PDX-FIles

Film & TV

25 Greatest Movies Never Made
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-25-greatest-movies-never-made-20140325

Film Makers Help The Gun Industry Stay Rich
http://defamer.gawker.com/hollywood-filmmakers-help-the-gun-industry-stay-rich-1551434547

"Game Of Thrones" Featurettes-Ready For The Purple Wedding?
http://www.pajiba.com/videos/ready-for-the-purple-wedding-hbo-fills-our-last-empty-sunday-with-four-new-game-of-thrones-featurettes-.php#.UziA6CiAd4E

And The DP Said, "Let There Be Light...In Darkness"
http://revision3.com/filmriot/light-a-dark-room/

History Of The Movie Trailer
http://filmmakeriq.com/2014/03/the-history-of-the-movie-trailer/?linkId=7800001

25 Fun Facts About "Back To The Future"
http://mentalfloss.com/article/55561/25-fun-facts-about-back-future

10 Directors To Go From Indie To Studio
http://www.indiewire.com/article/10-directors-to-go-from-indie-to-studio

Wes Anderson Takes The 4:3 Challenge!
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2014/03/26/the-grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson-takes-the-43-challenge/

TV's Most Inspired Title Sequences
http://www.empireonline.com/features/tv-title-sequences/

10 Movies With Recycled Footage From Other Movies
http://mentalfloss.com/article/55801/10-movies-recycled-footage-other-movies

How To Edit Go Pro Videos
http://mentalfloss.com/article/55801/10-movies-recycled-footage-other-movies

Case Studies In Invisible Effects
http://www.fxguide.com/featured/case-studies-in-invisible-effects/

Acting

Peter Dinklage Talks "Game Of Thrones"
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/03/25/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-season-4/

Why Auditioning Is Not Just Acting
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/why-auditioning-not-just-acting/

7 Tips For A Better Headshot
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/7-tips-better-headshot/

Those First 10 Seconds
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/those-first-10-seconds/

A Guide To Taratino's (Over) Acting Career

http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2014/03/guide-quentin-tarantinos-screen-appearances/

Portland

Filmed By Bike
http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/03/26/international-bike-culture-at-12th-annual-filmed-by-bike/

Trailer For local "Birds Of Neptune"
http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/03/26/official-trailer-for-birds-of-neptune-released/ 

DisOrient-Asian American Film Fest Of Oregon
http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/03/24/disorient-asian-american-film-festival-april-10-13-events/

Shorts

"Deus Ex"- Excellent Fan Film
http://kotaku.com/the-deus-ex-short-film-is-awesome-1551650154

"The Last Ten"-Another Great Film Noir-ish Short
http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/watch-the-last-ten-short-film.php

"Creepy Crawly"-Ascary!
http://www.horrorsociety.com/2014/03/28/creepy-crawly-premieres-online-watch-short-film-inside/

"Prospect"- Coming Of Age Sci-fi
http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/worth-watching-coming-of-age-alien-planet-sci-fi-short-prospect/

Web Series

Why Web Series Matter
http://www.ifp.org/resources/why-web-series-matter/

"Gable 5" With Eliza Duchku

http://io9.com/eliza-dushku-stars-in-a-web-series-about-developing-a-c-1553703014

"Sunken City"- New Orleans Webby
http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2014/03/sunken_city_new_orleans_web_co_1.html

'Watch Girl" Super Herione Webby
http://www.blackgirlnerds.com/2014/03/upcoming-superhero-web-series-watch.html

Lady Webby's To Watch
http://www.glamour.com/entertainment/blogs/obsessed/2014/03/funny-web-series-for-women-cle.html

PDX-FIles

FILM

Tough Questions From Film Investors

http://www.raindance.org/the-13-tough-questions-film-investors-ask/

Post Racial Revolution Will Be Televised

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/23/showbiz/sci-fi-post-racial/

Happy Birthday William Shatner! (March 22)

http://www.startrek.com/article/william-shatners-best-non-trek-performances

Wonderful Breakdown Of How Many People Work On A Hollywood Film

http://stephenfollows.com/how-many-people-work-on-a-hollywood-film/

20 Golden Rules For Self Finance-Crispin Glover

http://www.moviemaker.com/articles/wisdom-wednesday-crispin-glovers-20-golden-rules-of-self-financed-moviemaking/

