with networking events and screenings, including a panel of women in the film industry, multiple screenwriting classes, and the Portland premiere of the local film I Play with the Phrase Each Other, directed by Jay Alvarez.

Thursday features screenwriting workshops put on by Willamette Writers and a number of actor’s workshops and networking events. In the afternoon, comedian Doug Benson (Super High Me) will be recording his podcast “Doug Loves Movies” live from the Mission Theater. His newest film, The Best Movie Ever Rolled, makes its Portland debut the following evening, with Benson in attendance. Closing out Thursday evening is a networking event sponsored by OMPA, followed by the Portland premiere of House of Last Things, directed by Michael Bartlett.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday bring the festival outdoors with days filled with local food, drinks and music, as well as free events and film screenings in Wallace Park (Friday and Saturday) and Waterfront Park (Sunday). Sunday will be the culmination of the festival, ending with a free outdoor screening of the film Bronx Obama, which follows the story of Louis Ortiz, an unemployed father from the Bronx turned Barack Obama impersonator. Mr. Ortiz will be in attendance for the screening and the closing night party in the park which follows.

The final day of the festival closes out the week with special guest Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones), who will be screening Road to Paloma, an independent film directed by and starring himself.

For a more detailed schedule of events, and to purchase festival passes and tickets, please visit www.portlandfilmfestival.com

Opening night of the 2013 Portland Film Festival, on the red carpet with director Kelly Richardson.

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VEEPS: PROFILES IN INSIGNIFICANCE Premieres at the Portland Film Festival August 30th at Cinema 21

From Portland natives, directors Mike Lay and Brett Warnock, writer Bill Kelter, and artist Wayne Shellabarger comes Veeps: Profiles in Insignificance, a new feature-length motion picture based on the book of the same name. A behindthe-scenes look at the creation of one of the most unlikely political homages of recent history, Veeps follows Kelter and Shellabarger from Portland/Vancouver to the 2008 Democratic & Republican Presidential conventions, followed by an abrupt detour into the American criminal justice system and the fleeting glare of the media spotlight.

Nearly seven years in the making, Veeps is an unscripted, original documentary of a journey as improbable as Kelter and Shellabarger’s Vice Presidential obsession.

They are joined by Portland actors

Shelley Darcy and John Killeen, and screen newcomers Tim Moxley and Bill Livesay.

Veeps premieres as part of the Portland Film Festival at 11:00 AM, Saturday, August 30th, at Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st Ave, Portland. Filmmaker Q&A immediately following. Tickets available through the Portland Film Festival.

Veeps: Profiles in Insignificance premieres August 30 at Cinema 21 in Portland.

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BENT Signs New West Coast Rep Internationally award-winning animation and visual effects studio BENT Image Lab has signed Yvette Represents as its new West Coast rep. Yvette Lubinsky, owner of Yvette Represents, brings 20 years of industry experience representing clients up and down the left coast.

BENT, which specializes in all forms of animation from stop motion to CG to 2D, etc. was excited to become a part of Lubinsky’s roster of impressive clientele.

“We are thrilled to be represented by Yvette,” says BENT Executive Producer Ray Di Carlo. “She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the industry and understands what BENT is and where we are going. I’m confident she is the right person to be our West Coast ambassador!”

Lubinksy reps companies from all aspects of the media industry including digital, production, visual FX, animation and post. She started her career at an agency working her way up to a broadcast producer position while developing a strong working knowledge of the agency side. Over her 20 year career Lubinsky has seen the media landscape dramatically evolve with emerging technology. She focuses on new ideas and opportunities for her companies vis-à-vis the digital door, seeking out content development

for any screen, not just commercials for TV. “The work speaks for itself and when clients respond to it you need a really strong company infrastructure with talented production behind it,” says Lubinsky. “BENT hits all the right notes.”

BENT, which keeps a strong commercial roster on deck and has produced long form programming for TV networks, has recently expanded into the digital domain as well as opening offices in New York and Europe.

Yet it’s their traditional animation roots that originally attracted Lubinsky to BENT. “I love stop motion! I find it fascinating,” says Lubinsky of BENT’s animation talents.

