Examples of Studio 8′s Work

Examples of Studio 8's Work

Intel “Mobile Manners” Campaign – 6/09

After Intel hired Justine Ezarik to be the face of their new “Mobile Manners” campaign, she brought us onto the project to write and produce a series of web videos which would offer a comedic interpretation of Intel’s marketing surveys. They included the videos in THIS interactive press release, as well as releasing the videos on multiple video platforms. Most of the views came from Justine’s YouTube Channel and can be seen HERE.
Approx. views across all video sites: 400,000

AT&T “Lost in America” Web Series – 12/08

AT&T bought this concept from Tremor Media, cast web stars iJustine and Karenism, and then hired Studio 8 to produce this series from the ground up. With the tiniest budget imaginable, we shot 16 webisodes in 3 cities – Anchorage, Austin, and Chicago. According to metrics from Tremor, the series’ microsite has gotten over 6 million unique video views.
Approx. views across all video sites: 6,550,000

KevJumba/MusicShake Video – 9/08

Studio 8 was hired to write and produce this video for music software company MusicShake. Utilizing the popularity of YouTube stars KevJumba and Katers17, we produced the above video, along with an extended version and an MP3 and ringtone of the song within the video.
Approx. views across all video sites: 2,000,000

Comedy Central’s “AtomTV” – ONGOING

In the past year, Comedy Central has purchased 4 of our videos to air on their weekly television show AtomTV. We are currently pitching series and sketch concepts to them. One of the vids they bought from us, “The Hand,” was “hand”-picked by horror film director/writer Wes Craven to be featured on YouTube’s homepage on Halloween 2008. That video was featured on every major video site and has been seen millions of times.

Bikini Zone Web Commercial – 7/08

Brock pitched this web-only ad to the brand Bikini Zone, they liked it, and then hired us to produce it. Since it was for the internet, we wanted to make something funny, sexy, and slightly confusing and controversial. We ended up releasing the above fake Japanese version and later an English version across many video sites. Bikini Zone recently contacted us about chopping this down into a 15-second version to air on national television, which is still in negotiations.
Approx. views across all video sites: 2,500,000

“Stabbing at Leia’s Birthday Party” – 2/07

One of our most viral hits to date. It’s easy to do that with Star Wars material. Go figure. Brock wrote and produced this video with his director friend Josh Trank, who wanted to use it for his directing reel. After he put it on YouTube to see what people would say about it, lots of people had lots to say and the video racked up millions and millions of views in its first week. It was pretty huge. Anyway, chances are, if you’ve looked at the internet in the past 2 years, you’ve seen that video, which actually somehow landed Josh a directing agent and launched his career in film and TV.
Approx. views across all video sites: 5,000,000

Further Details About Studio 8:

Our video work has been featured on YouTube (once), Comedy Central’s AtomTV (4 times), G4′s Attack of the Show (twice), CW’s Online Nation, eBaum’s World, CollegeHumor, Cracked, SpikeTV, Revver, Crackle, DailyMotion, StupidVideos, MySpace, Metacafe, and into the darkest, furthest reaches of the internet.

We were also semi-finalists in YouTube’s Sketchies 2 Contest and the 2008 MTV Movie Awards Spoof Contest. Our music video “Fuck This City” was a finalist in the 2008 SXSW Click Film Fest and was chosen as an official selection for the 2009 SXSW Film Festival.

Studio 8 has collaborated on projects with various web and TV personalities and groups such as Fred Armisen, Jennette McCurdy, Tay Zonday, Carson Daly, iJustine, HappySlip, David Choi, Brookers, Katers17, and KevJumba.

We have also produced and performed in all kinds of live shows at various festivals – SXSW, NYC SketchFest, The Montreal Comedy Festival Showcase, Out of Bounds Improv Festival, See.Hear.Speak Fest, The Dirty South Improv Festival, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin’s Frontera Fest, the Del Close Marathon in New York City, and the Phoenix, Chicago, and Toronto Improv Festivals, among many others. Recently, Studio 8 co-produced the first-of-its-kind wildly successful 2009 Air Sex World Championships Tour.

The Dudes Who Run Studio 8

Chris Trew – Co-Owner | Head Writer | Music | Producer/Actor

Chris Trew founded Studio8.net at LSU in 1999. Now, he lives in Austin, Texas where he helps manage Studio 8′s live theater and comedy training center, The New Movement. He’s won tons of awards for his improv comedy (Austin Chronicle Best Of 2006-2008) and has performed at almost every major comedy festival in North America. His nerdcore hip-hop act, Terp 2 it, was named Best Rapper in Austin (Austin 360) and recently released his second album, “My Wiener Touches the Ceiling.”

Brock LaBorde – Co-Owner | Head Writer | Webmaster | Director/Editor/Producer/Actor

Brock writes. He also does everything else. He has written and produced hours of sketch comedy, several short films, a feature-length mockumentary, a few comedy albums, tons of articles, a book, and plenty of feature-length and TV scripts. Currently, Brock is writing his second and third books, filming lots of sketch comedy, and lives as yet another drop in the piss-bucket of Hollywood’s TV & film industry. As a stand-up, sketch performer, and improviser, he trained at the Comedy Conservatory in New Orleans and has played on stages in Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans, and Austin. Brock is represented by WME Entertainment.

