cheers to a leisurely long weekend

The first long bank holiday weekend of the year has reared its head and we've got some great weekend suggestions for you. But first things first - we have some new work out! 

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Olivier Venturini and Great Guns joined forces with Brothers & Sisters to film the first brand film for Matt Cooper's new venture The Fableists - a totally sustainable children's clothing line. 

Shot on location around London, the film follows the journey of Finn, a fearless young boy who escapes to an urban jungle on his skateboard. 

The two minute film is the first in a series of films which will document extraordinary kids around the world. Kids with gifts, drive and ambitions who have overcome adversity.  

You can watch the film on YouTube - CLICK HERE and read the full press release on LBB HERE.

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Some of you might already know but Vaudeville owned by the lovely Dan Jones have a sound suite in our London office in the basement. Dan's just made a move across the pond, and when he was looking to set up shop over in LA it seemed apt that it would be out of our LA office. 

LA looking b-e-a-utiful on the day of the Vaudeville launch. 

We don't have many pictures from the launch and have yet to show you all what our LA office looks like. But here's a little party pic from the outside terrace. 

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In awards news - Ilya Naishuller's 'Bad Motherfucker' has just been awarded an Official Honoree of the 18th Annual Webby Awards. With over 12,000 entries this year, we're so pleased that it's been recognised in the top 20 percent of all work entered! You can watch the film on YouTube - CLICK HERE. 

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On to our bank holiday suggestions. First up TURN is screening this sunday at the London Independent Film Festival. From 1pm onwards on Easter Sunday you can watch it alongside a selection of other great short films at the Short Wave cinema 

Sticking to the film theme, if you want to get stuck into something slightly longer & a lot more violent - Great Guns producer Sheridan Thomas recommends THE RAID 2. 

press pic from The Raid 2

Packed with a relentless barrage of action scenes, the two-and-a-half hour epic impresses with its amazing combat scenes entwined with a surprisingly gripping crime-drama story. Watch the trailer HERE and if you can handle the gore, catch it at pretty much any cinema. 

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Now no bank holiday weekend is complete without a great meal. And Laura Gregory has suggested The Perkin Reveller. It's situated on the grassy bank below the Tower of London - you could kill two birds with one stone... pay a visit to the Tower and then pop for lunch afterwards. 

If the weather is nice we suggest sitting out on the terrace, but knowing London it will rain... which is fine because the inside is just as nice! 

All their food is seasonal and homemade, using local produce and fresh ingredients. Their menu changes according to season, so the best way to find out what's good is to go and try it for yourself. 

At Easter you can't go wrong with a gorgeous leg of lamb and lashings of mint sauce. 

They do killer cocktails too! Here's one for the grownup kids. 

(all pictures courtesy of The Perkin Reveller) 

You can reserve online or give them a call : +44 (0)20 3166 6949

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On that note we hope you all have a wonderful & relaxing Easter. 

Love, The Gunners x 

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london is cooling down but great guns is heating up

For many the lead up to the festive period is a time to wind down, tie up those loose ends and gear up for the New Year - not for the Gunners, we're steaming ahead and are busier than ever! 

GG director Jonty Toosey has been even busier since the last blog post. He's just directed a gorgeous spot for Alpro Soya Yoghurt.

Shot in Slovenia this heart-warming advert focuses on the mantra 'stay curious', and follows a woman's rediscovery of her love of photography. 

You can watch it HERE. 

As promised here is the link to his advert featuring Antonio Banderas - Kaspi Bank 

Jonty is currently in full on production mode at Great Guns with an exciting shoot confirmed for next week - we can't wait for you to see it so check back soon! 

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Our mammoth project with Russian Standard Vodka officially launched this month and some of the team spent an evening sipping on Russian Standard Moscow Mules and watching the amazing new advert at the British Science Museum in South Kensington.

GG director Calum Macdiarmid teamed up with My Agency and Jason Silva (a filmmaker and performance philosopher) for the shoot. It was partly filmed on location in Russia and partly in a west London studio. 

Edited in house by GG editor James Demetriou the spot is slick and utterly fascinating, with one viewer stating on youtube  'what in THE WORLD is a vodka scientist? I want that job.'

The launch was a huge success and you can actually watch how the event unfolded here and of course please have a look at the spot HERE. 

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Steven Boyle just filmed a lovely promo for the singing duo Elephant titled 'Shapeshifter'. Described on Davids Reviews as 'blissed out wonder' Shapeshifter seems to be about appreciating the return of a love that was lost. 

Backed by the sparse and stretched out Snowday, as icily cool as it sounds, full of chiaroscuro contrasts and flickering atmospherics, it's a release that suggests their debut album is set to be one of the standout albums of 2014.

Have a watch of the video HERE

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We've been sending out LOADS of Turn DVD's as we continue the festival rounds. 

And we've just been accepted into another festival - The London Short Film Festival which is another Oscar and Bafta booster! 

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Our beautiful Gold LIA award for Best Music Video arrived in the post this week and has taken prime place in the London office. 

Other exciting post includes our Shots Tickets - we can't wait for next thursday night and are crossing our fingers! 

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Our directors are busier than ever with some really exciting work coming up towards the end of the year and some great stuff to kick off 2014. 

Ron Scalpello continues to cut his film at Great Guns and has just shot an action-packed spot due to air in January. 

Andy Morahan has just jetted over to LA to shoot in both downtown LA and Vegas.

Paul Shearer has shot a brilliant spot for a well known sports brand featuring some familiar faces so watch this space for a link in the coming weeks. 

And Klaus Thymann has just been featured on i-D online talking about his five top extreme locations to shoot. 

Extreme locations include The Blue Lake in New Zealand and the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda. 

You can have a read of that article HERE 

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We polished of the week as all weeks should be polished off - with a lunch at The York and Albany in Camden. We headed down with the lovely folk at McCann Health and GG director Olly Blackburn and gorged ourselves on spicy wings, calamari, pizzas and burgers. 

Sorry to disappoint but the food was so delicious and the company so brilliant we totally forgot to take some snaps. Anyway, we wouldn't want to make you jealous. 

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As always have a wonderful weekend wherever you are & check back soon for more updates. 

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