BENT welcomes Yvette Lubinsky of Yvette Presents at its new West Coast rep.

NW Documentary’s Homegrown DocFest Sunday, August 24, 6-8pm Hollywood Theater Come together on Sunday, August 24th at the Hollywood Theater (4122 NE Sandy Blvd), from 6:00-8:00pm, for local film, food, beer, and live music! NW Documentary’s “Homegrown DocFest” will feature locally-produced short documentaries made during the Summer 2014 DIY Documentary workshop series, where budding filmmakers research, write, direct, shoot, and edit their original films.

This new batch of short documentaries features an eclectic mix of abandoned

logging railroads, perceptions of the Islamic holiday of Ramadan, tales from gay Mormon missionaries, organic youth farms, and much more. Come and enjoy food, drinks, conversation with the filmmakers, and live music from Catherine Feeny and Chris Johnedis.

Proceeds benefit NW Documentary programs. Admission is $8 at the door and minors are welcome with parent/guardian.

Visit the event website for more info.

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The OPEs Are Coming! The OPEs Are Coming!

All photos by Melody Saunders

OMPA’s signature fall celebration of Oregon’s film & television industry, The Oregon Performer’s Expo: A Celebration of On-Camera Talent and The Green Carpet Awards (formerly Oregon’s Got Talent & the Superfine Actor Awards) is coming to life Sunday, September 28th in Lincoln Hall on the beautiful PSU Campus in downtown Portland. This OMPA event, presented in association with SAG-AFTRA, the Alliance of Professional Performers NW (APP-NW) and the Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA), kicks off at 1pm with a terrific afternoon of panels and a trade show, followed by an evening of socializing, entertainment and awards including a special award acknowledging a person who selflessly goes that extra mile in support of our Industry–often times behind the scenes–the Megann Ratzow Award (formerly the Above and Beyond award).

State Senator Ginny Burdick toasts a very good year.

While this particular event has a specific focus on celebrating and educating oncamera talent, it is in no way an exclusive actors-only celebration. It is, among other things, a celebration of the fact actors are now proudly being recognized as a viable

and valuable part of this Oregon industry community, joining our fellow brothers and sisters working on the other side of the lens in representing the scope and depth of the talent pool Oregon has to offer–one more natural resource securing work for us all in Oregon and, as such, as much their celebration as the actors’.

Inaugural winner, Jerry Buxbaum, accepts his Superfine Stunt Performer Award.

The panels this year include SAGAFTRA’s New Members Orientation, APPNW’s presentation for actors on watching out for themselves and their fellow performers in the workplace, a three-person panel of expert coaches discussing how an actor approaches on-camera acting, and a threeperson panel of stunt actors you’ll flip for!

The trade show features vendors offering pertinent information and goods including body workers on “the care and feeding of the instrument.”

08.2014 The OPE Awards, to be presented in the evening program, are given to actors, stunt performers and talent support for sustained excellence in craft and community building. The Megann Ratzow Award is given to that dedicated person who goes that extra mile “just because” to the benefit of all.

Nominations for the OPEs are now open and will be received from members in good standing of the sponsoring organizations.

Nominations may be registered online at www.ompa.org/awards.

9 The OPEs open at 1 PM with panels and trade show until 5:30 PM, moving into a gala reception from 5:45 to 6:45 PM and the Green Carpet Awards in the Lincoln Hall Theatre at 7 PM. This event is open to industry members and the general public. All are welcome!

There is free parking all day and evening in the PSU parking structure across Broadway.

Tickets are available at www.ompa.org/events Member, non-member and student prices.

Buy your tickets early - this event is expected to fill up quickly.

All OPE events will be in PSU’s newly renovated Lincoln Hall at 1620 SW Park.

For more information, check www.ompa. org/events or contact peacevoice7@gmail. com.

