Independent Filmmakers in Oregon and Portland: An Aaron Kirk Douglas Blog

Portland Community Media Wants Applications for Summer TV Series - May 4 - May 18 2016

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 01:15:00 +0000

Portland Community Media is taking applications from May 4 at 2 pm through May 18 at 9 pm.

All applications are processed on a first come, first served basis. To apply for a series, please visit www.pcmtv.org and log in.

Important information about series scheduling:

--New producers are required to submit two pilot shows to broadcast prior to applying for a series.

--New producers also need to set up a series project prior to applying for a series. Only producers with active accounts at PCM can create a project. Contact front desk staff for assistance with your account.

--If you choose multiple options for air time and production days in your series application, you may have a better chance of securing a series.

--Summer series will run from July 1 through September 30.

Questions? Please contact programming@pcmtv.org. If you're interested in the full series scheduling calendar for 2016, check it out here.

Thanks,

PCM Staff

Film Fests Deciphered! Free Filmmaker Meetup February 16th 2015 @ Pro Photo Supply Event Center 6:30pm

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:59:00 +0000

Please join me as I moderate a panel discussion on to maximize your success on the film festival circuit from prominent Oregon filmmakers and festival programmers

The PORTLAND FILM MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION MEETUP in association with the OMPA and PRO PHOTO SUPPLY invites you to this free seminar!

http://www.meetup.com/ticketing/ticket_printable/?event_id=220030397

New York Times: Filmmaking as an Investment

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:23:00 +0000

"Investing in a movie seems a risky proposition. Movie studios lose tens of millions of dollars on films almost every week. But for some amateurs, being part of the film festival circuit, let alone making it to a big Hollywood premiere, can be glamorous. For a serious investor, with more at stake, there are many ways to make money in films that have little to do with box-office success." Read More

TheWatchBox is taking submissions for fee-split streaming

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:24:00 +0000

The Watchbox is a new destination for viewers discover exciting, unusual, and never before seen content: from feature length films, to webisodes, to exclusive music concerts. The site allows visitors to browse and rent exclusive videos, but the Watchbox empowers content creators: upload your feature, set a price, leverage social media to get the word out, and start profiting. Don't forget to include extra features like behind the scenes footage, interviews, teasers, and trailers.

How it works: customers

Browse the site
Find a feature they want to watch
Purchase it
Watch it immediately by streaming it directly to a computer or mobile device

How it works: content providers

Upload your feature
Publish your feature
Market your feature
Get paid for every rental

How you get paid Every time a customer rents your feature you will earn 50% of the rental price. For example, if your title is rented at $4.99, you earn a royalty of $2.49. You may set your price to anything at or above the minimum rental price of $1.99.

Royalties are eligible for withdrawal 60 days after the sale is made; you may request payment of your eligible account balance from the content account page. Payments will be sent via PayPal to the email address on file in your account. Alternatively, you may request payment via check (a fee of $1.50 will be applied for each check issued).

What it costs

There is a onetime set up fee of $15 per feature.

Learn more at www.thewatchbox.com

Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Monster Camp: The Story Of Nero Seattle

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:28:00 +0000

In case you've missed it - here is Variety's review of Monster Camp. Yes, I was the co-producer, and yes, I still love this movie after all these years!

Monster Camp: The Story Of Nero Seattle Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Monster Camp: The Story Of Nero Seattle

Using social media to promote your film

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:26:00 +0000

Check out this article on promoting your film using social media from the International Documentary Association newsletter

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Tips for Great Documentary Films From "The Independent" Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:48:00 +0000

Two-time Emmy Award winner June Cross has written, produced, or edited about a dozen documentaries in a career that spans more than three decades. She is also an associate professor of Journalism at Columbia University, where she teaches graduate-level courses in reporting and documentary film. “There’s this idea that you roll on anything that moves,” Cross says. “That somehow you’re going to get back into the editing room and figure out how to make a documentary...it really doesn’t work that way.”
So how does it work? Read more:

Journalists' tips for making documentary films, 1/10 The Independent

Listen Up! Check out "Behind the Cutting Edge" documentary reviews

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:32:00 +0000

Dear readers:

I would have recommended this podcast even if they hadn't done a review of Monster Camp. Two guys in Alabama who love documentaries weigh in with their take on various documentaries they hear about from friends or stumble upon looking at Netflix.

Check out their latest podcast along with dozens of others; available for download at iTunes or from their website at http://www.behindthecuttingedge.com/

Bill and I just had a telephone conversation that was pretty amusing. In their podcast they thought that in the film Monster Camp, that a title card revealing that "Shane had a secret" might have been referring to the fact that Shane is gay. Well, Shane is gay but we didn't think that would be a secret to anyone. Actually the "secret" that the title cards refer to is that Shane was thinking of pulling the plug on NERO Seattle (now known as "Alliance LARP").