New Pilot Trends

http://www.studiosystemnews.com/tv-upfronts-what-trends-are-in-the-new-pilots/

Kickstarter Via iTunes

http://mashable.com/2014/03/15/kickstarter-itunes-launch/

Wes Anderson On FIlm Making

http://nofilmschool.com/2014/03/wes-anderson-filmmaking-101-subtle-ways-director-pulls-you-into-his-films/

Quick Guide To Stedicams

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/a-quick-guide-to-steadicams/

FIlm Riot- Shooting Improv & Avoiding Cliches

http://revision3.com/filmriot/avoiding-cliches

21 Renowned DP's Share The Shots That Influenced Them

http://nofilmschool.com/2014/03/21-world-renowned-cinematographers-shots-that-influenced-their-work/

DIY Digital Distribution

http://www.indiewire.com/article/attention-filmmakers-diy-digital-distribution-platforms-for-you

First Look-Panasonic Lumix GH4 4k

http://www.motionvfx.com/mblog/zacutos_first-look_at_the_exciting_panasonic_lumix_gh4_4k_mirorless_camera,p3189.html

Will Short Streaming Video Kill Features?

http://www.soundandvision.com/content/changing-landscape-content-will-streaming-short-videos-kill-feature-film

ACTING

Jason Bateman On Differences Between Acting In TV And Movies

http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2014/03/15/jason_bateman_on_bad_words_the_differences_in_acting_in_tv_and_movies.html

7 Reasons You Won't Book That Commercial

http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/7-reasons-you-wont-book-commercial/

How To Prepare A Monologue

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Prepare-a-Monologue-for-an-Audition/

3 Categories Every Actor Should Examine

http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/secret-agent-man/3-categories-every-actor-should-examine/

Bradley Cooper Sinks CK's Theory

http://www.slashfilm.com/bradley-cooper-louis-ck/

15 Facts From Deadwood

http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2014/03/facts-deadwood/

Best A-List Cameo's

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/best-a-list-cameos?spr_id=1456_49788624

10 Smartest Movie Villains

http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/smartest-movie-villains.php

PORTLAND

Pitchlandia? Portland Could Host A Pitch Competition Show

http://siliconflorist.com/2014/03/18/portland-host-crowdfunded-startup-pitch-competition-portlandia-skit-nope-pitchlandia/

Local Production Nabs Barbara Crampton

http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/03/21/barbara-crampton-joins-polluted-pictures-love-sick/

Local Scorer Scores a Score

http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/03/21/portland-composer-duo-to-score-indie-science-fiction-feature-embers/

Departing  Director Of Oregon FIlm & TV Predicts big things coming!

http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/03/vince_porter_departing_head_of.html

Local FIlm Maker Searches For Lost Love

http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/03/20/ex-gi-local-filmmaker-larry-johnson-documents-search-for-lost-love-and-amerasian-child-in-vietnam/

SHORTS

Evolution Of FIlm..In 3 Mins

http://www.motionvfx.com/mblog/the_evolution_of_film_in_just_under_3_minutes_amazing_video_by_scott_ewing,p3188.html

Dark Noir- Stylish Animated Short

http://io9.com/a-fantasy-film-noir-about-a-beautiful-thief-who-steals-1548125314

Float

http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/float-piece-paper-goes-epic-journey-animated-short-film.php

Enormous-Giant... things!

http://www.horror-movies.ca/2014/03/video-full-enormous-short-arrived/

Lights Out...Be Ascared

http://popdust.com/2014/03/20/lights-out-short-film-david-sandberg/

Gregory Is A Dancer

http://www.ufunk.net/en/videos/gregory-is-a-dancer/

Superman With A Go Pro

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Superman-Viral-Video-Gives-You-POV-Shot-Kal-El-Flight-42165.html

WEB SERIES

Tiny World

http://boingboing.net/2014/03/19/short-films-about-imaginary-ti.html

"Rise Of The Orisha"-African Super Hero

http://www.iamthenublack.com/2014/03/20/trailer-first-look-at-nosa-igbenidions-african-superhero-short-film-rise-of-the-orisha/

DC Webbie

http://shine.forharriet.com/2014/03/web-series-to-watch-quarter-century.html

PDX-Files / News & Such

FILM

Best Irish Films
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/03/a_st_patricks_day_film_festival_no_blarney_only_the_best.html

