2. Finding Innovation in New Places
…and not just by “Putting a Bird On it”.

3. Oregon Governor’s Office of Film & Television
• Functions as a traditional state film commission.
• Markets the state as a filming destination
• Helps with facilitating location filming when a project
lands in Oregon
• Administers Oregon’s film incentive program (we
write checks)
• Since 2008, production has tripled in Oregon

4. Leverage (TNT)

5. Portlandia (IFC)

6. Grimm (NBC)

7. LAIKA Studios

9. But the two most innovative projects to
happen in Oregon’s film and video
industry were….

11. Portland Incubator Experiment

12. Portland Incubator Experiment
• Founded in 2009
• 400 jobs in Oregon’s tech sector created
• Over $100million in VC investment
• “Great teams have better chance of success
over great ideas.”

14. Oregon Story Board’s Projects
• Intel’s Future of Narrative Hack
• TrackTown USA’s “Hack at Hayward”

15. “Grimmfest”
• Pitch competition for Oregon digital media
companies.
• Challenge – Propose a digital media solution for
Season 3 of “Grimm”
• 12 Digital Media Companies Participated
(VFX, Video Game, Animation, Digital Strategy)

16. “If you want something new, you have to stop
doing something old.”
– Peter Drucker

17. Thank You
Vince Porter - @oregonfilm
Rick Turoczy - @turoczy or @piepdx