We had a few laughs and I encourage doc filmmakers to get in touch with Bill and send him a copy of your DVD for his consideration for his podcast. You can reach him via e-mail at behindthecuttingedge@gmail.com.

Indie Film Distributor Highlight - First Run Features - #filmmakers #PDX

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Established in 1979, First Run Features has released over 400 films with an average of 3-5 DVD titles each month.

First Run specializes in independent, documentary and foreign films. They have a large collection of GLBT films and most of their fiction films are dramas. The company releases a lot of films by first-time filmmakers and social issue documentaries. The majority of their titles are released digitally, so 35mm is not a requirement for limited theatrical release.

First Run is open to hearing about films that have received press from a festival or which are reviewed in an industry publication - so be sure to spend time marketing your film (and finding that coverage hook).

Indie Film Distributor Highlight - Cinema Libre Studio - #filmmakers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:49:00 +0000

Established in 2003, Cinema Libre Studio specializes in social issue documentaries and low-budget narratives "that make a difference."

Cinema Libre works with independent filmmakers on development, financing, production, and distribution.

Number of films distributed theatrically: 6-10 per year
Number of films released on DVD: 3 per month

Bestsellers: (Theatrical) Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism and (DVD) My First Wedding.

Advice for filmmakers: (a) There are lots of documentaries on the market; (b) have actual knowledge of what the market is paying for films; (c) think about distribution during the financing and production; (d) save money to support a strong festival campaign or for marketing; (e) prepare deliverables during production.

IndieFlix - :: Veer

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:36:00 +0000

Just in time for the holidays! Get your own copy now of VEER -- the one and only documentary about Portland's bicycle culture, narrated by Matthew Modine.

VEER's festival screenings include the Lincoln Center in NYC and Portland's Living Room Theatres. IndieFlix - :: Veer

IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast with Freedom State Filmmaker Cullen Hoback Hosted By Lois Fein « IndieFlix

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Cullen Hoback shows us his indies! Well, actually, just one of them. "Freedom State" is discussed in this Podcast between Cullen and Lois Fein with our film distributor, IndieFlix of Seattle. Click below to listen.

IndieFlix Podcast Interview with Freedom State Filmmaker Cullen Hoback Hosted By Lois Fein

Why You Can't Ask For Money For Your Movie Using the Internet

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:44:00 +0000

This is one of the best legal summaries I've seen written on why you can't ask for money for your movie project using the Internet. If your project is sponsored by an IRS non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and you are asking for donations, that would not necessarily apply. But seeking investors using the Internet runs afoul of the law.

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Future TV: Your Computer Screen?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:10:00 +0000

Here's some food for thought when creating your next film or video project. The Los Angeles Times reports that the computer is quickly replacing TV as the instrument of choice for watching many types of programming. Nearly 25% of all households watch programs online, compared to 20% last year.

Current and future entrepreneurs should keep this on their radar!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:34:00 +0000

The Small Business Administration has a new YouTube channel at (www.youtube.com/sba). Its recent debut featured a 60-second introduction to SBA, its programs and services, and a 10-part “Delivering Success” series co-produced with the U.S. Postal Service.

Future topics will cover how small businesses can take advantage of the Recovery Act loan programs, government contracting opportunities, exporting to increase market share, counseling and training on how to start and grow a small business, along with case studies and success stories.

Check out The Independent & Sign up for Their Newsletter!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:20:00 +0000

Visit the home page of The Independent for their latest "Must See" news:

Production Insurance: the basics
How to get a Hollywood Star for your film
Should you put yourself in your documentary?
Three approaches to marketing an independent film

The Independent is a publication of Independent Media Publications. They send two emails per month and they NEVER share or sell their list.

Click here to subscribe to The Independent's e-mail updates.

Interview Series Features Three Portland Filmmakers, July 29 from 7-8:30 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:53:00 +0000

Portland, Ore.--- The New Oregon Interview Series brings three prominent filmmakers together for an evening of intimate conversation on Wednesday, July 29th at Urban Grind East, 2214 NE Oregon from 7-8:30 p.m. Admission is $5. Refreshments available for purchase.

MTV’s How’s Your News? creator Arthur Bradford, experimental filmmaker Andy Blubaugh and human rights documentary-maker Alissa Nicole Creamer sit down to discuss their work and how our film culture is evolving.

Andy Blubaugh is a director and Sundance alumnus whose experimental short films have screened at over a hundred film festivals worldwide and he was named as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in 2007.

