Portland Oregon : Advice / Contacts / ????

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dus10

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I am looking to make the move from Philadelphia out to Portland, OR sometime in the near future. I figured this board might be a way to see if I can make any contacts before I move, or set up some meet and greets for later in the summer when I drive out to explore before the move.

I have been doing PA work for the past 3 years mixed in with some 2nd AD and teleprompter jobs over the past year. Mainly commercial, but a reality show here and there of course. And I shot b-roll on a few home makeover shows with HVX. I am kind of trying to get the feel for the freelance world of Portland and if I will be able to survive but also exploring the possibility of going the 9-5 route at some sort of grip/camera/post house obviously starting at the bottom/entry level position.

A friend who moved from Portland mentioned GearHead Grip to me... that a friend is an owner or partner or something (gotta love text message conversations and all the wonderful detailed info they provide)... but I have not pursued contacting them yet.

Any info or advice that can be thrown my way would be greatly appreciated. I really want to live out there as they way of life seems to be much more up my alley... but if I can't find work there is no point in making the trek.

Thanks!

Dustin
Dustinraysik@gmail.com
 
I wish I could help more, I grew up in Portland, lived there until I was 23, still spent a lot of time in Portland. But I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and this is where all of my film contacts are mostly.

Shawn Nelson is a good Portland area filmmaker to hit up, you could find him on Facebook even, tell him what you wrote here and just say Jonathan said to look up Shawn Nelson, lol. He seems really knowledgeable and may be able to help you more.
 
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