After a couple weeks of burdensome/rewarding pre-production, we start filming today (in less than an hour from this posting). The remainder of the crew arrived safe and relatively sound last night, just in time for the fun. At this point, I think we’re all too dumb to be worried about all the mishaps that I’m sure are lining up at our doors, but if we thought too much about the sanity of this venture, we wouldn’t be down here even attempting it. Our fearless leader and director, Joel Vallie, sets the tone. The motto for this production: “Don’t worry.” Ha, tell that to my innards.

Posted below are a few pictures from our location scouting, courtesy of Chad and his now trendy Hipstomatic-ical iPhone app. Hope you enjoy.

Exactly what you'd expect Mexico to look like, verdad?

Kaelin Stockwell, our lead actor.

Derek Street and Eric Machiela, perplexed at a location.

Hey look! A happy Derek found the fuse box!

Joel Vallie (on left) scouting with crew.

You boys like Meexxico?!?

Gorilla is building an iPhone Application! The process is nearly finished, and there was a bit of a learning curve, but the App will be available for free on iTunes and will be used primarily for marketing. Of course, for all you Gorilla fans out there, make sure you grab a copy in passionate support of Grand Rapids Film Production companies!

The App is scheduled to be released at the end of February.