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Uncage the Soul Productions Produces Brand Story for The Ford Family Foundation OMPA member Uncage the Soul Productions was asked by The Ford Family Foundation to produce a new brand story on the history and programs of the foundation. The experience was a classic coming full circle story for Uncage the Soul Productions Producer, John Waller, who had received a scholarship from The Ford Family Foundation in high school and had

worked at Roseburg Forest Products to earn money for college. Returning to Roseburg and Roseburg Forest Products during the production was not only a reminiscent return to his roots, but a fulfilling opportunity to give back to an organization that had supported him nearly 20 years ago.

Watch the video by clicking on the image below.

Click to watch the Ford Family Foundation Story by Uncage the Soul Productions.

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The Cutting Edge Post-Production Tour Comes to Portland Aug 13 at Double Tree Hotel

The Cutting Edge Post-Production Tour with Adam Epstein, Saturday Night Live Film Unit Editor, will show exactly what it takes to go from an empty timeline to a high-quality, ready-for-broadcast piece.

By using the full, original source media and project files from some of the most popular recent pieces from the SNL Film Unit, Adam will share numerous techniques, theories and editorial insight into what goes into taking a piece from start to finish while under intense delivery deadlines.

Designed for filmmakers and editors of all stripes, this all-day workshop will show you how to increase your speed and storytelling effectiveness, plus whatever piece you need to deliver and add your own unique voice.

Full Day Seminar includes: - Staying Organized & Working Clean - Tailoring Your Workflow to Fit the Project at Hand - Setting Up the Editing Room - Different Styles of Editing for Different Projects - Keying & Compositing - Working with Audio - Plug ins and Add-ons to Take Your Work to Another Level - What it Means to be an Editor Today - Live Demos Showing the Entire Process Full Day Seminar includes: - Bringing Value Beyond the Edit - Breaking Down Scenes - Communication, Collaboration & Your Unique Voice - Shooting for the Edit

The Full Experience Ticket includes both the Day and Evening programs plus Adam Epstein’s Digital Presets, Daytime HD DVD Download and a free pass to the 2015 NAB Show. You can also register for just the Daytime program or just the Evening Program.

To get more details about the workshop, visit www.cuttingedge.mzed.com.

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“The Kid” Leaves on Festival Journey...

Starting at Home Hawk Productions Inc. and producer Laurie Slater are proud to announce the premiere of director Jeff Winograd’s short film, “The Kid.” Produced entirely in Portland, Oregon, this film is a collaborative effort made with the help of a big crew of Portland talent. The film will appear as part of the Portland Film Festival’s Experimental Shorts program on August 30th, 2014 at the Clinton Street Theater.

The film features music from Portland native and multi-instrumentalist for the Decemberists and Black Prairie, Jenny Conlee-Drizos, as well as her husband, Steve Drizos, the longtime drummer for Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons.

Lead actor Ethan Reed McKay brings a wealth of experience to this project even at his young age. He has become one of Portland’s first names and has appeared in a variety of recent projects, including two short films appearing in the Portland Film Festival this year. Cinematographer

Ryan Walters, who has become known for his tremendous work and informative blog on cinematography crafted a look that was at once filmic and classic while taking full advantage of modern technology. Animator Clint Beastwood added a whole additional dimension to the film bringing to life the idea of a mixed medium art piece that blended visual styles, audio compositions, and a story that takes on many dimensions while carrying us through a simple experience.

Director Jeff Winograd set out to craft this film to take full advantage of the short film as an art form. Pulling from the wealth of talented cast and crew right in his own backyard, this became a truly collaborative project with everyone bringing a strong sense of themselves to a project that is about finding one’s self in a complicated world. The film is proud to premiere here in Portland where it was written, produced, and edited.

The crew going the extra mile to get the shot for “The Kid,” directed by Jeff Winograd.

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Upcoming MOPAN Chapter Events:

Aug 14 at Hole in the Wall BBQ & Sept 18 at Travel Lane County Gateway Center The next regularly scheduled meeting of OMPA’s MOPAN Chapter is Thursday August 14th at the Hole in the Wall BBQ, 1807 Olympic St in Springfield. Per usual, schmoozing starts around 6:30 with anything formal happening scheduled to start around 7pm. At the moment the August event will be a social schmooze/mixer and “run what ya brung” video presentation night with the possibility of a speaker if we can round one up. The next month, we have a howto presentation scheduled for the evening of September 18 at the Travel Lane County Gateway Center. The subject is: Going after filmmaking-eligible grant money, as told by a professional in that arena.

