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Funnelbox Project Featured in top 8 at E3 Conference Cinematics joins the club with Charm Girls Club video game for Nintendo.

funnelbox’s animation division, Cinematics, and Electronic Arts (EA) teamed up to make a girl-centric game for Nintendo gaming consoles. A video clip of the work done by funnelbox can be seen at: http://www.ea.com/games/charm-girls-club.

Electronic Arts (EA) the world’s leading independent developer and publisher of video games announced a new game franchise — Charm Girls Club at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) gaming convention in L.A. on June 1st. The E3 game expo is the American event of the year for everyone involved in the interactive gaming industry.

The animation division for funnelbox, Cinematics, recently finished work on Electronic Arts’ newest title Charm Girls Club, and is excited about the unveiling of the new game franchise.  Charm Girls Club is an original franchise from Electronic Arts geared toward younger girls and will ship on the Nintendo Wii and DS game consoles.  Cinematics produced cut-scene animations for the game and is currently discussing future Charm Girls Club titles.

“We’re excited about the momentum building in the industry and pleased with our work with EA on this major title announcement,” said Robb Crocker, CEO and Creative Director of funnelbox.

Cinematics, the animation division of funnelbox, opened as a full-service animation studio for the interactive entertainment industry in the Spring of 2008.   Cinematics was created to address the need for specialization in in-game animation, cut-scenes, and pre-rendered cinematics.

Established in 1999, funnelbox is a full-service film and video production company based in downtown Oregon City, OR with a second funnelbox studio in Wilsonville, OR. funnelbox offers 4K Digital Cinema and HD Video Production, Digital Nonlinear Editing, Motion Graphics and animation, and DVD Design and Production.

funnelbox shoots TV commercials and marketing videos for clients such as: HP, Wacom, Gard Communications, Columbia Sportswear, Nike, Les Schwab, Keen Footwear, Microsoft, and others. The creative design agency has been in business for ten years and use only professional crew and equipment.

For more information on funnelbox, please visit www.funnelbox.com or call Robb Crocker, Creative Director and CEO, at (503) 595-5901 x. 111

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Weather cleared in time to  “A Clear View of Downtown”. Energetic volunteers gathered in downtown Oregon City today for a uniquely downtown celebration of Oregon’s 150^th year of statehood.

Two dozen volunteers and a dozen business owners cleaned more than 150 windows (178 to be exact) in less than150 minutes in downtown Oregon City. The event, “A Clear View of Downtown” was coordinated by the newly created non-profit Main Street Oregon City.

“Windows are a vital part of downtown retail,” said Lloyd Purdy, Downtown Manager for Oregon City.  “This event celebrates the important role historic downtown Oregon City has played in the state’s history. As Oregon’s oldest city we thought it important to show our support for Oregon 150.”

As part of this creative downtown celebration of Oregon’s 150^th Birthday, three Golden Squeegee Awards were presented.  One Golden Squeegee award was presented to the participating downtown storefront with the cleanest window. One Golden Squeegee award was presented to the volunteers who cleaned the most windows. One Golden Squeegee award was presented for best overall style while cleaning windows.

Anna and Jerry Handegard of AJH Financial at 217 7^th Street were presented with the Golden Squeegee Award for cleanest storefront window.

Volunteers Jerry Lord, recently retired Environmental Technician at Blue Heron (retired this week after 21 years at Blue Heron) and Kate McCutchen, Environmental Engineer at Blue Heron, were presented with the Golden Squeegee Award for cleaning the most windows. At last count they were on window number 78 and still working.

Deborah Pettitt of Farmer’s Insurance at 703 Main Street won the Golden Squeegee Award for most style while cleaning a window. She was dressed in 1850’s period clothing (including a hoop skirt) while cleaning her storefront window.

“A Clear View of Downtown” was supported by SOLV as a “Take Care of Oregon” project and downtown paper manufacturer Blue Heron Paper Company.

Blue Heron donated its new product, Natural Towels, to use to clean downtown Oregon City’s windows. “A Clear View of Downtown” window cleaning project was the first public use of Blue Heron’s new Natural Towels made from curbside recycled paper and office waste. These paper towels are 100% recycled, contain over 50% post consumer content, and will be produced for the away-from-home market in rolls and interfolded towels.

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