portland area
 

hi guys an gals :)
new user here to this forum..
i posted something after i registered, but i didnt see it come up so,,,im posting again.
im in milwaukie, oregon, i have a dv500 card,
any users in portland area?

Now, it's confirmed, there are two of us in Oregon with digital camcorders. I have lots of relatives in Milwaukie and even know that it's spelled differently than the beer place. Wenger's Electronics, over towards Beaverton, is run by family members. But, I have never seen a single news story about anything that happened in that town??

How is your DV500 working? There's been lots of comment and criticism about Pinnacle products on rec.video.production, with amazing appearances there by a Pinnacle rep.

Have you been to Camera World in Portland lately? It sold out to Ritz Camera not long ago, along with Wolf Camera and I'm wondering how much of their dependability will survive that misfortune.

Steve McDonald
The Beaver State
Who wouldn't want to live in a place where the Beaver is the offical animal?

hey steve!
 

wow! small world,,,hehe

my dv500 is working great FINALLY!
got all the bugs worked out, then did a drive image, so i'm set :).
well any video editing card you install yourself is gonna be a nightmare!! look at all the manufacturers web boards.
once you get em workin though, it's awesome!

no, havent been to any of those places yet, although may be soon,
my g/f needs a new camera, i'm trying to talk her into a good digital one, she's still stuck in 35mm land,,,

well thanks for replying steve!
i find it hard to imagine there aren't more out there,,,

4th in Oregon!
 

Hey y'all,
I'm a transplanted Southerner that lives in Portland. I have a Sony trv30 camera and Premier and Vegas Video to edit on. If any of y'all want to talk about collaborating let me know. I have a music film I'm working on now. There are some rough clips up at http://www.railroadearth.com/media/
-Matt
matt@ponzu.net

woo, then now we're up to 4.

I'm over in Hillsboro, OR (silicon forest), but spend alot of time over on the eastside too (church and family). Happy to hear from some other PDX'ers.

I have a little sony trv120 camcorder, but I'm looking to get a new camera, likely a GL2, real soon. I do video editing on Vegas Video, and like to promote SoFo products whenever possible. So far I do mostly trailers and teasers for church events, but I'm hoping to do some of my own projects soon.

5th Oregon User
 

Hey, what do you know...a 5th Oregon DV user. I am in Southern Oregon (Medford). I am pretty much a hobbyist when it comes to editing and film-making, my main focus is the harware side of things. I own a local computer business and build quite a few high-end Consumer and semi-pro workstations. I am not very creative but I love to play around with DV editing. I have seen markinoregon post on the Pinnacle website in the past and am glad to hear he got everything worked out. I can sympathize with you regarding the difficulties in setting up a solid workstation. I don't think I have ever built a system that didn't require significant "Tweaking" before it worked flawlessly.

From the threads I have looked at, this DVinfo.net forum has some very knowledgable and friendly people in it. I look forward to learning as much as possible and hopefully sharing some ideas.

Thanks for a great forum...

Hey everyone. I'm just finishing up my first short film experiment here in Forest Grove, Oregon (near Portland). We actually shot at a house in North Portland. I'm using a Sony TRV-900 camera, and Sonic Foundry Video Vegas software.

My goal is to learn more about making movies by making a series of 'really bad' short movies. That way, when I make a full length movie, it won't be completely unwatchable.

My first short is a mystery/comedy, sort of like 'the twilight zone' crossed with 'dude, where's my car?'.

So, what's everyone up to in the Northwest?

[bac]

Lol. Here I am thinking I was the only person in the state of Oregon. Oh well I guess im not alone. Anyways, I studied art for several years and been interested in films even longer. I'm gearing up to shoot a short film this summer which has taken me 3 years to get everything I need for it. Sort of a big step. Then I will go and enter it into film festivals. Other than that my friends and I have always made short films and animations.
I know just about every computer program out there and can pick up on the ones I dont know just as quick. That is unless the program sucks.

Gear:
XL1s, Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere.


Rob

Hey Rob, if you need a 2nd camera w/ cameraman for some of the sessions in your short this summer, let me know. I'm planning on filming my 2nd short this summer as well, but there are always a lot of idle weekends between my sessions, because it is tough to get everyone together on the same weekend. It would be fun to shoot some alternative angles for someone else's project! I use a TRV-900, which wouldn't produce footage that much different than the XL1S (with a little work).

