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Alexander G.B. Marshall

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Chief Creative Officer, Director, DoP
Nicole Jiang

Nicole Jiang

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Mark Talevski

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Cinematographer & Editor
Molly Patterson

Molly Patterson

Marketing Specialist

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Our latest posts and rants

GBTV: Startup Competition!

We are having our very first competition for Startups, make the most terrible commercial for your business under 60 seconds to win a commercial made by us! You must be a startup, it must be under 60 seconds and it must be terrible! Dropbox your video to info@georgebriggs.ca before March 1st! Voting ends March 1st!

We’ll be posting the videos on our channel within 6 hours of you dropboxing us your terrible commercial and share the link with you to spread the word to all your friends!

Has Lonely Island changed the comedy game? #YOLO

Pulling up the seat to my computer after a long Saturday night of tending bar I took the opportunity alongside some greasy, mind you delicious pad thai leftovers, to watch some television online “legally”, of course.

A regular staple for the past decade of my life has been the live antics of Saturday Night Live. Their new, almost unheard of but mega talented cast has been delivering one of my favourite seasons to date and tonight did not disappoint. This time, however, it was not the new roles and characters that were getting me all hot & bothered, but rather a throwback we have all been waiting for.

The opening monologue, delivered by frontman of Maroon 5 and judge of The Voice, Adam Levine, a spoof of his own talent competition began to take place as a buzzer rang out and a judge’s seat spun around to reveal Andy Samberg, an SNL alum. As the skit went on two other judges were revealed as Cameron Diaz and Jerry Seinfeld drew roars from the live audience. Personally, all I could think about was Samberg’s presence during the monologue and knew that it could only mean one thing… another SNL digital short. My gut told me with Adam Levine hosting and Kendrick Lamar as the musical guest that I would be seeing the long awaited return of the Lonely Island.

Midway through the broadcast as one skit faded into the next…it was happening…could it be?!

Bright flashes of light reveal four men standing in classic power stances; the kind of power stances you can only dream about, the kind that just haven’t been captured since the days of NSync. It was time, I could feel it in my bones, but this time…was different.

The video opens, Levine eloquently sings the line “YOLO”…heart swoons…Samburg whispers “the battle cry of a generation”. I knew this one would be special, the goosebumps couldn’t lie.

I’ve been hoping for someone to take a stab at YOLO and who better than Samberg and crew. The Lonely Island boys are always hilarious with their lyrics and Levine is straight up flawless on the hook and relentlessly funny throughout. Kendrick Lamar murdered (in a good way) his verse and the beat, sampled from Joy Formidable’s “Whirring” which echoed the theme and feel of the track magnificently.

But, most of all it was the cinematography and editing of the video that told the world that The Lonely Island has just upped the ante. Comedy has the tendency of becoming gimmicky quick and this slapstick style of music video was something I feared wouldn’t catch on as well as it has. Although it’s hard to top Dick in a Box (seriously), somehow the boys managed to outdo themselves.

This was the first time a Lonely Island video looked and felt like it was shot with the direction of a music video veteran. Creative movements and truly beautiful, though subtle choreography, mixed with one of the catchiest songs of the year make this video brilliant. This video has definitely sent the message to anyone making comedy shorts or music videos right now that the bar has officially been lifted. I look forward to seeing what will come next from these gentleman, as well as excited to see what I too can bring to the table knowing now that simply “good enough” isn’t going to make the cut.

Thanks gents.

PS. If you don’t get the Orwell reference in the video it’s your own fault. Read a book.