Read Your Script? Ain't Nobody Got time For That!
http://www.filmmakingstuff.com/screenwriting-agents-do-not-have-time-to-read-your-script/

Film Riot-Invisible Mic and DIY Lighting
http://revision3.com/filmriot/invisible-mic

Green Screen Tips
http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/tips-shooting-blue-green-screen/

Black Magic 4k VS Canon 1DC
http://www.motionvfx.com/mblog/side-by-side_comparison_of_blackmagic_production_camera_4k_and_canon_1dc,p3160.html

Black Females In Film
http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/imdb-hollywood-black-women/

Mindy Kaling On How To Run A TV Show
http://www.indiewire.com/article/television/sxsw-10-things-we-learned-about-running-a-show-from-mindy-kaling


Match Moving For CG Elements
http://blog.digitaltutors.com/understanding-importance-matchmoving-integrating-cg-elements-live-action-footage/

Inside The Cameras Of "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
http://nyulocal.com/city/2014/03/12/inside-the-cameras-of-wes-andersons-the-grand-budapest-hotel/

Need For Speed: Behind The Curtain Tech
http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2014/03/need-for-speed-innovation-gear/

Hal Douglas:Voice Of God
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/voice-god-hal-douglas-transformed-hollywood-movie-trailers-173735372.html

Black Cinema Getting More Money In H'Wood South
http://wgno.com/2014/03/11/hollywood-south-gets-more-money-to-expand-african-american-filmmaking/#axzz2vyccdBDg

Directing TV
http://www.indiewire.com/article/television/10-things-for-indie-filmmakers-to-know-about-directing-episodic-television

Hollywood: Film Capital Of The World!   Well...at least in the top 5
http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2014/03/06/local-film-industry-in-deep-trouble-in-california/

ACTING

Irish Celebs

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/543509/20140317/st-patrick-s-day-hottest-irish-celebs.htm

Clancy Brown...'Nuff Said

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/clancy-brown-guy-thing-definitely-know-164706844.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

Actors Transitioning From TV To Film

http://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/the-10-actors-who-currently-transition-between-two-mediums-tv-and-film-better-than-anyone.php#.UyN-JyiAd4E

Booking It! Audition Advice

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188764-Booking-It-Tony-Winning-Spring-Awakening-Director-Michael-Mayer-on-Auditioning-and-Directing

White Actors Playing Native Americans

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/13/white-actors-native-americans_n_4957555.html

TV Stars Don't Need A Movie Career

http://www.vulture.com/2014/03/tv-stars-dont-need-a-movie-career-anymore.html

PORTLAND

Portlandia + Grimm= Awesome
http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/03/portlandia_season_4_1.html

Milwaukie FIlm Maker Talks Shop
http://www.oregonlive.com/milwaukie/index.ssf/2014/02/milwaukie_filmmaker_aims_open.html

Dancing Sister's Documentary
http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/03/12/dancing-sisters-focus-of-soar-documentary/

Cinescopio Brings Classic Mexican Cinema To Portland
http://www.oregonlive.com/multimedia/index.ssf/2014/03/cinescopio_brings_classic_mexi.html

SHORTS

Irish Shorts Of The Week
http://www.shortoftheweek.com/category/country/ireland/

"A Year In Dublin"

http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/a-year-in-dublin-1360593-Mar2014/?no_gate=1

"Scratch"(Irish Short Gets To Tribeca)

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0313/601823-irish-short-scratch-gets-tribeca-premiere/

Evolution Of The Film Camera Short
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/watch-beautiful-short-about-evolution-film-camera/15196

Shorts Of The Week
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/short-of-the-week-selects-best-short-films-of-2013-97299.html

"First Kiss" Strangers Making Out
http://jezebel.com/finally-a-real-first-kiss-film-with-actual-real-people-1543459971

"Almost Home" With Steve Martin-Animated
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/13/almost-home-short-film_n_4958775.html

WEB SERIES

"Cucokoo" Irish Web Series
http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4286750&tpl=archnews&force=1

"Kissing In The Rain"
http://www.hypable.com/2014/03/11/kissing-in-the-rain-review/

"Try This Instead" Satirical Web Series
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch-episode-4-of-satirical-web-series-try-this-instead-tips-on-how-to-handle-racism

Schwarznegger...Running Over Things...In A Tank
http://www.brobible.com/entertainment/article/arnold-schwarzenegger-web-series-tank/