We encourage our members and friends to suggest ideas for new venues for our meetings as well as ideas for interesting speakers for our MOPAN meetings and social events. The venue needs to be located for the generally Eugene- or

Springfield-centric members who attend the meetings, and the space needs to be a semi-private room or area which, ideally, would include a TV and related hardware for media presentations. The space would also need to be free as we don’t have a budget for these venues.

Our members are also encouraged to propose ideas for meeting presenters.

These should be persons of general interest to the membership and the subject can be technical, artistic, economic, or even political if the content is pertinent to our members. We hope our members can give this some thought and contact us with your ideas.

Remember, these meetings are for you, and getting the most out of them also means contributing to help make them better.

Send all suggestions to MOPAN Chapter President Jeff Johnston at 541-914-1152 or splco-mwry@comcast.net.

OMPA Portland Chapter Presents Networking Event at Portland Film Festival Aug 28 at Mission Theater

The Portland Chapter of OMPA presents Meet Your (film) Maker, an industry networking event, as part of the 2014 Portland Film Festival.

Join with other film industry professionals at the Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan St, Portland) from 6:00 to 7:30

PM on Thursday, August 28 and then stay for the screening of House of Last Things by Oregon filmmaker Michael Bartlett.

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“This is Your Theater” Presents FIRE WALK WITH ME Friday, Aug 1 at Hollywood Theatre 30 more tickets needed and it’s on.

You voted for it as the next “This is Your Theater” film. Now you can make it happen. On Friday, August 1 at 7:30pm, “This is Your Theater” presents David Lynch’s cult classic TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME—but only if you help!

We need just 30 more people to commit to purchasing tickets, and then the screening is on! Commit to purchase here.

FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992): A prequel to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s acclaimed TV series “Twin Peaks” (1990-91), the film begins with an FBI investigation into the murder of a waitress in the small Washington town of Deer Meadow, until one of the investigating agents inexplicably disappears. One year later, in the nearby town of Twin Peaks, events are unfolding in the last week in the life of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), a troubled teenage girl struggling with two boyfriends (Dana Ashbrook and James Marshall), a drug

addiction, and a tense relationship with her difficult, possibly schizophrenic father Leland (Ray Wise). Contains sex, drugs, violence, very loud music, and the kind of inexplicable imagery you’ve come to expect from David Lynch.

Help us make this screening happen— buy your tickets today!

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Fresh Film Northwest Accepting Submissions through Aug 15 The Northwest Film Center’s Fresh Film Northwest 2014 (formerly the Young People’s Film Festival) is a free-to-enter festival that celebrates the next generation of regional filmmakers by showcasing their work and circulating it around the region and beyond. It is one of the oldest and largest youth film festivals in the nation.

The purpose of the festival is to provide recognition for individual talent, to showcase model examples of how media arts can be taught in schools, and to engage youth, parents, educators, and our community partners in building the Northwest regional youth media community. The festival works in partnership with a range of youthfocused community partners to solicit

entries, generate audiences, and circulate outstanding selections.

Submissions are judged by a jury panel of professional filmmakers and educators.

Individual and group submissions from youth ages 13 to 19 are accepted. The festival is now accepting online submissions through Submittable. The annual deadline is August 15th. There is no entry fee.

The festival is made up of two components: a free public screening presented in November in the Whitsell Auditorium as part of the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival and an online version, which makes offerings available year-round.

More info, including submission forms, can be found here: www.nwfilm.org/festivals/freshfilm

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Northwest Film Center School of Film Fall Registration Opens Since its founding in 1972, the School of Film has been a place where individuals have found and cultivated their personal voices as storytellers. Its classrooms and facilities bring a diverse cross-section of community members together for skillbuilding, friend-making, and technical support. The School of Film is a center

where access, aesthetics, and action combine to help people realize their aspirations and where new films and filmmakers are launched into the community.

