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Oregon Production Programs Offer Locals Pathways to Film Careers
Oregon's growing film industry is aided by programs aimed at locals, such as the Oregon Media Pathways program.
A production coming to Oregon with an in-state spend of $1 million dollars or more doesn’t have to hire locally to qualify for the state’s incentive program, but it’s still likely to be staffed largely by Oregonians. “We have young members coming in all the time and a lot of them came in within the last few years,” says Portland-based Sierra Bay Robinson, a veteran costume designer who now works full-time as the southern business agent for IATSE Local 488. It schools them in a wide variety of skills, both technical and social, including how to read call sheets, walkie talkie lingo, production workflow, safety and general set etiquette.
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