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Aug22013

Posted in F4YL Crew

Bryan Bachar – creator / director / producer

Bryan wants nothing more than to make Fight 4 Your Life something worthy of everyone’s time and efforts.  He believes it can be a film that people from all walks of life can appreciate, whether due to its fun, action-based structure, its more philosophical side, its dramatic, hero’s struggle storyline, or even because of its athletic competition mindset.  Character relationships play a big part of F4YL too, hopefully allowing viewers to see deeper into the souls of the characters and better relate to them.  Heck, there are even some pretty crazy fantasy elements mixed in there for the fan boy types!  Fight 4 Your Life has a little something for everyone.

Bryan works as owner and chief creative media producer / director of one studios, the home-grown production company putting F4YL together.  No matter if a piece of the puzzle or harnessing entire projects, one studios aims to bring a single vision to life.  B pushes himself to rep this aspect of one studios, always.  Whatever he can do to help, he’s your guy! 

Over the years Bryan has worked in many different areas of production to earn and expand upon his skill sets, including film, television, industrial, corporate, academic, performance, athletics, music and more.  His experience has allowed him to become an all-arounder in digital film and media production.  That flexibility brings a variety of jobs his way.  One day he might work as a director of photography and camera operator.  The next day he may work as a sound recordist, D.I.T or media manager.  And boy has he spent many hours behind a desk editing!  But B definitely considers directing to be his area of focus.  It’s been his goal from the start to know enough about the many aspects of production to be able to lead a team with legitimate understanding of their work.  

In addition to pounding the pavement for partners / clients that directly hire one studios, Bryan also often serves as a contractor for fellow production companies, which continues to allow him to regularly meet new crew members, talent and just plain awesome people.  His contract work has taken him to far off destinations.  And many of the relationships he’s made have lead to people coming aboard and/or supporting Fight 4 Your Life in some fashion.  This project has benefited greatly from the professionalism such folks bring to the table. 

B has been creating short films and working on other artists’ film productions for over two decades.  Fight 4 Your Life is the culmination of his experience and knowledge to this point in his career, representing his first full length feature that he has taken on for himself and one studios…..a huge step in the dream!  Day by day he continues to form one studios into the film production house that he envisioned way back in the early 2000’s.  

Out of college he spent some time down in LA working for ABC Family and then decided to make the track back up to NorCal to play his hand his own way…..a decision that allowed him to meet his wife, who eventually got him to relocate from the Sacramento area to the Bay Area, where he now resides with her, their little man and, of course, their best boy, Teddy. 

Forever appreciative of the fine people who continue to help make this project happen, Bryan is well aware of the responsibility he has to get this film done.  Despite the many struggles along the lengthy journey, he’s lived this project for the better part of a decade.  His ambition to tell a story of such scope with limited resources could be viewed as flawed.  It’s definitely a bit crazy!  But the community behind Fight 4 Your Life shows what dedication and teamwork can achieve.

 

“I just want to take a moment to full-heartedly thank everyone involved in Fight 4 Your Life.  This film could not happen without the team’s effort.  It’s a community collaboration.  Because of each and every one of you, what was once simply words on paper is now becoming a viewable piece of art, able to be appreciated and connected to by countless minds to come.  It’s our little mark for the books.  And it’s only the beginning for full length features to come from one studios!  Thank you.  Your hard work and dedication will pay off.  And know that once you’re part of the one studios Family you’re always part of the one studios Family.  Now let’s keep making the magic happen.  Believe it.  Do it.”

 

B continues to dedicate himself to making sure every ounce of time, work and funding that has went into Fight 4 Your Life is well rewarded to all involved in the process.  How?  First by finishing the movie, of course.  And then by getting it out into the world.  After such a long road, it’s understandable that the end game of this project is often questioned.  But Bryan is an open book and welcomes inquiries with answers.  Feel free to ask.

Expect more films and other projects out of one studios in the coming year, all directed and produced by B.  These films are currently in post production and will be a great way for you to touch base with one studios while you wait ever so patiently for Fight 4 Your Life’s completion.  For more on Bryan, check out his website at www.BryanBachar.com, which is long overdue for an update.  He’s pushing himself to get that done and get back on posting updates and such regularly.  You can also follow him and connect to him on his various social media outlets, such as Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, Behance, LinkedIn, MySpace, YouTube, SoundCloud, Tumblr, Ustream, HitRECord and Instagram……yes, he’s actually on all these.  🙂  And he invites you to touch base with him!

Of course, you can also reach B via www.onestudios.net, which is slated for a huge update very soon.  Be on the lookout!  If you would like to book B for a collaborative project or discuss such with him, please contact him HERE.  If your project is more of an all inclusive production effort meant for a production company to completely take hold of, please contact B with one studios HERE.