Cheers
[bac]

Thanks. Right now im in the middle securing a location. Since I already have a company it makes somethings easier to do. I am waiting on the insurance and that will determine if i can even use the location. The film will only be 15 to 30mins. Which this film takes place in real-time or close to it. So its only one location. So if i cant secure the location I might just make it up on the computer. I can do greenscreen extraction on my computer and my friend has a big enough room to shoot in. So im hopeful. Hey Bruce I will let you know if I need another camera/man for the shoot.


Rob

PS- I have been working on educational material that deals with ecology and land management. Then from time to time I have taped seminars for use with school peace program.

Oh, I also have done some filming of Dog Agility classes and trials (one of my dogs has been in a few trials), mostly the Columbia Agility Team (CAT) here in the greater Portland area.

I must say, once you have worked on framing shots and tracking action and picking locations for a Dog Agility trial (fast fast action, unscripted!) doing a regular film seems just a bit easier :)

Cheers
[bac]

PS - A 74 MB Windows Media Player version of my 20 minute short is up at my website, but because so many folks have downloaded it, I've run out of bandwidth for now! When it comes back on, it's at www.brucix.com/dvd02.html.

Spoiler.....
 

Bruce,
Nice work. I enjoyed the movie. It looked good. Some of the sound like the wind was alittle bad, when it was blowing into the main mic. Also I would of liked to see alittle more about the roommates. Maybe some cuts to them practicing spells. There were some shots in the movie that I think would of benifited from acouple closeups or quick cuts. Like the scene with Matt pulling out the little box from the shelf.
Lol just one funny side note is that the box Matt was in. Then you cut open the lock, but there were srews that were exposed to just unscrew the latch.
Even if you didnt plan it I love it when little things like that happen. It just adds to the characters and environment.

Do you have After Effects? Just wondering if you did you could of done some cool little shots. Say the shot when Matt was talking to you outside once you opened the box. It would of been nice to see alittle composite with Matt in the background, acting out his lines. Then you and the box in the other shot with Matt in the box. That way you can pick up "Dead Matt" and take him to your car or wherever as Matt is acting in the background. Granted you might have to rehurse the lines and actions but it would be a nice twist.

It didnt take to long to download. How is your new one coming?

Rob

Those are some great ideas. The part where Matt is walking around being bored was tough, because there was no way to do any exposition on it to speed it up. I guess I'm more of a fan of long shots, and having stuff go on inside the frame. But then it helps if it is interesting stuff ;)

I don't have after effects but I agree it would be interesting to do some compositing. I think with Vegas Video you can do green screen stuff, but I haven't tried it yet.

Yeah the wind was a little rough because that was the camera mic, not the shotgun mic with the windscreen. Just one of the many problems/mistakes we made ;)

We kind of ran out of time shooting the roommate scenes, and didn't know how to do anything that would look like voodoo or spells or anything like that. Maybe next time.

I'm starting to write the next script now, for shooting this summer. I'm bringing back Matt in two bit parts (bit, to minimize his acting requirements, heh): Twins, actually, so maybe I can do some compositing of him in two roles at once.

Cheers
[bac]

Oh, and about the lock - we wanted to cut it open with a dremel and create a whole lot of sparks. But the locks we used were too cheap and didn't create any sparks ! We shot a quick take where "JR" says "dude, do you have a screwdriver?" and "Matt" says "No..." and we figured that would get us out of that plot hole (as if there weren't a dozen other plot holes, anyway...!)

[bac]

lol cool. Yah If you need some help with compositing I know how to do it..alittle. Im at least getting better at it. That will be cool with twin Matt.
Is this new one going to be another horror episode or something completely different?


Rob

Murder-mystery, with a supernatural streak.

[bac]

Im here... Im Here.
Salem Oregon here. Good to see others within my metro area!

What do I do? www.donkeyworx.net
Offroad Wheeling Adventure Films. More or less documentory, free form style. There are some teasers on my site for preview.

I am currently in the market and going to be purchasing a new GL2 Camera. Emailed Zotz today, and Brain seems like a great guy. Anyone here in Oregon purchase from them? It is nice to know we have a Local Oregon Vendor that this forum endorses.

If anyone is looking to hook up to help each other out with projects, let me know.