Registration is now open for the Fall term at the School of Film. To view available classes and to register, visit the Northwest FIlm Center’s website.

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SEMpdx Presents Sixth Annual Rooftop Networking Party Aug 12 at Embassy Suites in Portland Join the old school networking in old town Portland at the Embassy Suites in downtown Portland. Good food, drinks and conversations as a DJ spins tunes. SEMpdx members consist of a mix of agencies, independent freelancers and in-house marketers.

Location: Embassy Suites 319 SW Pine St., Portland, OR 97204 Date: Tuesday, August 12 Time: 5:30 to 9:00 PM Cost: $20 through Wednesday, August 6

$30 after August 6

$40 at the door To purchase tickets, visit the event website.

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Clackamas County Celebrates Film Industry On June 28, about 250 invited guests received a backstage tour of a network television program being produced in Clackamas County.

The invitation-only event for the Oregon Media Production Association was hosted by Electric Entertainment and sponsored by Clackamas County Business and Economic Development Department, Tourism and Cultural Affairs and PGE. Guests were treated to an exclusive tour of the set of the upcoming TNT television series The Librarians. A portion of the 10-episode series is being filmed at a warehouse in the Clackamas Industrial Area. The show’s production is projected to create approximately 750 full-time jobs held almost exclusively by Oregonians and infuse about $26 million into the local economy.

The Librarians premieres Dec. 7 on TNT. Electric Entertainment has been involved in the filming of previous TNT series, including Leverage which ran for five seasons.

Working with the Governor’s Office of Film and Television, Clackamas County provides support to the film, video and multimedia industry to support the industry’s investment in the county.

The economic development team is responsible for marketing and attracting media-related businesses to Clackamas County. An example of that support and assistance is the countywide permitting process that simplified and streamlined permitting for potential film locations within the county, which recently received a National Association of Counties Achievement Award.

Guests at the June networking event experienced exclusive tours of the set for the TNT show The Librarians.

OMPA Board Member Aaron Douglas (left) and Portland Chapter Chair Dayan Morgan-Sylvaen enjoyed the hospitality at the June networking event.

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Hollywood Theatre Creates New Media Arts Program for Underserved Youth A new initiative from Hollywood Theatre at Open Meadow Middle School has been made possible by a generous $280,000 grant from the Oregon Community Foundation, $100,000 from the Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission, and $10,500 from the Oregon Arts Commission.

The Hollywood Theatre has already had a three year partnership with Open Meadow High School (OMHS), and coupled with nearly a decade of working with underserved, middle school age youth, they will “cultivate a sustainable, community powered, schoolbased media arts program at OMMS, bolstering engagement with students’ families and the surrounding community, and increasing the expertise of educators in the area of media arts.”

The Hollywood Theatre Studio at OMMS says they aim to increase the capacity of Hollywood Theatre (HT) education programs by building out an unused classroom to create a state of the art, mobile media studio which will expand HT’s existing education programming,

facilitate teacher trainings with the goal of integrating media arts across curricula, and serve as a resource center and access point for out of school arts opportunities at the HT and beyond, connecting students to the larger media arts community.

The HT Studio at OMMS will serve 300 students and facilitate the production of an equal number of media arts projects over the course of a 5-year period. We project that studio programs and activities will increase student performance in a number of targeted, measurable areas, including self confidence, initiative, teamwork skills, problem solving and feelings toward school, bolster engagement with students’ families and the surrounding community, and increase the expertise of educators in the area of media arts.

The Hollywood Theatre Studio has a number of production labs across Portland.

They already work with Grant High School, Native American Youth Family Center, da Vinci Arts Middle, Faubion and Arleta SUN School.

Click to view the trailer for Hollywood Theatre’s media arts education programs for youth.

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2015 POWFest Seeking Sponsors and Submissions Over the past seven seasons POWFest has developed relationships with a variety of national and local sponsors – some that have been with us since our very first festival! We want to thank all of our current and returning sponsors for their support!

