Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 951 - OREGON FILM AND VIDEO OFFICE › Division 7 - OREGON PRODUCTION INVESTMENT FUND PRODUCTION SPENDING REIMBURSEMENTS FOR REGIONAL PRODUCTION (R-OPIF) › Section 951-007-0001 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Qualifying film or television
			 production" means a movie produced for release to theaters, video or the
			 Internet or a television movie or one or more episodes of a single television
			 series, or a local media production services project produced by a local media
			 production services company, the production of which will result in the
			 spending of at least $75,000.00 of Actual Oregon Expenses (as defined in
			 951-007-0001(12)  below). "Qualifying film or television production" does not
			 include the production of a commercial or one or more segments of a newscast or
			 sporting event.
(2) "OPIF" means
			 Oregon Production Investment Fund created by ORS 284.367.
(3) "L-OPIF" means the part of the Oregon
			 Production Investment Fund created by ORS 284.367 that is to be used to provide
			 expense reimbursement for local film makers and local media production services
			 companies pursuant to ORS 284.367(4).
(4) "Portland Metropolitan Zone" means the
			 area within a 30 mile circular radius drawn from the center of Burnside
			 Bridge.
(5) "Overnight Location"
			 means a production location which requires cast & crew to be housed on an
			 overnight basis due to the distance from the filmmaker's production office in
			 the Portland Metropolitan Zone.
(6)
			 "rOPIF" means the part of the Oregon Production Investment Fund created by ORS
			 284.368(4) that is to be used to provide expense reimbursement for filmmakers,
			 local filmmakers and local media production services companies pursuant to ORS
			 284.368(4) used to provide expense reimbursement for a qualifying film or
			 television production by a filmmaker or local filmmaker doing production work
			 outside of the Portland Metropolitan Zone pursuant to ORS284.368(4).
(7) "Filmmaker" means a person who owns a
			 television or film production company.
(8) "Local filmmaker" means a person who owns
			 a television or film production company or a local media production services
			 company that has its principal place of business in this state.
(9) "Local media production services company"
			 means a media production services company that has its principal place of
			 business in this state.
(10) "Media
			 production services" includes postproduction services and interactive video
			 game development. "Media production services" does not include the production
			 of a commercial or one or more segments of a newscast or sporting
			 event.
(11) "Production Office"
			 means the filmmaker or local filmmaker's principal coordinating office for all
			 production activities within the state of Oregon.
(12) "Principal Shooting Unit" means the
			 "first" or "main" production unit, crew, and actors of a filmmaker or local
			 filmmaker's qualifying film or television production (as opposed to a "second"
			 or "additional" unit, as is understood in the industry) which includes, but is
			 not limited to, the principal director and cast of the qualifying film or
			 television production.
(13) "Actual
			 Oregon Expenses" means costs paid in Oregon for principal photography,
			 production or postproduction in Oregon of a film, or for media production
			 services, including but not limited to the purchase or rental cost of
			 equipment, food, lodging, real property and permits and payments made for
			 salaries, wages and benefits for work in Oregon.
(14) "OFVO" means the Oregon Film & Video
			 Office created by ORS 284.305.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS284.368(4)
Statutes/Other Implemented:
				  ORS284.368(4)