Hillsboro Newbie
 

Howdie all,

I am from Hillsboro, I am running a Canon XL2 and Final Cut ProHD. When I say Newbie though I mean it. I took a video production internship about 10 years ago and just decided to get back into it. I have been working with the pastor at our church (Sonrise in Hillsboro) producing videos and DVD's for the church.

I was wondering if anyone knows of some good classes or schooling programs in the area that I could get into. I enjoy learning hands on, but I think I need some stuctured learning in order to kick it into overdrive.

Hey, Oregon's the hotbed of something or other
 

I am not so sure where I was headed. All the rain kinda washed it out of my mind... Been in Portland area for nearly 56 years. Seems like there are a lot of opportunities for film and video work. Working primarily with small businesses in Portland area developing their image through video and interactive content. Have xl1s and looking to add xl2. Shoot everything DTE, bypass the tape. Think I've owned just about every software package at one time or another. Finally decided to stick with Adobe. Except didn't care for their DVD software--went to ULead's product instead. Use Serious Magic's Ultra and DV Rack, Hash's Animation Master, Bryce and several other lesser known animation packages. Every now and again need extra shooter. Good to know you're out there. Catch me at nlemedia.com

Tony,

I went to the screening of 'Clearcut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon' at the Portland International Film Festival this weekend and noticed that the NWfilm Center offers various classes in documentary filmmaking, lighting, etc..

Here's the URL listing their classes:

http://www.nwfilm.org/education/current_offerings.html

It looks like many of them for this semester have started, but I'd keep checking back. I don't have any direct experience taking classes there, but any of the folks I've talked with from the NW Film Center seem very cool.

I've just recently relocated to Portland from NYC. I'm trying to get back into film making here (just picked up an HVR-A1U from Zotz) and would be interested in talking to others in the area about collaborating some future projects.

- Stevan

Northwest Film Center, as above.
Clackamas Community College.
Mt. Hood Community College.
Portland Community College - Video Internship Program at Sylvania.
Portland Community College - Multimedia Program at Cascade.
Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), mostly graphics and multimedia.
Another private college who's name I'm forgetting...

I teach part-time at PCC-Cascade Multimedia, we have a couple classes in FCP, and a new video production 1 course. Many area pros came from the Mt. Hood program.

I'm also in Oregon--Corvallis. I directed the doc that Stevan mentioned in his post: Clear Cut: the Story of Philomath, Oregon. Thanks for coming out to see it Stevan! If anyone else is in the Portland area and wants to check it out (prepare for shameless plug) there will be an encore screening Sunday, January 26th. I'm going to try to make it for a Q&A afterwards, so if you are in the audience feel free to come up and introduce yourself and maybe we can all get a beer or something. DVinfo represent!

Peter

Thanks guys
 

Stevan and Seth,

Thanks for the info. I looked at the link to the NW Film Center and that looks just like what I was thinking. I am also going to look into the Video Internship at Sylvania. I started that years ago when Non-linear first came out, but had to quit because it interfered with my job at the time.

I went by TVTV (Cable access) this last week as well. They have some production and editing basic classes I thought I might take just to get me started.

I am currently working on some training videos (For actual pay!) I learned a verry inportant lesson this week: No matter how basic the shoot seems, you must have a pre-production meeting before-hand. I will not make that mistake again.

Again, thanks for the info,

Tony Cook
Hillsboro
tony@thecooks.com

I'm in Eugene. Hi! to all other Oregonians in the house.

I am a video/audio/DVD producer. This is what I do full time. I started out many moons ago in the event video world, but gravitated to corporate and industrial work, as well as music-related instructional tapes/discs and music concert projects. I shoot Beta SP as well as miniDV (the fabulous Canon XL-2). I also do field audio-for-video work, field audio recording (including up to 16-tracks of digital audio for bands, small ensembles, etc.), and record small groups or singer-songwriters in my space or theirs. I also do legal video and freelance DVD authoring (Sonic Scenarist and Adobe Encore).

GO DUCKS!!!!


Rob

Talent, Oregon in the house
 

My Name is Matt Pugerude I live in the southern Oregon area in Talent it is right outside of Medford. I live on Corparte video but truely come alive with Doc's. I have been independent for the last 3 years and have not looked back. Even during the slow times which is really hard to do.

