Spring Break
Student kicks off adventure in film-making
Christopher Johnson
Issue date: 2/18/08 Section: News
Kasey McCabe has a deep love for the outdoors, adventure, doing what is right and for film-making. He also happens to be the co-owner and producer of one of Oregon's newest film companies and a student at OSU.
McCabe has been playing around with a camera ever since the third grade. With two of his childhood friends from Portland, McCabe started Exterior Films with the goal of bringing film-making to his hometown and the Pacific Northwest.
A senior in film studies at OSU, McCabe has partnered his talents with those of his long-time friends, Chapin Hemmingway - a production assistant working in Los Angeles, and Tyson Balcomb - a visual arts major at Seattle University.
"We produced these three films with a focus on drama within adventure and man's relationship with nature," Hemmingway said.
"The films have the Northwest and the outdoors as a general theme," McCabe said.
The first two films produced, "Camouflage," and "The Ranch," explore the topic of good and evil and were shot as part of class projects, McCabe said.
The company's newest film, "Last September," is its first professional-grade film, shot in Portland and Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands. The film is a coming-of-age adventure in which the central character is forced to face his past in an attempt to become a better person, McCabe and Balcomb said.
The film premiered at Hollywood Theater in Portland during the Christmas winter break, said Drew Fletcher, the film's lead.
"I enjoyed the three months of shooting with eighteen-hour days and seeing the job finished," McCabe said.
"The highlight of my job is working with my friends in a company setting."
The trio decided to form Exterior Films and shoot "Camouflage" during winter of 2005 when they took a trip to New Zealand where they visited "The Lord of the Rings" film set.
Balcomb said that it was then that the group decided that they, wanted to showcase the Northwest like "The Lord of the Rings" showcased New Zealand.
"[Hemmingway] was the impetuous in helping us all become interested in making movies [during this time]," Balcomb said.
"We hope to try something with an urban environment while still keeping characters with a love for the outdoors," Hemmingway said.
Christopher Johnson, news writer
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
McCabe has been playing around with a camera ever since the third grade. With two of his childhood friends from Portland, McCabe started Exterior Films with the goal of bringing film-making to his hometown and the Pacific Northwest.
A senior in film studies at OSU, McCabe has partnered his talents with those of his long-time friends, Chapin Hemmingway - a production assistant working in Los Angeles, and Tyson Balcomb - a visual arts major at Seattle University.
"We produced these three films with a focus on drama within adventure and man's relationship with nature," Hemmingway said.
"The films have the Northwest and the outdoors as a general theme," McCabe said.
The first two films produced, "Camouflage," and "The Ranch," explore the topic of good and evil and were shot as part of class projects, McCabe said.
The company's newest film, "Last September," is its first professional-grade film, shot in Portland and Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands. The film is a coming-of-age adventure in which the central character is forced to face his past in an attempt to become a better person, McCabe and Balcomb said.
The film premiered at Hollywood Theater in Portland during the Christmas winter break, said Drew Fletcher, the film's lead.
"I enjoyed the three months of shooting with eighteen-hour days and seeing the job finished," McCabe said.
"The highlight of my job is working with my friends in a company setting."
The trio decided to form Exterior Films and shoot "Camouflage" during winter of 2005 when they took a trip to New Zealand where they visited "The Lord of the Rings" film set.
Balcomb said that it was then that the group decided that they, wanted to showcase the Northwest like "The Lord of the Rings" showcased New Zealand.
"[Hemmingway] was the impetuous in helping us all become interested in making movies [during this time]," Balcomb said.
"We hope to try something with an urban environment while still keeping characters with a love for the outdoors," Hemmingway said.
Christopher Johnson, news writer
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
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