Resources

Production Services & Local Vendors

Insurance

Film Emporium

Film Emporium (NY)
800 371 2555
274 Madison Ave, NYC, NY 10016

Film Emporium (LA)
866 611 FILM
Sunset Gower Studios 1438 N. Gower St, Box 72, Hollywood, CA 90028

Film Emporium provides insurance services as well as raw film and tape media, specializing in entertainment.
 

Camera Rental

HD Cinema Group

email: hdcinemagroup@gmail.com
phone: 206-841-3712

HD Cinema Group rents high definition cinema equipment including the HVX200 cameras, ARRI lights, Redrock micro M2 35mm adapter, and 35mm lenses at an affordable price.


Oppenheimer Cine Rental

7400 3rd Ave South 

Seattle, Washington, USA
Tel. 206/467-8666

Oppenheimer Cine Rental rents high end digital, 35mm and 16mm cameras and related equipment.  We are the largest and oldest camera rental house between Los Angeles and Vancouver BC.  We have camera packages to fit most budgets and we work hard to support indie production in the region.  Information on our New Filmmaker Grant Program can be found on the website.


Koerner Camera Systems

101 Nickerson Suite B-500
Seattle, WA 98109
Tel. 206/285-7334
Koerner is a full service rental facility featuring the finest motion picture cameras, lenses and accessories.

 

 

Emma Cameron

email: 4kredrentals@gmail.com  Phone: 310 923 3593

RED ONE camera package comes fully loaded with Zeiss 
MK 
III
 superspeed
 T
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Prime
Set
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25,
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,50,
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  Day rate: $800 / Week rate: $2400 / Camera Tech day rate: $150
10% discount for students

 

 

 

Color Correction

Lightpress

*MEMBER DISCOUNT OFFERED*

1008 Western Ave 
Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98104
206.462.4717
www.lightpress.tv

Lightpress offers discounts to NWFF members for film transfer and color grading.
$225 dollars per hour for transfer of S35,S16,S8 to files or tape.
$225 per hour for color grading in our DaVinci Resolve suite.
Call Eric for more info on special rates at 206.462.4717.

 

John Davidson Color

206-782-5114
www.johndavidsoncolor.com

John Davidson Color offers a 50% discount to NWFF members to Color Correct with our award winning colorist on RED raw files, CANON 5D/7D footage, Final Cut Pro and AVID projects. For 35mm/16mm film, best light your footage, edit and then bring us your final edit on hard drive.  Call us for more details (206) 782-5114.

 

ImpactVA

*50% OFF for NWFF Members*

(425) 483-6906
www.impactva.com
Color Grading Examples - http://vimeo.com/4012430

Davinci Resolve Color Grading - Standard rate $150 per hour. ($75 for NWF members) Please call and ask for Josh regarding special package pricing.

Camera & Sound Rental

Victory Studios

*MEMBER DISCOUNT OFFERED*

2247 15th Ave. W
Seattle, WA 98119
Tel. 206/282-1776

Victory offers all kinds of rentals and post production facilities.
NWFF members get 25% off telecine film to video transfers.


 

Grip & Lighting

Seattle Grip and Lighting

1050 West Nickerson
Seattle, WA 98119
206-285-0840 

 

Pacific Grip and Lighting, Inc

10401 MLK Jr. Way South
Seattle, WA 98178
206.622.8540

Rawstock

Fuji Film

Tel. 323/957-8825

Fujifilm's negative film stock has superior consistency from emulsion to emulsion and an excellent blend of cutability from stock to stock. A range of seven negative stocks gives a variety of looks and applications


Eastman Kodak

Tel. 800/621-3456

Eastman is the largest dealer of Motion Picture Film in the world.


 

DVD Duplication and Authoring

Dubs, Inc.

**NWFF members receive a 50% discount on all services.** 

Dubs, Inc. is a full service post-production studio that offers video tape duplication, CD & DVD Duplication, full service & 4 wall edit suites, DVD authoring, digital file encoding, PAL standards conversions, electronic media delivery, hardware mpeg-2 capture, footage digitize for offsite editing, tape vaulting, same day turnaround.  Dubs Inc. can work with the following formats and more:  HDCAM-SR, HDCAM, DVCPRO-HD, HDV, DIGIBETA, BETA-SP, BETACAM, DVCAM, DV, DVCPRO-25, DVCPRO-50, , 1”, 3/4”, DIGITAL8, HI8, VHS, DVD, BLU RAY, RED FILES.  