I plan on going to Clear Cut when it comes to Ashland for their festival.

Peter Do you plan on coming down to Ashland for the screening? If you do come down maybe we could go and get that beer you offered the Portland Folks. I am planning a Doc (still in preproduction) that I would like to take on the festiaval route as you have done. I would like to talk to you about the process and get any tips that could help me in that adventure.

Peter - I actually saw Clearcut both at Sundance and in Portland; it was nice to see a sold-out show in Portland! As I work for HP a lot of my Corvallis co-workers followed the story closely in real-time, and have asked about any other upcoming screenings in Corvallis? Additionally, are you working on any other projects? Anyways, I loved Clearcut and everyone I talked with both at Sundance and in Portland after the show thought it was very well made.

If any other filmmakers in the Portland area want to talk about collaborating on any projects, I'm sort of on a sabatical and focusing much of my efforts on film stuffs. I've got a couple documentary projects in pre-pre-pre-production which I think would be shot in Canada (Vancouver), and I've just received a Letus35A 35mm adapter for my A1U and am working with some local writers on some short narrative scripts. Feel free to contact me if you'd like to be a part of any of this.

- Stevan

yay oregon.
 

While we're all coming out... I'm also in Oregon/P-Town. I used to work for a casting company here in town and I've done a few random projects (mostly as producer) around town. I just bought a Z1U and about $15k worth of accessories and am moving back into video work. I'm currently in pre-production for a bi-monthly video series to tie in with an existing and successful business of mine which I am funding/producing myself. I'm currently setting up a green screen studio for this and other low budget productions. Mostly music videos, industrials, commercials and whatever I we can get. Also, since I'm a crusty bike-punk I'm co-directing/operating for a documentary about bike polo.

Tom, check out Portland Community Media (cable access). They give a quick, very inexpensive crash course in shooting dv (DSR-250s/PD-150s 2 years ago when I was there), 3-point lighting, sound and editing. After your "graduate" you can check out (literaly) tons of equipment for free as long as you show your media on PCA. It's a great resource.

Hi, everybody

I live in Oregon too. I am in Boring, but I work in Portland. I just recieved my HVX200 last week. I'm still waiting for the cards. I have a big project comming up. It's an independent feature.

By the way, If anyone is looking for a place in Oregon to buy cameras and gear, look no further than Proffessional Video and tape (www.provideoandtape.com) Located in tigard. They have a floor where you can play with the Xl-H1, HVX200, HD-100u, and just about every other camera out there under 30 grand.

I'm going to start working on some narrative film projects as well. I'm hoping to secure a home video distribution deal. Let's talk.

Intro
 

Well, I posted above but really didn't introduce myself.

I'm an old fart, and have made all the mistakes - so I don't have to make them again! Problem is, there are always new ones...

Jumped from broadcast to corporate video in 1980, continue to also do many live training events with HD projection and whatnot. Very active in webcasting for corporate. Sound is a profession as well as a hobby that's gotten way out of hand, sound reinforcement for large meetings and small concerts, multitrack recording and mixing...

Multimedia too. I'm having too much fun to grow up and steady down on any one thing.

Worked for a large agency in Portland for 16 years, now independant for 6.

I teach a couple courses in the Multimedia program at Portland Community College - Cascade Campus.

Still having fun and enjoying the challenges that come with finding business value in new media. At DVinfo I'm active in the sound, lighting, DVRack, and the two Vegas forums.

This year's projects will hopefully include 35mm adaptors, building an new PC optimized for HDV, and mastering the Macromedia Com/Breeze flash servers...

Meant to say "Art Institute of Portland".

Maybe we need to start a new header for "Southern Oregon" members?

I'm Marc Ries from rural Grants Pass, Oregon. My background is in computers (software engineer, administration, builder). I was around and used the first 8-mm and Super-8 "camcorders"... and later one of the first RCA VHS Camcorders. These days I actually do a lot of woodworking.

I've been mostly doing nature photography over the last couple of years (with a Nikon D70 system) and just got "forced" back into video because of my daughter's upcoming wedding, for which I picked up an HC1. Now that I have it, it's rekindled my earlier excitement with video -- nothing like painstakingly building a model airplane with a few concealed firecrackers to later film in Super-8!

Anyway, always on the lookout for low-key video/photography/mentor minded friends in So Ore!