 

– The one studios crew

 

 

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May102014

Posted in F4YL Crew

Andrew Florio – assistant camera / grip

Andrew works as a cinematographer, camera operator, gaffer, grip…you name it, he likely does it.  Being a Jack-of-All trades type of production person is kind of needed nowadays as you scrap and scrape your way into the industry.  It can open more doors.

Many of the skills Andrew has gained come from his days at UC Davis, where he was an executive producer at AGTV, which is Davis’ campus TV news organization run by students.  Fight 4 Your Life creator Bryan Bachar also served on AGTV back in his hay day at UC Davis.  This was just one of the many reasons why Andrew is a perfect fit for this project.  Not only is he a fellow alum, but his skills and passion for filmmaking are evident.

The one studios crew has had a blast having Andrew on board.  Thus far, he’s been a huge help, especially when it came to a really pivotal scene in which green screening was involved.  Andrew’s knowledge of lighting and filming for chroma keying was a tremendous aid to all of our crew that day.

Thank you for all your hard work and for supporting Fight 4 Your Life Andrew!  We look forward to projects to come with you.  Check him out on IMDb and Facebook!

 

– The one studios crew

 

 

May92014

Posted in F4YL Cast

Eliot Kelly

Eliot Kelly is the head instructor at El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  He started learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu while he was teaching English and coaching wrestling in Japan.  During his stay in Japan, he was fortunate enough to live in a community where many Brazilians lived and quickly became involved with their culture and sports.  Although his training took place in Japan, he experienced complete immersion in Jiu-Jitsu training while surrounded by the Brazilian community.  Eliot explains,

 

“I wanted to learn Gracie Jiu-Jitsu because I heard of people doing it well into their 50’s and even 60’s.  I finally found something I could do that wasn’t just lifting weights, hitting a ball, or chasing a ball.” 

 

Eliot earned his brown belt in Japan from Michel and Marcio Miyashita, instructors under 5th degree black belt Master Barbosa.  After moving back to the United States from Japan he trained with Andre Glodzinski for almost 2 years until the closing of the first Sacramento gym.  Eliot is currently training with World Champion Professor Marcos Torregrosa.

 

“I wish to teach the Jiu-Jitsu technique and skills I know while emphasizing some of the fun and  unique cultural elements I have experienced in my training.  Please ask me about my experiences, I would love to share them with anyone!”  – Eliot Kelly

 

Prior to his experiences in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Eliot was a Division 1 Wrestler at UC Davis under the legendary coaching of Lennie Zalesky and Mark Munoz.  At UCD he became a two time Pac-10 place winner, Open Freestyle State Champion and earned medals at many other College Open tournaments.  Eliot has wrestled and beaten some cream-of-the-crop wrestlers from BIG 10 and BIG 12 schools, including the University of Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa University, Oklahoma State and Oregon State.  He also has experience working as a counselor at a few of the toughest, most renowned wrestling camps in the nation, including J Robinson’s Intensive Wrestling Camp, Camp of Champs Ironman Training Camp, The Eternal Warrior Wrestling Camp and West Coast Wrestling Camps.

Eliot graduated from UC Davis in 2007 with a double major in Japanese and East Asian Studies and a minor in Education.  His Japanese knowledge has come in handy during his journeys to Japan, where he has had a unique coaching experience.  He worked with the freestyle clubs in Shiga Prefecture alongside former Olympians and National Champions, and at Ritsumeikan University alongside a 2 time Olympian.

 

After returning from Japan, back to the Sacramento area, he arrived again at UC Davis to help the team as an Assistant Coach and to train in order to make the Freestyle national team, for which he competed in the Dave Schultz Memorial and Asics Nationals.  Unfortunately, in 2010 the UCD Wrestling team was cut from UCD Athletics.  But Eliot is looking to stay involved in wrestling as he continues to develop the Jiu-Jitsu program in El Dorado Hills.

It was through wrestling Eliot met his longtime friend, creator of Fight 4 Your Life, Bryan Bachar, with B being one of his teammates at UCD.  B says a few words about his friend,

 

“You can’t ask for a better person to know than El Dog.  He’s a genuinely good human being.  And it makes me a better person just to know him.  Like everyone in his life I’m sure, I’m very proud of the man he has become and continues to strive to be.”

 

Eliot has been a supporter of Mr. Bachar’s creative endeavors since college, having helped out regularly as an extra hand, or, more recently, having provided his dojo as a location for F4YL.  In fact, Eliot has a small role in the film as well!  Keep an eye out for him.

And please be sure to check out his business site for his Jui-Jitsu school El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  What a great place!  You can find out more about Eliot and his business on:

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– The one studios crew