Contact: orders@dubsinc.com for estimates.
 
Dubs, Inc.
1601 2nd Avenue Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98101
PH: 206-624-DUBS (3827)
FAX: 206-624-3854
www.dubsinc.com
 

Paragon Media

Paragon Media has been in business since 1986 and is one of the nation’s largest media services companies offering a wide range of Products and services, including: Turnkey manufacturing services for CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs from our state of the art facilities in Seattle, WA, Portland, OR and Chicago, IL.  As well as in-house authoring for DVDs, DVD Copy Protection, Custom Printed Packaging, Kit Assembly, Product Fulfillment, On-demand Printing, On-demand disc manufacturing, and a Web Portal for Ordering, Managing and Tracking projects 24/7.  Paragon Media makes disc manufacturing easy.

Paragon Media
55 South Atlantic ST
Seattle, WA  98134
solutions@paragongroup.com
www.paragongroup.com
206-808-7600 

Labs

Alpha Cine

*MEMBER DISCOUNT OFFERED*

9800 40th Ave South
Seattle, WA 98118
Tel. 206/682-8230

 

Seattle's only film lab. Alpha Cine Labs processes S/8, 16mm and 35mm.  Also B&W and color reversal films.  Film Forum members receive a 10% discount on processing services.


 

Film to Video Transfers


Lightpress

*MEMBER DISCOUNT OFFERED*

1008 Western Ave 
Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98104
206.462.4717
www.lightpress.tv

Lightpress offers discounts to Film Forum members for film transfer and color grading.
$225 dollars per hour for transfer of S35,S16,S8 to files or tape.
$225 per hour for color grading in our DaVinci Resolve suite.
Call Eric for more info on special rates at 206.462.4717. 

 

Victory Studios

*MEMBER DISCOUNT OFFERED*

2247 15th Ave. W
Seattle, WA 98119
Tel. 206/282-1776

Victory offers all kinds of rentals and post production facilities.
Film Forum members get 25% off telecine film to video transfers.



Modern Digital

*MEMBER DISCOUNT OFFERED*

1921 Minor Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
206-623-3444

Modern Digital offers special Film Forum member rates: Film transfer to Standard or High Def formats, SD or HD finishing, visual effects and titles, plus discounts on other rate card services. Call Stacey for special rates at 206-623-3444.


 

Music Licensing

Primary Elements

204 E. 2nd Ave, #415
San Mateo, CA 94401-3904
Fx/Vox. 208/248-1553

Digital Media Licensing Resource - Offering High-Quality Music & Musical Ambiences with a variety of flexible and affordable licensing options - with NO USAGE REPORTING! All audio elements are previewable online with the QuickTime® 4 Plug-In or Player...with Downloadable Masters!


 

Mag Transfer

Camera One

8523 15th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Tel. 206/523-3456


 

Sound Editing / Mixing

Jack Straw Productions

4261 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Tel. 206/634-0919

Jack Straw is Seattle's only non-profit audio engineering house, and are a stellar resource for filmmakers. They have a 16 track Pro-tools based studio for everything from scoring to final mixing.

 

MaxSoundtracks

Max@MaxSoundtracks.com
(425) 802-6496

"75% of Everything They See, Is What They Hear." MaxSoundtracks provides complete movie soundtrack post-production: dialogue, sound-design, transcription, M&E and mix+mastering for the independent feature/short film, animation and documentary. Both flat rate and per project. Max says "The quality of your soundtrack can make or break your movie..."

 

 

Optical Printing

Noise and Light

*MEMBER DISCOUNT OFFERED*

128 NW 76th St.
Seattle, WA 98117
Tel. 206/528-5577

Noise and Light is the Northwest's only optical track service lab, and they work closely with Alpha Cine. They also offer Video-to-Film transfers.


 

Screenings

Northwest Film Forum's two cinemas at 1515 12th Avenue are available to rent for test screenings and cast and crew parties.  More information is available here.