Studio 8 also regularly works with the following directors and comedians:

	Tami Nelson – Writer \| Actor Tami Nelson began her study of comedy at The Comedy Conservatory in New Orleans, LA. After Hurricane Katrina, Tami moved to Austin, TX, where she co-founded the improv training center,The New Movement Theater with Chris Trew. Tami has performed weekly at many of Austin’s most popular theaters, earning her reputation as one of the city’s most recognizable improv talents. She has received awards from The Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin in the categories of Improv and Comedy in 2006, 2007,and 2008, The B. Iden Payne Award in 2007 & 2008, Best of Fest 2008 at The Frontera Fest, and The Austin American Statesman’s A-List Best Improv Troupe 2008. Tami has actively toured the country, playing nearly every improv festival in the U.S. as well as touring the south, teaching workshops, and performing.
	Jared Richard – Editor \| Graphic Designer Jared (pronounced Jared) arrived in Baton Rouge in 2001 at age 19 with a dream. A dream of spending the next 4 years of his life retaining useless information, stressing over grades, and falling deeper into debt as an LSU student. This dream was quickly shattered after coming into contact with Studio 8, and a new dream of success in the entertainment field was conceived. Jared’s involvement in Studio 8’s well-oiled machine has ranged from writing articles for the website and satirical newspaper The Campus Dirt to recording and mixing Studio 8’s comedy albums. Jared also had a small role in Studio 8’s first film, Everything is Everything and also edits most of the sketches and short films that we do!
	Eric William Pierson – Writer \| Actor E.P. is a miniature giant among men. He’s been in movies, on TV, and ON THE INTERNET, if you can believe it. An accomplished live performer, visual artist, musician, writer, and a dedicated hard worker; E.P. is a creative force that is on his way to leaving his permanent mark on popular culture. Currently, in addition to his work with Studio 8, he’s developing and performing his live one-man show “Imagine the Band”, which has opened for acts such as Neil Hamburger, Tom Green, and Tim Heidecker.
	Drew Baldwin – Director \| Actor Drew Baldwin is the co-founder of Tubefilter and the International Academy of Web Television. He recently produced the Streamy Awards, the first award ceremony recognizing excellence in web series. He is a new media consultant and commercial, TV, and new media director whose recent credits include AT&T’s Lost In America series, Comedy Central’s AtomTV, The 2008 MTV Movie Awards, a web/TV commercial for Bikini Zone, and several award-winning online videos. Drew has directed many videos for Studio 8 and will do thousands more.
	Barry McLaughlin – Director \| Actor \| Writer Barry Holiday is a writer, director, musician and comedian who has performed live all over the country and created over 100 short films. He was the Creative Director for the hilarious, but short-lived, Secretfuntime, and has had his work featured on CNN, USA Today, and the CW. Barry is also a commercial and New Media consultant, working with companies like Y&R Brands, The Rehab, and The Viral Factory. His comedy is colorful, fun and imaginative, because all he wants to do is make you happy. Seriously, he loves you very much.

Contact Information

Brock LaBorde
2450 Valentine St.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
225-278-2032
brocklaborde@gmail.com

	Tami Nelson – Writer \| Actor Tami Nelson began her study of comedy at The Comedy Conservatory in New Orleans, LA. After Hurricane Katrina, Tami moved to Austin, TX, where she co-founded the improv training center,The New Movement Theater with Chris Trew. Tami has performed weekly at many of Austin’s most popular theaters, earning her reputation as one of the city’s most recognizable improv talents. She has received awards from The Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin in the categories of Improv and Comedy in 2006, 2007,and 2008, The B. Iden Payne Award in 2007 & 2008, Best of Fest 2008 at The Frontera Fest, and The Austin American Statesman’s A-List Best Improv Troupe 2008. Tami has actively toured the country, playing nearly every improv festival in the U.S. as well as touring the south, teaching workshops, and performing.
	Jared Richard – Editor \| Graphic Designer Jared (pronounced Jared) arrived in Baton Rouge in 2001 at age 19 with a dream. A dream of spending the next 4 years of his life retaining useless information, stressing over grades, and falling deeper into debt as an LSU student. This dream was quickly shattered after coming into contact with Studio 8, and a new dream of success in the entertainment field was conceived. Jared’s involvement in Studio 8’s well-oiled machine has ranged from writing articles for the website and satirical newspaper The Campus Dirt to recording and mixing Studio 8’s comedy albums. Jared also had a small role in Studio 8’s first film, Everything is Everything and also edits most of the sketches and short films that we do!
	Eric William Pierson – Writer \| Actor E.P. is a miniature giant among men. He’s been in movies, on TV, and ON THE INTERNET, if you can believe it. An accomplished live performer, visual artist, musician, writer, and a dedicated hard worker; E.P. is a creative force that is on his way to leaving his permanent mark on popular culture. Currently, in addition to his work with Studio 8, he’s developing and performing his live one-man show “Imagine the Band”, which has opened for acts such as Neil Hamburger, Tom Green, and Tim Heidecker.
	Drew Baldwin – Director \| Actor Drew Baldwin is the co-founder of Tubefilter and the International Academy of Web Television. He recently produced the Streamy Awards, the first award ceremony recognizing excellence in web series. He is a new media consultant and commercial, TV, and new media director whose recent credits include AT&T’s Lost In America series, Comedy Central’s AtomTV, The 2008 MTV Movie Awards, a web/TV commercial for Bikini Zone, and several award-winning online videos. Drew has directed many videos for Studio 8 and will do thousands more.
	Barry McLaughlin – Director \| Actor \| Writer Barry Holiday is a writer, director, musician and comedian who has performed live all over the country and created over 100 short films. He was the Creative Director for the hilarious, but short-lived, Secretfuntime, and has had his work featured on CNN, USA Today, and the CW. Barry is also a commercial and New Media consultant, working with companies like Y&R Brands, The Rehab, and The Viral Factory. His comedy is colorful, fun and imaginative, because all he wants to do is make you happy. Seriously, he loves you very much.

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