"Hot Mess" Funny Series
http://hellogiggles.com/life-hot-mess-youll-love-web-series

"Ask A Slave" Satirical Web Series
http://www.browndailyherald.com/2014/03/14/satirical-ask-slave-tackles-modern-knowledge-slavery/

PDX-FILES

FILM

SXSW Film & TV
http://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/sxsw-films-and-events-cannot-wait-to-see

Feminist Taking On Hollywood
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/03/feminist-film-maker-taking-on-hollywood

The Cool Job Of A Story Board Artist
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/10672637/Britains-coolest-jobs-the-Hollywood-storyboard-artist.html

Top Five Books For- Film Making, Short Films & Documentaries
http://www.theknowledgeonline.com/guides/post/2014/03/04/Top-5-filmmaking-books

History Of Camera Color
http://www.dvinfo.net/article/optical-science/a-short-history-of-camera-color.html

Six Tech Tools For FIlm Makers
http://www.seedandspark.com/content/six-tech-tools-help-filmmakers-succeed

Stunt Oscar Goes to..... 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/judebrennan/2014/02/07/stunt-actors-remain-oscars-forgotten-heroes/

VFX "Gravity" Oscar Winner Talks Shop

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gravitys-oscar-winning-visual-effects-mastermind-talks-about-computer-graphics-and-weightlessness/

Q & A With Stedicam Inventor
http://www.geekadelphia.com/2014/03/05/qa-with-garrett-brown-inventor-of-the-steadicam/

Building An Ark:101
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Noah-Set-Visit-Building-An-Ark-With-Russell-Crowe-Darren-Aronofsky-41986.html

How To Lose Money Building An Ark:102
http://www.thewrap.com/noah-vfx-company-look-effects-loses-money

25 Best Opening Credits
http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/the-25-best-tv-opening-credit-sequences-of-all-time

SFX That Changed Cinema
http://www.askmen.com/top_10/celebrity/films-that-changed-cinema.html

ACTING

Dafoe & Goldblum Talk Wes Anderson
http://www.hitfix.com/news/willem-dafoe-and-jeff-goldblum-on-working-with-wes-anderson-on-grand-budapest-hotel

Tina Fey's Worst Audition
http://jezebel.com/http-res-cloudinary-com-gawker-media-image-upload-v13-1538228186

Jesus Christ! Next...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/casting-jesus-a-look-at-actors-who-have-played-the-son-of-god-in-movies/article1-1191997.aspx

10 Greatest TV Lawyers
http://www.hitfix.com/news/10-all-time-greatest-tv-lawyers

Directing: Film vs Theatre
http://masteringfilm.com/directing-the-similarities-and-differences-between-film-and-theatre/

PORTLAND 

Finding Portland
http://vimeo.com/41011190

POW FEST!
http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/03/powfest_2014_preview_portland.html

SHORTS

Movie Title Breakup (Break-Up short using only movie titles)
http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/02/11/movie-title-breakup-video/

Matrix Fan Film
http://vimeo.com/88051948

Save The Children
http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-little-girls-life-is-ruined-one-second-at-a-time-in-this-fantastic-short-film.php

Dum Dum Gils- "Are You Okay"? (Crazy Psych-Thriller Music Video Short)
http://www.spin.com/articles/dum-dum-girls-bret-easton-ellis-are-you-okay-video-film/

2014 Oscar Nominated Short Films
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/10669965/Oscars-2014-watch-the-nominated-short-films-here.html

Winning "Shorts Of The Week" 2014
http://nofilmschool.com/2014/03/check-out-the-winning-short-films-of-the-2014-sotw-awards/

WEB SERIES

Casting A Web Series Pt 2
http://www.scriptmag.com/features/writers-web-casting-web-series-part-deux

Transitioning From Web To Tube
http://tvisual.org/2014/03/06/how-web-series-transition-to-tv/

Black Mad Men
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch-black-mad-men-new-web-series-starring-sasheer-zamata-takes-on-amcs-hit-series

Tony Stewert's Smokey And The Bandit
http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2014-03-04/tony-stewart-smokey-and-the-bandit-mobil-1-web-series-nascar

Rescue Waggin'- Helping Homeless Dogs
https://www.looktothestars.org/news/11622-josh-duhamel-launches-rescue-waggin-celebrity-video-series