Interested in supporting the 2015 POWFest? Check out our 2015 Sponsorship Kit for all the details!

Additionally, the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) is now accepting entries for its eighth annual festival scheduled to take place March 12 – 15, 2015. POWFest places a spotlight on women directors by showcasing their work and empowering the community of women in film. POWFest encourages women to find their voice and to share their stories through innovative and quality filmmaking.

We feature the work of today’s top women directors, honoring the true pioneers

while providing support and recognition for the next generation of leading women filmmakers. Past Guests of Honor include: Allison Anders, Kathryn Bigelow, Gillian Armstrong, Amy Heckerling, Barbara Kopple, Penelope Spheeris, Ondi Timoner and Joanna Priestley.

Click here to submit your film.

The Portland, Oregon Women’s Film Festival returns to the Hollywood Theatre in March 2015. The festival is now taking submissions and sponsors.

Women in Film-Portland Hosts Evening Meetup Thursday, August 6 at Vie de Boheme in Portland Throughout the year, WIF hosts and partners on various workshops and special engagements. The events are usually open to the public and may be at no charge, or reduced rate to members. Venues and attendance restrictions will vary, as will general public admittance charges.

The next WIF event in Portland in the Evening Meet-up. WIF-PDX Meet-ups are opportunities for members and non-

members to connect – to talk about projects, pool resources, network or to simply get to know one another.

Event Details Date: August 6, 2014 Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM Place: Vie de Boheme

1530 SE 7th Ave, Portland, OR Cost: Free for members, non-members $5

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Governators Dominate OMPA Classic Croquet Zarr Studios and crew take 1st Place Golf From the OMPA Sports Desk, Welches - Congratulations Nathan Cherrington and his wife, Lisa, AKA The Governators, who trounced all comers at the five-hour croquet tournament of the OMPA Classic powered by Zarr Studios on July 11th. The Governators, representing the Oregon Governor’s Office of Film and Television, upset Barefoot Bullseyes Signa Cheney and Curtis Kidwell of Bullseye Disc, who were in fact as barefoot as they advertised. The defending champions, Defending Champions, Tim Oakley and Aaron Douglas, were easily trounced in the first rounds, as were many other former and aspiring croquet champs. Play ensued all day in the double elimination, regulation tournament under ideal weather conditions.

Golf teams joined croquet guests and other VIPs at the dinner also sponsored

by Zarr Studios, hosted by comedian Ron Osborn and OMPA executive director Tom McFadden, who were among the evening’s many special guests. Quite a few stellar raffle prizes were handed out by the Red Thread Prize Patrol, as well as the following athletic awards: ● Bill Floyd of ABS awarded the Women’s KP to Kim Coleman from R2C Group – who also won the Strategy Insurance Women’s Long Drive (awarded

by Dennis Noreen!) ● Men’s KP was awarded to JohnMichael Pilot of Zarr Studios team ● Pacific Grip & Lighting Men’s Long Drive winner was Shane Fusion ● Putt Putt winner Michael Fried, representing SAG-AFTRA Portland Local ● Jesse Lee Vint accepted First Place Golf Award on behalf of the Zarr Studios’ team, which included Dennis Troutman, Daniel Baldwin and David Morgan, with an unbelievable score of 53

● Last place was earned by actors Danny Bruno and Hank Cartwright (Wesen Bud Wurstner and Jerry Baxter on TV’s Grimm) who golfed for Wurstner Refrigerator Repair ● Joel Krebs, D.C. Rahe, Brad Boyer and Shane Fusion of team Lucky Limo snatched 2nd place in golf; and Dan Hergert, Jon Stengle, John O’Connell and Jack Johnson of team CMD caught 3rd After-Party Lights Up Welches The no-requests-necessary DJ Pan Am warmed up a party so bright that it torched a bonfire and 18 holes of glowing puttputt. The party ensued until the security came and attempted to shut it down. The association says they are still determining what authority the chief of security has to enforce noise ordinances in unincorporated areas. However, in respect to the local community, the musical portion of the event did conclude at 10pm. The appearance of the po-po did not dissuade the Oregon independent production community dance tribe (led of course by Ms. Jacqueline Gault) from doing their own, often weird, thing.

