Yep yep, I recently got hired to stunt coordinate a short film which will be shot in late March, and because the film is about a hitwoman's life and her upbringing, they wanted the fight scenes to be more in the style of the Bourne series and the newer James Bond films. So all I merely did was go out and ask Alex and Laurie from Asylum Stunts to stand in for the actor and main actress that would be in the last fight. I essentially choreographed something in that style (which I'm not particularly used to) and shot it in about 2 hrs. I just used the outline of the fight in the script, and then basically went about it in the way I would shoot/direct it as I would on set. Here's how it came out:


Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvp0dfuaNms

Alex Vs. Laurie 2 - Hitwoman:Assassin Blocking Tape from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Hope you enjoy! Alex and Laurie did a fantastic job as usual, and I'm pretty happy how it turned out, considering this is my first foray into this type of style of choreography. =D

--Manny

Yes sir, we had the good privilege of working with another local stunt team (Asylum Stunts) this time around and was asked by member Alex Hashioka-Oatfield (who's been in some of our vids as of late) to help him and the team out by shooting/directing some test fights for them. So here is the result of the first one:


Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGwZtiqGYkQ

Alex Vs. Laurie (Asylum Stunts Demo Test Fight) from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

This fight includes Alex, along with fellow Asylum member, Laurie McNeilly, who's a great stunt woman and kick ass person to work with. We shot this in about 40 min, and I hope you all enjoy! We had alot of fun making it! Alex and Laurie did the choreography, and I handled the action direction, camera, and editing.

If your interested in finding out more about Asylum Stunts, which specializes in more traditional American stunt work, you can visit Asylum Stunts here:

http://www.asylumstunts.com

Enjoy! And Happy Lunar New Year to everyone!!! =D

--Manny

So this is from a Xanga from one my buddies I've known since high school. This was a convo between her and her buddy about a recent night out:

<cassius_clay13> so I was with my friend bryan the other night in a bar
<cassius_clay13> well he got really drunk and said he was gonna puke
<cassius_clay13> so i helped him walk to the toilet
<cassius_clay13> all the stalls were occupied
<emoti_conartist> lol
<cassius_clay13> bryan is a rugby player... so a big guy
<cassius_clay13> so he fucking KICKS one of the stall doors open
<cassius_clay13> and there's this guy in there taking a shit
<emoti_conartist> hahahahahaha
<cassius_clay13> and bryan throws up ALL OVER HIM
<cassius_clay13> then (this is genius) bryan thinks 'oh shit... if i were taking a shit and someone came in and was sick all over me, i'd want to fuck him up... so i'd better hit him first'
<cassius_clay13> so he fucking SMACKS this guy in the face
<cassius_clay13> and runs away
<cassius_clay13> imagine being that guy... WORST NIGHT OUT EVER

Awesome.

--Manny

Dont forget to check out our sexy new blogspot first!

http://lazybrownproductions.blogspot.com/

F YOU DAWG!


Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEApFHTEYOM

F You Dawg! from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo

MILK...DOES A BODY GOOD...?


Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq8uP2jM4so

Milk...Does A Body Good...? from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo..


So after the Shawn Vs. Craig fight, Shawn wanted to go back to our old ways of doing random test fights, which I happily obliged too. The only thing was normally, we'd just fight for no reason, but now I wanted to add some more depth and details to at least give the fights (maybe) a little more reason. Anyway, we haven't had this much fun in ages, so hope you enjoy!

--Manny

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x5iXjKUgV0

and



Shawn Vs. Craig Henningsen - LBP Edit from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Shawn and I got hired by Craig Henningsen to help shoot a demo fight for him for this promo reel he's gonna give to producers of the Weinstein Company. He's attempting to shoot some type of serious and dramatic martial arts film in Chicago for $6 million or so, and he came back into Chicago from LA to get promo footage to show the producers. So this past weekend, Shawn brought me in to shoot the second test fight they were gonna do in a condo which was owned by one of Craig's friends and we shot this in about 4 hours. If your unfamiliar with Craig Henningsen, he's this guy: http://www.craighenningsen.com

you can also visit his youtube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/CraigHenningsen

He's part of that Sideswipe XMA team and a real nice guy to boot. So I went out of my usual comfort zone to try to choreo and shoot more stylistic stuff for him and add in his signature moves as well. He liked it though! and was kind enough to allow me to post it up publicly. So enjoy!

--Manny