PDX-FILES-News & Stuff

FILM

Local Film Festival

http://www.nwshortfilmfestival.com/

Submissions For Independent Lens Film Festival!!
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/about/submissions.html

Sarah Jones's Death Raises Awareness
http://filmmakermagazine.com/84722-on-set-death-of-sarah-jones-raises-awareness-of-film-production-safety/#.UxMvQFDTnqA

Elements Of Great Story Telling

http://onewildword.com/2014/02/26/hollywood-story-coach-reveals-essential-elements-of-great-stories-part-1/?relatedposts_exclude=11131

Tech Behind Gravity

http://mashable.com/2014/02/24/gravity-brandspeak/

And Boom ...Goes The Mic Alright!

http://www.videomaker.com/video/watch/tutorials/17424-operate-a-boom-mic-like-a-pro

Cinematograghy Tips

http://revision3.com/filmriot/cinematography-tips

Hollywood Film Production In Bad Spiral

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/350569/showbiz/showbizabroad/hollywood-film-production-in-bad-spiral-as-competition-bites

10 Scripts And What You Can Learn from Them

http://flavorwire.com/441918/10-famous-film-scripts-and-what-you-can-learn-from-them

Lighting Workshop

http://www.alexandrosmaragos.com/2014/02/Lighting-Workshop-with-Eric-Kress-pt1.html

Directing Comedy

http://filmmakeriq.com/2014/02/the-church-of-comedy/

Jabba The Hut's Barge Set

http://www.movies.com/movie-news/coolest-movie-sets-ever-jabba-the-hutt-sail-barge-return-of-the-jedi/15014

Relatively Cheap 3 Axis Camera Stabilizer

http://www.motionvfx.com/mblog/aericam_hollywood_-_relatively_cheap_3_axis_camera_stabilization_system,p3127.html

The Big Ones... Sundance, Cannes.. Pyongyang, North Korea?

http://pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com/

Know Your Pirate Music

http://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/-black-sails---get-to-know-your-pirate-music--exclusive-video-022617580.html

Sound Design of "All Is Lost"

http://www.filmmaking.net/229/The-Sound-of-%3Cem%3EAll-is-Lost%3C-em%3E/

Bad Movie...Great Cinematography

http://whatculture.com/film/10-bad-movies-amazing-cinematography.php

ACTING

How To Make Interesting Cinematic Choices

http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/how-make-most-interesting-cinematic-choices/

Preparing A Monologue

http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/3-things-keep-mind-when-preparing-monologue/

Kurt Russell - Extensive Interview

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/66293

PORTLAND

Portlandia- Where Do They Eat?

http://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/pop-culture/article/portlandia-food-map

Ashland's Standing In Film & TV

http://www.insighttoashland.com/ashlands-standing-movie-tv/

Got Plane....Set?

http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/02/12/welcome-to-pixair/

Local FIlm Maker Appointed To Film Office Board

http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/02/27/juliana-lukasik-of-large-films-appointed-to-film-office-board/

ANIMATED SHORT FILMS

Sintel

http://geektyrant.com/news/amazing-cg-animated-dark-fantasy-short-film-sintel

Silent

http://www.awesome-robo.com/2014/02/dolby-presents-silent-short-film.html

Monsieur COK

http://io9.com/watch-this-grotesque-animation-set-in-a-retrofuturistic-1533589118

Fallin Floyd

http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/02/28/fallin-floyd/

Animicry

http://www.blendernation.com/2014/02/08/video-animicry/

Cinematics 

http://weandthecolor.com/cinematics-animated-short-film-pier-paolo/35203

Alice And The Giant  Emptiness 

http://osocio.org/message/new_animated_web_series_based_on_the_real_stories_of_australian_children/

WEB SERIES

Down In Bridgetown (PDX Made...I'm shameless)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6UbFwDAlnY 

Flower Of Fantastico

http://io9.com/the-flowers-of-fantastico-is-a-sexy-meta-cult-web-seri-1529295457

Idiot Sitter

http://splitsider.com/2014/02/here-are-the-first-two-episodes-of-comedy-centrals-new-web-series-idiotsitter/

Legends And Pioneers

http://thesource.com/2014/02/28/just-blaze-meets-rick-james-in-new-animated-web-series/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=just-blaze-meets-rick-james-in-new-animated-web-series