News from the Innovation Lab
WF has received many inquiries as to when we will begin accepting applications for the Innovation Lab. We are currently working with the filmmakers from the inaugural cycles to help them complete principal photography as well as evaluating the effectiveness of the program.
Destination Washington
Considering Washington for your next project? Washington Filmworks can help. Here are the last year’s worth of Location of the Month Newsletters. Learn more about all that Washington has to offer production.
Making a Living in Film
Want to be a film director? At July’s Film + Music + Interactive Happy Hour, James Keblas, Director of the Seattle Office of Film + Music, walked the audience through the details of this infographic, illustrating how one Seattle film director has found success in a versatile and creative approach to filmmaking.
August 2013 Bellingham
Like the bulls-eye in a target, Bellingham represents an epicenter of northwest Washington’s blend of rural and urban – where mountains meet the sea. Balancing small town spirit […]
August 2013
____________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING THE NEW WF BOARD CHAIR Washington Filmworks (WF) is pleased to announce Don Jensen as the new Chair of the WF Board of Directors. Jensen was appointed […]
Tony Doupé Talks the Business and Politics of Art
Tony Doupé is a familiar face to Washington film industry professionals. As an actor he’s won roles in no less than 9 Washington incentive productions since 2011! This June, Doupé shared his valuable insight about the film industry with the 253Film Collective, a group of filmmakers dedicated to fostering a vibrant and sustainable film and media community in Tacoma by encouraging, mentoring, and promoting local filmmakers and businesses.
On the Vine
Vine is a mobile app that allows users to easily upload and edit six-second video clips that can be shared with people all around the world. For casual users Vine is an easy-to-use app that makes real time editing simple and accessible. For more serious media creators, Vine is becoming an exciting new platform to share original content.
Come on Get Happy – FMI is Tomorrow
Come learn how a film director makes a living working in Seattle. At July’s FMI Happy Hour, James Keblas, Director of the Seattle Office of Film + Music, will walk the audience through a soon to be published infographic, illustrating how one Seattle film director has found success in a versatile and creative approach to filmmaking.
UFOs & Men in Black Arrive in Puget Sound
Washington Filmworks is pleased to announce that The Maury Island Incident, a short film chronicling a 1947 UFO sighting over the Puget Sound, has wrapped principal photography. From late June through early July, filming took place in Burien, Des Moines, Tukwilla and the waters off of Maury Island.
WF Loves Loves Walla Walla
Last week, Washington Filmworks (WF) Executive Director, Amy Lillard, presented findings from the first Annual Report of the Washington State Film Industry at the Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Meeting.