PDX-Files

FILM

10 Filmmakers You Need To Know

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/20673/1/ten-filmmakers-whose-names-you-need-to-know

50 Best Docs On Netflix

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/07/the-50-best-documentaries-streaming-on-netflix-2014.html

Color Grading Tips

http://www.chrisjonesblog.com/2014/07/nineteen-working-professionals.html

The Making Of The Usual Suspects

http://nofilmschool.com/2014/07/making-of-doc-usual-suspects-keyser-soze/

Crew Of HBO's Vice On Their Go To Gear

http://www.studiodaily.com/2014/07/the-crew-of-hbos-vice-on-their-go-to-gear/

Editor Of Boyhood Looks Back On 12 Year Production  

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/boyhood-editor-sandra-adair-looks-720383

10 Awesomest Movie Stunts

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/07/here-are-10-of-the-most-awesomest-movie-stunts-in-film-history/

How To Approach An Indie Budget

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/how-to-best-approach-your-indie-film-budget/

10 Soundtracks That Moved The World

http://www.focusfeatures.com/slideshow/soundtracks

ACTING

Improv Audition Tips

http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/11-improv-audition-tips/

Mistakes Theatre Actors Make On Set

http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/5-biggest-mistakes-theater-actor-makes-film-set/

Shhhhh...Listen

http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/3-reasons-listening-most-important-part-acting/

PORTLAND

Summer Video Contest

http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/07/24/summer-video-contest/

Whitelandia- Portland Filmmakers Trying To Figure Their S#%T Out

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/07/whitelandia_portland_filmmaker.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

If I Love You-New Portland Based Film

http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/07/18/new-portland-based-feature-film-if-i-love-you/

SHORTS

Drifters-Learn How To Weave Narratives In This Great Animated Short

http://io9.com/the-visual-storytelling-in-this-short-cartoon-is-oscar-1609632216

Zombie High-Fun FIlm By High Schoolers

http://io9.com/the-most-fun-zombie-movie-weve-seen-in-ages-was-made-by-1595390078

Ignition-Stolen Car/Tighty Whiteys/Nuff Said

http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/ignition-short-film-dylan-kai-harris.php

WEBBIES

Teachers Lounge- Funny Series With Jim Gaffigan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqqW5yte5Jc

Park Bench-Steve Buscemi....On A Bench

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3RYW54aCkg

K&A-Female Buddy Comedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_mKHnrfZ5s

PDX-Files

I made over 40 Westerns. I used to lie awake at nights trying to think of new ways of getting on and off a horse

William Wyler

FILM   

Western Films

http://www.filmsite.org/westernfilms.html

Top 100 Westerns

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_western_movies/?category=17 

What Blockbusters Still Get Wrong About Women

http://www.vulture.com/2014/07/summer-blockbusters-female-problem-planet-apes.html

Box Office Bombs That Became Sci Fi Classics

http://www.blastr.com/2014-7-18/10-box-office-bombs-went-become-beloved-sci-fi-classics

Indiana Jones Facts

http://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/why-did-it-have-to-be-snakes  

Luc Besson Talks Film Making

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/produce/lucy-director-luc-besson-how-filmmaking-tech-helps-creativity/602603

What Hollywoods Favorite Movies Say About Hollywood

http://televisions.reviewed.com/news/what-hollywoods-favorite-movies-say-about-hollywood

Oscar Winner Shows How To Write A Screenplay

http://www.slashfilm.com/how-to-write-a-screenplay/

10 Best Teen Girl Movies

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/pictures/female-trouble-10-best-teen-girl-movies-20140430

ACTING

The Relaxed Genius Of James Garner

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/appreciating-the-relaxed-genius-of-the-late-james-garner-maverick-the-rockford-files-much-more

Elaine Stritch's 10 Best 30 Rock One Liners

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/elaine-stritch-dead-her-best-71948

Actors Who Don't Like To Watch Themselves

http://www.backstage.com/news/12-actors-who-dont-watch-their-own-performances/

PORTLAND   
Gage-Locally Done Western Coming Soon!
http://www.pamplinmedia.com/msp/131-features/215105-74037-film-crew-shooting-in-shaniko

Coming To A Small Screen Near You

http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/web-exclusives/articles/portland-coming-to-a-small-screen-near-you-july-2014

Behind The Scene With Boxtrolls

http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/behind-the-scenes-with-boxtrolls/

Ninja Turtles...In Astoria

http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/articles/ninja-turtles-in-astoria-july-2014

Filming In Oregon

http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/07/noah_wyle_rebecca_romijn_and_c.html

SHORTS
Blood On My Name-Western Genre Short
http://vimeo.com/22748166

Backwater Gospel-Animated Western
http://vimeo.com/17914974

Streamline-Quirky Sci Fi Thriller

http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/watch-dan-marcus-memory-sci-fi-thriller-short-streamline/

Dennis-Well Done Danish Short

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1zFeHJzS5E

WEBBIES

Chop Shop-From Machinima Featuring Robert Patrick

http://screenrant.com/chop-shop-series-premiere/

Gidi Up-Nigerian Webbie

http://radiowaka.com/2014/07/14/web-series-gidi-up-season-2-episode-1-2/

The Program-New From Funny Or Die

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfU5HsSTD84

PDX-Files

FILM      

Set Etiquette

http://staffmeup.com/news/set_etiquette_7_do_nots_on_set/

Filmmaking Rules From 100 Directors

http://flavorwire.com/465913/100-famous-directors-rules-of-filmmaking/view-all

Whitewashing Hollywood..Again

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/10/hollywood-whitewashing_n_5515919.html

Kickstarter Film Fest!

http://tvwriter.net/?p=22748

Casting: What You Need To Know

http://www.indiewire.com/article/heres-what-you-need-to-know-before-casting-your-film-20140627?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed

SFX From Dawn Of Apes

http://www.tested.com/art/movies/462393-special-effects-dawn-planet-apes/

Hey, Let's Compare Diffusion Filters!!

http://www.motionvfx.com/mblog/jay_p_morgan_of_the_slanted_lens_compares_diffusion_filters_-_video_test,p3463.html

Painting With Light

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/painting-with-light-how-to-fundamentally-approach-the-craft-of-cinematography/

Films Best Super Hero Costumes

http://www.movies.com/movie-news/comics-on-film-10-best-cinematic-superhero-costumes-from-2000-to-now/16222

Deliver Us From Evil's Visual Style

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/shoot/low-light-high-anxiety-deconstructing-visual-style-deliver-us-evil/602570

ACTING

Steve Carell's Audition Tape For Anchorman

http://www.mtv.com/news/1864226/anchorman-steve-carell-audition-10th-anniversary/

Following Up With Casting Directors

http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/7-rules-following-casting-directors/

Actors Playing Actors

http://www.backstage.com/galleries/11-actors-whove-played-other-actors/

PORTLAND    

Emmy Nominated Portlandia

http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/07/2014_emmy_awards_nominations_f.html

Reese Getting Wild In Oregon

http://www.kptv.com/story/25991065/movie-trailer-released-for-reese-witherspoon-movie-filmed-in-oregon?autostart=true

Portland Mavericks Doc

http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/07/battered_bastards_of_baseball.html

Any Upcoming Jail Break Projects?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-07/oregon-county-looks-to-break-out-of-jail-without-inmates.html

SHORTS

Herbert White-James Franco's Weird Short With Michael Shannon

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-michael-shannon-has-sex-with-a-corpse-in-james-francos-2010-student-short-film-herbert-white-20140711

Dip N Dance-Animated Short About Tech Obsession

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dip-n-dance

The Truth-Fred Durst Directs And Stars As An Evangelist

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/07/10/for-your-consideration-fred-dursts-new-short-film-the-truth

Los Rosales-Crazy Stop Motion Steam Punk-ish Short

http://vimeo.com/83662973

WEBBIES

Star Tek Webbie

http://www.westernjournalism.com/star-trek-fan-gets-play-captain-kirk-web-series/

Camp Abercorn - Creative Spin On Boys Scouts Gay Stance

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/camp-abercorn-boy-scouts-_n_5567806.html

Bridget Kelly Intros The Road To Independence

http://www.thisisrnb.com/2014/07/bridget-kelly-introduces-the-road-to-independence-web-series/

Method Cosplay By Marvel

http://nerdreactor.com/2014/07/08/marvel-premieres-cosplay-web-series-marvel-method-cosplay/

PDX-Files

FILM

Rise Of The Action DP

http://filmmakermagazine.com/86428-muscle-memory-without-emotion-the-rise-of-the-action-dp/#.U7nHvyiAd4G

Who Needs Theatrical Distribution?

http://www.indiewire.com/article/who-needs-theatrical-distribution-heres-why-one-filmmaker-is-skipping-theaters-20140630

10 Minute Lighting Master Class

http://nofilmschool.com/2014/06/lighting-soul-searcher-lighting-masterclass-low-budget-filmmakers/?hvid=4MZq5E&awt_l=79ku.&awt_m=3exD.Y55VQBjwS7

Shadeism: Discrimination Among People Of Color

http://www.cbc.ca/news/shadeism-filmmaker-looks-at-discrimination-among-people-of-colour-1.2690132

Advice On Crowd Funding

http://www.indiewire.com/article/heres-how-to-crowdfund-successfully-with-expert-advice-from-kickstarter-indiegogo-and-seed-spark-20140701

How To Get The MPAA Rating You Want

http://www.indiewire.com/article/how-the-mpaa-really-works-and-how-to-get-the-rating-you-want-20140702

What Is Bayhem?

http://filmmakermagazine.com/86534-what-is-bayhem-the-secret-of-michael-bays-shots/

Film Industry Safety Wake Up Call

http://nikkifinke.com/will-georgia-indictments-sarah-jones-death-film-industrys-safety-wake-call/

ACTING

25 Future Stars From Seinfeld

http://mentalfloss.com/article/57624/25-future-stars-who-appeared-seinfeld

10 Actors Cut From Films

http://www.backstage.com/news/10-actors-cut-out-films/

Popular Artists That Began In Musical Theatre

http://blog.musicnotes.com/2014/07/04/artists-from-musical-theatre/

Famous Improvised Lines

http://io9.com/nicholson-actually-denied-that-this-line-was-improved-i-1587190185

PORTLAND

Tax Credit Auction

http://oregonconfluence.com/2014/06/06/the-opif-tax-credit-auction-is-coming-up-july-9th/

Librarians Shooting In Oregon City

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2014/07/film_crew_shooting_the_librari.html

SHORTS

3 Accompanying Shorts For Damn Of The Planet Of The Apes

http://www.thewrap.com/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-three-short-films-fill-the-10-year-gap-since-rise-videos/

The Lions Mouth-Found Footage Exorcism Filmed By Phone

http://io9.com/an-intense-found-footage-short-about-an-exorcism-perfor-1598784987

9 Minutes-Sci Fi Alien Encounter Short

http://geektyrant.com/news/gripping-alien-encounter-short-film-9-minutes

Attack On Giant-Stop Motion Transformers Short

http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/watch-harris-loureiros-excellent-transformers-stop-motion-short/

WEBBIES

MisSpelled-Witches Of Color

http://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com/2014/07/new-web-series-misspelled-casts-more.html?spref=tw

Comedians Getting Cocaine

http://www.thewrap.com/joel-mchale-and-tony-hale-are-comedians-in-cars-getting-cocaine-video/