Alissa Nicole Creamer debuts her first feature, Never to Cry, with Barcelona’s TV3-Catalunya. Creamer has made numerous short-format documentary projects for NGOs in the U.S., Africa, Europe, and South America.

Arthur Bradford is the author of Dogwalker and an O. Henry Award recipient. His feature film How's Your News? about adults with disabilities conducting man-on-the-street interviews was broadcast on HBO, PBS, and the British Channel 4 before an MTV series based on the documentary aired in 2009.

Host Nora Robertson conceived the New Oregon Interview Series to find out how Portland’s blossoming creative culture has developed and where it’s headed. “A lot has changed in the past decade,” Robertson says. “The best perspective comes from the artists themselves—and the designers, writers, chefs, and venues who make things happen here.”

Audiences can sit in and join the discussions at eight live events, all slated for the last Wednesday of each month at Urban Grind East, near NE 20th Ave. and Sandy Boulevard. Over forty interviews will be published in a printed anthology; some are currently available online at www.neworegon.org. The series presents its music night on Wednesday, June 24, at Urban Grind East, 2214 NE Oregon St., from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Beer, wine, coffee, and light snacks will be available for purchase. Admission is $5 at the door, or $30 for a season pass to eight live events).

The New Oregon Interview Series is presented by New Oregon Arts and Letters, a 501c(3) nonprofit organization.

The rise of web video, beyond 2-minute clips

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:04:00 +0000

By BRIAN STELTER
Published: July 6, 2009
Producers and advertisers are discovering that users, aided by the screen-filling video that faster Internet access allows, will watch longer videos online.

To be sure, many of the most-watched videos are still as short as a song. But YouTube, the dominant video destination, recently recognized the trend and added a “Shows” tab to its pages, directing users to long-form TV episodes and movies. Jon Gibs, a vice president for media analytics for Nielsen, said online video — projected by eMarketer to be a $1 billion business in 2011 — is at a pivotal point.

Click to read the full New York Times Article.

The newest guide to film distributors now for sale!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:51:00 +0000

Now here's something that doesn't come along every day.

If you are an independent filmmaker and will have something completed in the next 12 months, or better yet, if you would like to approach a distributor to get their advice BEFORE you make your film, this is a great resource for you!

This is the first edition of The Independent's Guide to Film Distributors with the contact and acquisition details of nearly 200 U.S. distributors carefully chosen by The Independent's team for their focus on acquiring independent media - documentaries, narrative features, experimental films, shorts, and animation.

The book includes:

Comprehensive updated profiles of nearly 200 distributors with acquisition contacts and company descriptions, along with the genres, lengths and subject matters each acquires
Tips on approaching distributors, prepping your film for distribution, and handling the contract negotiation
In-depth interviews with leading independent distributors such as Cinema Guild, Facets Multimedia, and Samuel Goldywn Films.

Buy it for a limited time with an advance discount of 20% (you must use coupon code: FT3ET3BY). Click here to order. (Total cost with shipping is around $30.)

Review: Veer

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:49:00 +0000

Review: Veer “Truly Outstanding”

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Producers of web series test new release strategies

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:46:00 +0000

Video Business reports that companies moving to run new series and pilot shows online are involving their audiences in the initial creation phase as a way to get them hooked.

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POV Annual Call For Documentary Entries

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:33:00 +0000

The PBS documentary series POV is now seeking programs from all perspectives for broadcast. All subjects, styles and lengths are welcome. Unfinished films may be eligible for completion funds. Open call guidelines are now available at pov.org/forproducers. No paper forms will be mailed. Submission arrival deadline is June 30, 2009.

Use TweetBeep to See Tweets About Your Film!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:00:00 +0000

If your film is starting to play festivals and get buzz, have you set up Google Alerts for your film? If not you need to. Also, you need to set up a TweetBeep account so you can see what people are saying about your film on Twitter.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:18:00 +0000

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Quirky Cult Comedy Film "Freedom State" Debuts on Hulu.com

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:46:00 +0000

The quirky cult feature comedy film "Freedom State," shot in Oregon and SW Washington is now among fewer than 250 feature films available for streaming on the hugely popular web site HULU.com. This high-concept comedy centers on the exploits of eight mental hospital patients who awaken to discover that they've just slept through the apocalypse. Determined to find the edge of the world, the former residents of Lost Acres load into a short, yellow bus and embark upon a cross-country journey to rescue potential survivors and plant the seeds for a new society, fashioned to their liking.

Read the full release online:

Quirky Cult Comedy Film "Freedom State" Debuts on Hulu.com