Southern Oregon Film and Television
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
June 5, 2013
Cameras and Cocktails Networking Mixer**
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: TBD
Join fellow members for an evening of networking and connecting. Meet new members, reconnect with colleagues, find crew and offer your services. The best connections are made at opportunities like this.
Visit the SOFaT Events Page for details on all events.
**Denotes Members Only Event. Guest Policy: We encourage potential members to be a guest and learn more about the organization. Guests are permitted to attend up to two (2) events and are then requested to apply for membership and refrain from attending until having joined.
NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS:
SOFaT welcomes our newest members and thanks those renewing. Please check out their listings to learn more about them.
NEWBrent Daniels - Composer
Jason McMurray - Student
Bruce Bayard - Supporter
Francis McCarthy - Supporter
Stephen Schwartz - Supporter
Bobby Simons - Supporter
RENEWED
Shawn Adams - Aerial Camera Operator, Helicopter Pilot
Meredith Roberts - Makeup/Hair
DarkWing Manor - Location, Set Dressing & Props
Alex Harris - Supporter
MEMBER NEWS:
Becky Geear edited a video for Asante and their redesign which has won a Telly Award in the corporate category.Maddox Visual Productions, the team of Tyler Maddox and Matthew Doell, shot a series of commercials for Motorcycle USA. Members included Rocky Garrotto on Camera; Annie Lundgren as Production Manager. Other SOFaT Members included: Levi Anderson, Sangye Ince-Johannsen, and Mez Roberts.
Gary Kout was 1st AD, Rocky Garrotto was Camera Operator, and Anita Gomez was 2nd AD/PA on a 3-day shoot for a series of commercials for Coos Bay’s Bay Area Hospital produced by Lanphier Associates.
A&E’s “The Haunting Of…” episode with Carnie Wilson shot in a presumably haunted theater/recording studio in Weed, CA. The NY Production Company hired Rocky Garrotto as 3rd Camera Operator; Anita Gomez and Doug Kitzman as PA’s; and Kent Romney for Audio.
Jared Cruce has been filming a series of outdoor education videos for a leading education company, as well as his fourth annual photography campaign for Ashland-based Yala Designs, and photo shoots for the Las Vegas Hotel and various clients in Portland.
Kent Romney provided location sound on the following productions: “Treehouse Masters” on ANIMAL PLANET; the aforementioned "The Haunting of... Carnie Wilson" on A&E; product web videos for HARRY & DAVID; testimonial web displays for the JOSEPHINE COMMUNITY LIBRARY; two episodes of “Deadly Affairs” for I.D. DISCOVERY CHANNEL; and a special segment for the “Rachael Ray Show” on CBS. Kent also filmed the "Romancing the West" musical tour in Redding, CA.
Gary Lundgren, Kent Romney and Brent Streeper have completed an online marketing video for the Ashland Bed & Breakfast Network.
The short dark comedy SELF INFLICTED premieres on May 6th. The film was directed and edited by Ross Williams, produced by Ross and Levi Anderson, shot by Jared Cruce and starred Levi Anderson. Visit http://selfinflictedfilm.com.
Ross Williams also won 1st Place & $10k in a national commercial contest put on by Totinos through Zooppa.com. View the winning spot here.
Brian Garcia has completed his latest church short film "Heart of the Matter" for Igniter Media. View the film here.
Ray Robison is in post-production on an experimental project called "The Reading of Hammer Ridge." The film is a feature length fantasy in which the actors read and pantomime the screenplay while dressed in the wardrobe and makeup of their character. The cast includes SOFaT supporter member Michael Meyer.
Tell us your Member News and showcase what you've been working. Send an email to membernews@filmsouthernoregon.org.