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All Is Love

10:26 PM • , , , , , , , , • 0 finders

I finally have a reel! I had to make one for Grad Review, which, by the way went really well. It even includes some footage of my portfolio film POOL, which I've been busy with lately (one of the many reasons why this blog hasn't been updated).

All Is Love Reel from Brian Gurrola on Vimeo.


Let me know what you all think!


☺ Brian

POOL Fundraiser

11:45 PM • , , , , , , , , , , , , • 0 finders

My portfolio film POOL has been put onto the major front-burner lately. First off, we now have a website for the film. Check it out. We are in the middle of casting as well as location scouting (read more on our website) along with the rest of preproduction. All is busy.

And all day this Tuesday, August 18 2009, we are having a fundraiser at Elephant Bar in Valencia to help raise funds. We'd love for you to be there to help support our film. All you need to do is download, print, and present this flyer when placing your order and 20% of sales will be donated to our film. How awesome is that!?

Tuesday, August 18 2009
All Day!

Elephant Bar Restaurant
27063 McBean Pkwy
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
661.799.8640

POOL Elephant Bar Fundraiser Flyer

Tell your family and friends and be sure to follow our Twitter for future updates. Hope to see you there :)

☺ Brian

Tom's Favorite Place Becomes One of Summer's Too

9:15 PM • , , , , , , , , , , , , , • 1 finders

A bench overlooking downtown LA in Angels Knolls Park marks Tom's favorite spot from the film (500) Days of Summer.


Today they had a ceremony dedicating that bench with a permanent plaque reading: "Days (95) & (488): Tom's Favorite Place Becomes One of Summer's Too."


Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, and producers Jessica Tuchinsky and Mark Waters were present to accept the key to Los Angeles and hang around to take photos (you can see my sister and I in the background).


I took a few photos of my sister with Zooey & Geoffrey.



Best of all, they were giving out FREE Coolhaus!


If you haven't seen the movie, GO! It's by far my favorite film of the year so far.

☺ Brian

Moon

3:29 AM • , , , • 0 finders

I must say, I'm very memorized by the moon tonight. Don't know why but
I am. It's beautiful coming brightly through the clouds. Best of all,
as I view it from the comfort of my bed by my window, it's perfectly
framed within an opening gap through the branches of my large front
yard tree. Otherwise it would be hidden from my view.

☺ Brian

Sent from my iPhone :)

Building Walt's Dream

2:07 PM • , , , , , , , , • 0 finders

Some amazing new footage of the building of Disneyland, mainly through time lapse, has recently been discovered before going into deep storage in a Pennsylvania salt mine. Take a look!






Enjoy :)

☺ Brian

Cirque Berzerk

11:53 PM • , , , , , , , , , • 0 finders

I got a chance to attend Cirque Berzerk down at Los Angeles State Historic Park near Chinatown. And it was great.



We decided to take public transportation. Friday night, traffic: who wants to deal with that? It's only a 10 minute walk from the Chinatown Gold Line station. Upon approaching the tent we could see the crowds moving in and every now and then the flame thrower doing its thing against the sunset sky. It was like a ritual was about to take place and we were invited. Closer in we could see food, music, and all sorts of demented characters roaming the park grounds. The marquee burns in the distance inviting more guests in. Five minutes until show time and we headed on into an old fashion circus stage with a bit of creepiness to it.

The show started.

I gotta say, even though I've seen most of the acts performed in a Cirque du Soleil show, they were still amazingly done. But there's something about the show that I just love that even Cirque du Soleil has yet to achieve. There's a more old-fashioness to the whole production as if this was all put together by an actual circus family. Even during the intermission the cast hangs out with the audience as they get some food and drinks and listen to the live band. There's a sense of family, community, and a whole lot of fun to the show.


The story was great. Awesome music, even though they could approve on the acoustics of the tent and the sound system. The lyrics were difficult to understand. The food was also surprisingly good. I fell in love with the underworld feel of the whole experience. Same reason why I'm so in love with Halloween Horror Nights. It's definitely more of an adult circus, however mature kids could still enjoy it as long as sexy underwear dances and guy-on-guy kissing are not a problem. There were a few families there that night that I'm sure enjoyed their experience. And it's great that it's more than a show. Before, intermission, and after the show there's music, food, and drinks to create this whole party atmosphere that happens at this quiet park every weekend night just outside downtown LA. It's like another world.


Go see it before it ends August 9th.

☺ Brian

The Ghanalogues

7:17 PM • , , , , , , , • 0 finders

My good friend Caron will be studying abroad in Ghana, Africa for the next five months. She's leaving this Friday (July 24) and coming back in December. She has set up a new blog called The Ghanalogues where she'll record her experiences. Be sure to follow (RSS feeds are quite handy) as I'm positive it'll be quite the read and wish her a fun and safe trip :)

☺ Brian