Hey Everyone,

Long time no blog on AnD.

In my last blog, I mentioned that our short, "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" was accepted into the 2011 Action On Film International Film Festival.

Below are the results:

Best Fight Choreography for short film-Winner

Best Martial Arts Action Sequence-Winner

Male Action Performer of the Year-Emmanuel Manzanares-Nominee

Male Breakout Action Star-Shawn Bernal-Nominee

If you were not able to watch the film, check out the link below.

http://youtu.be/xvxNOxalPGU

Emmanuel, Tony, and I brought our wives to LA for awards ceremony and it was a lot of fun.

I also managed to book a couple SAG jobs including Detention of the Dead as a stunt zombie and Superman: The Man of Steel doing ND stunts under the legendary Damon Caro.

After that, the rough edits of "Those Who Go to Hell" have been released.  To be honest, the film will probably never get finished due to location and budget issues.  My acting in it is terrible. So if you watch it, bare with it....   Episode 4 is the last one and it should be released soon.

Since then, Emmanuel, Brendon, and I have been given a huge opportunity, which would require Emmanuel and I to reside in LA.  So both of us will be moving very soon to join Brendon in the westcoast.  Unfortunately, I cannot disclose the information at this time.

That's pretty much it.  I will try to blog on here more often.  In the meantime, enjoy the latest clips including "Those Who Go to Hell," the "Detention of the Dead" teaser,  and my 2012 stunt reel.

Those Who Go to Hell episodes 1-3

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD446E8EE95D4E929&feature=plcp

Detention of the Dead teaser (Wallhit stunt at :20)

Video:

http://youtu.be/fA3nsaZfwl0

My 2012 Stunt Reel

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNwpTPYJtYw

Take care everyone!

-Shawn

Hello Everyone,

We recently released our new short film.  It was accepted into the Action On International Film Festival and we were feature in Kungfu Cinema.

Synopsis:

"A renegade assassin aspires to be the best in the league, but he must first defeat number one.."

Shot in 3 days, 20 hours total. Originally shot in November 2010.

A short film by Vlad Rimburg

Starring
Shawn Bernal as Number 1
Emmanuel Manzanares as Number 2

Featuring
Jessie Bayani
Pamela V. Bernal
Keith Min
Alexander Hashioka-Oatfield
Vlad Rimburg

Written and Directed by Vlad Rimburg

Kungfu Cinema Article:

http://www.kungfucinema.com/lbp-stunts-chicagos-yo-soy-un-hombre-loco-online-17987

If you are not able to view the version in the article, you can view it here.

http://www.vimeo.com/25292272

Let me know what you think!
Ejoyz!!!
-Shawn

Hey everyone,

Long time no blog.  Nothing too new, but have a newer test video.

Check it out!!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R1Si8Jg3dk

Hey everyone,

Long time no AnD blog.  Nothing too new has been going on.

I just realized I never posted the last video with Andy Long.

Check it out!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOkLJU7Z7yE

Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't been around AnD for a while.  Someone asked me on facebook if I was ever coming back.  So I decided post an update.

In terms of actual work, it has been pretty dry.

Ambassador booked me on some SAG extra work for two commercials.  One for Gatorade and another one for Sears.

The Gatorade commercial, you can't see me at all, but it was a cool commercial.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1URHUAfxqT4

The Sears commercial, you can see me a few times, but it is very blurry. 

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUOdtN4xLzU

Extra work is very boring, but the for the Sears commercial, I was there for like 18-19 hours.  So there was a fat paycheck that came in the mail.  =)

Emmanuel Manzanares was kind enough to update my reel for submission purposes.  Many of the professionals said my reel was a bit long and had a lot of the same exchanges.

Hopefully this one helps me get more work.  There will be a mid-year update after "Those Who Go To Hell" is completed.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sdcpyeiCAs

Manny released a new trailer for "Those Who Go To Hell."  It will hopefully be done in 3-4 months at most.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiL7G_44qRw

Lastly, I had two visitors stay with me. 

Mr. Andy Long from Magnificent Fighters in Germany is doing a full U.S. tour from NYC, Chicago, Minnesota, San Francisco, San Diego, to Los Angeles. 

It was just a coincidence that he came down for my 30th birthday.  Check out my birthday vid below.  A lot of the dialog and random swears are inside jokes among our circle of friends.  So at least try to laugh.  =)

 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAiW6Z0yfHM

And lastly, martial arts tricker Jim Ng from NYC came in for a week during Andy's stay.  Jim is transitioning from tricker to screenfighter.  ln our fight below, we only worked on very basic choreography for him to get some rhythm and flow.  Jim did a good job!!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qtzag8FXsE

We also did some group choreo with Asylum Stunts Chicago.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kEtwa6X7_Q

For now, that's all folks. 

The rest of the year, I will be concentrating on my wedding, my move to Los Angeles, and the completion of "Those Who Go To Hell." 

Stay tuned!!

-Shawn