Line #38 Creator/ExtraCreditStudios


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4	Extra Credit Studios was formed by the writing and producing duo, Mark Cope & Carlo Moss, best known for creating the hit digital series, ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool''. Since debuting on Platform/YouTube in May 2012, [=MPGiS=] has amassed more than 125 million views, and 900,000 subscribers, making it one of the most popular scripted series in the history of the platform.
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6	In 2013, based off of the success of [=MPGiS=], Mark & Carlo launched Extra Credit Studios, a full service production company in Culver City, CA, specializing in stop-motion animation, live action scripted series, and branded content across a variety of platforms. Since launch, the studio has developed and produced content for Verizon, ''Series/SesameStreet'', Universal, Charlize Theron, New Form Digital, and The Streamys, in addition to continuing to produce ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' on Platform/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-wmJqGtOcfF_kfNyEdLmA here]].
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8	The company's Platform/YouTube channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCudbU-HZ8VAzL03oFes8m4g here]], and their website [[http://www.extracreditstudios.com/ here]].
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10	Their Patreon page can be found [[https://www.patreon.com/extracreditstudios/overview here]].
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12	No relation to the video game focused Youtube channel, ''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits''.
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15	!!Series produced by this company include:
16	[[index]]
17	* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' (Web Series) (2012)
18	* ''WebAnimation/DrHavocsDiary'' (2016)
19	* ''WesternAnimation/KingsOfTheInlandEmpire'' (TBA)
20	* ''Townies'' (TBA)
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23	!!Other projects:
24	* ''Dink'' (Stop-motion short with Drayson Helberg & Tyson James)
25	* ''Series/SesameStreet'' (Multiple live-action shorts for Seasons 47-48 (2017-2018) on HBO & PBS)
26	* ''Critters'' (Hand-drawn animated series with series creators John Lehr & Nancy Hower and executive producer Paul Young)
27	* Music Video for Tegan & Sara's single "Faint of Heart", produced with Warner Music.
28	* ''Immortals'' (Live-action pilot produced with New Form starring Alexa Losey and Melvin Gregg)
29	* ''Campus Catwalk'' (Live-action pilot produced with New Form and Is or Isn't Entertainment (Lisa Kudrow). Starring Nisalda Gonzales and Alexa Losey)
30	* ''Ink'' (Short film)
31	* JMSN Live North Hollywood (Live music special produced for JMSN with White Room Records)
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33	!!Tropes associated with Extra Credit Studios include:
34	* BlackAndGrayMorality: At their darkest.
35	* CallBack: Their shows expect you to have excellent memory of a lot of the gags from the previous episodes, lest you suffer from a strong case of ContinuityLockOut.
36	* ContinuityNod: Even in their more "sketchy" type of shows will there be references to past events.
37	* DeconstructiveParody: To quote founder Mark Cope:
38	-->'''Mark:''' We come from a place where there’s nothing we like more than making fun of things — people’s choices, or the ridiculous things they get into — and [[{{Deconstruction}} pointing out the ridiculousness of it]]... That’s what these shows are. Let's take something everyone takes for granted and treat it very real.
39	* {{Dramedy}}: A majority of their shows.
40	* GreyAndGrayMorality: Surprisingly.
41	* RapidFireComedy: Just when you think you've got one joke, it's onto the next one already.
42	* ReferenceOverdosed: {{Shout Out}}s can easily be missed.
43	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: In the middle, dipping into the cynical side more often that into the ideal side.
44	* VillainProtagonist: Yeah, their main characters are ''not'' nice people.

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