Photography to document the day’s events may be uploaded directly to, and viewed at, the various Facebook posts covering the event, including shots from Cine Rent West’s Photo Hole.

Steve Dorsey contributed as auctioneer to help the association raise much-needed funds for itself and for its Media Arts Education scholarship. OMPA is the trade association for Oregon’s commercial, film and television production industry, including motion pictures in the form of video games, web apps and advertising.

It was at last year’s OMPA Classic at which the legislative gains made by the trade association—in the form of tax credit

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funded filmmaker recruitment dollars— were officially announced. This year the mood was jolly with increased business opportunities throughout the region.

This year, thanks to OMPA’s work, that film incentive now includes incentives for video game development which helped incubate the titles Godzilla Live and three other yet-to-be-released games by Pipeworks Software in Eugene, as well as titles from Chroma Games and Fullbright.

Organizers say the only downside of all this business and the resulting Oregon

man-hours was that event attendance suffered as a result of the busier local economy.

“With three television shows and other projects shooting at the same time, it is hard to get a crowd to come out on a Friday,” says OMPA director Tom McFadden.

Even with that, the event brought almost 200 people to The Resort in Welches, some even via the association’s chartered luxury shuttle sponsored by Lucky Limo, which left from the NE Portland location of computer seller TD Curran.

Governators Lisa and Nathan Cherrington (pictured with Will Vinton and members of his team The Vintones) defeated all comers to win the 1st Place in the OMPA Classic croquet tournament, powered by Zarr Studios.

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Announcing Elizabeth Fournier

503-704-5344, 503-637-5020 elizabethfournier@yahoo.com Actor represented by Actors in Action

Patricia Fraker

503-750-9964 fraker33@comcast.net Actor represented by Actors in Action

ZF Creative Zen Freese

Portland Chapter

541-227-3761 zen.freese@gmail.com Freelance producer/director

Jacob Bean-Watson

bean_man80@yahoo.com Actor represented by Option Model and Media

David Bodin

971-219-2338, 503-238-4677 dabodin@easystreet.net Actor represented by Dangerfield Talent & Literary

Sam Cole

541-968-1804 oldsamcole@gmail.com Student studying Multimedia & Video Production at Portland Community College

Charles Hanlon

610-955-7989 charleshanlon@outlook.com www.linkedin.com/in/crhanlon Student studying Electronic Media at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Brady Holden

617-584-8034 brady.holden@gmail.com http://www.bradyholden.com Freelance producer

Joseph Jatcko

Jason Deymonaz

503-522-1333 jasondeymonaz@gmail.com Production assistant

503-347-4477 joejatcko@gmail.com Student of Liberal Studies/Film at Reed College

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Stephen Kimbrell

mightyriverflow@gmail.com Student studying Video Production & Digital Multimedia at Portland Community College

Tim Moran

503-866-7455 txomoran@yahoo.com Student studying Digital Multimedia Communications (Film Studies) at Clackamas Community College

Daniel Stump

717-330-4027 daniel.stump@gmail.com www.vimeo.com/danstump Student studying Media Production at Brown University.

Grace Us With Beauty Amy Young

917-408-3837, 503-896-6052 graceuswithbeauty@gmail.com www.amyyoungmua.com Makeup artist

Daniel Nockles

503-317-1273 Dannockles@yahoo.com http://www.dannockles.net Production assistant, editor

flipmeover, llc Gary Ploski

914-233-3533, 203-910-9099 ompa@garyploski.com http://garyploski.com Actor represented by Actors in Action

Robert Projansky

503-236-5593, 503-502-3597 rprojanky@comcast.net Actor represented by Arthouse Talent & Literary

Jordan Snider

323-494-4364 jsnider@h5la.com Colorist, DIT and camera operator

Other/Out of State Tyler Farnsworth

tyfarnsworth@csumb.edu Student studying Cinematic Arts & Technology at California State University