The Grand Rapids LipDub (NEW WORLD RECORD)

This film is dedicated to the late Roger Ebert, who died at the age of 70, on April 4th, 2013. Ebert loved movies and even named our LipDub, "The Greatest Music Video Ever Made."

Scott Erickson Films (http://scotterickson.net/) & Rob Bliss Creative (http://bit.ly/TaNJc4)

http://facebook.com/GRLipDub | http://twitter.com/GRLipDub

Scott Erickson Films Inquiries: ask[at]sefvideo.com
Rob Bliss Creative Inquiries: rob[at]robblisscreative.com

"The Grand Rapids LipDub Video was filmed May 22nd, with 5,000 people, and involved a major shutdown of downtown Grand Rapids, which was filled with marching bands, parades, weddings, motorcades, bridges on fire, and helicopter take offs. It is the largest and longest LipDub video, to date.

This video was created as an official response to the Newsweek article calling Grand Rapids a "dying city." We disagreed strongly, and wanted to create a video that encompasses the passion and energy we all feel is growing exponentially, in this great city. We felt Don McLean's "American Pie," a song about death, was in the end, triumphant and filled to the brim with life and hope." - Rob Bliss, Director & Executive Producer

*Note: The "NEW WORLD RECORD" designation refers to size and scope, not duration. Storyboards and concept art by Greg Oberle.

This $40,000 production was entirely financed by the generosity of local sponsors that are listed below:

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel (http://amwaygrand.com/)
EasyRotor Helicopter (http://easyrotor.com/)
Grand Vally State University (http://gvsu.edu/)
metroPCS (http://metropcs.com/)
Avanti Law Group (http://avantilaw.com/)

GOLD SPONSORS:
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (http://www.krispykreme.com/home)
Experience Grand Rapids (http://experiencegr.com/)
Grand Rapids Downtown Alliance (http://downtowngr.org/)
A.K. RIKK'S (http://akrikks.com/)
Eastern Floral (http://easternfloral.com/)
United Bank of Michigan (https://unitedbankofmichigan.com/)
The Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation
The Seccia Family Foundation

SILVER SPONSORS:
Fifth Third Bank (http://53.com)
PNC Bank (http://pnc.com)
Steelcase (http://steelcase.com)
Huntington (https://huntington.com/)
UICA (http://uica.org/)
Biggby Coffee (http://biggby.com/)
Mindscape at Hanon-McKendry (http://mindscape-hm.com/)
Harold Zeigler Auto Group (http://haroldzeigler.com)
Express Signs (http://giantgraphics.com/)

BRONZE SPONSORS:
Hanon McKendry (http://hanon-mckendry.com)
HopCat (http://hopcatgr.com)
Cascade Engineering (http://cascadeng.com/)
Rockford Construction (http://rockfordconstruction.com/)
Siegel Jewelers (http://siegeljewelers.com/)
Gentex Corporation (http://gentex.com/)

Rob Bliss Events and SEF video
(http://facebook.com/robblissevents)
(http://sefvideo.com/)
proudly present

in association with Creo Productions
(http://creoproductions.com)

THE GRAND RAPIDS LIPDUB VIDEO

LINE PRODUCER
Josh Rubino

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Keri Larsen Kujala

ASSISTANT TO THE PRODUCER
Melissa Dylan

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Andrew Tingley, Creo Productions

DIRECTOR
Rob Bliss

PRODUCER
Scott Erickson

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Rob Bliss
Scott Erickson

FULL CREDITS HERE
http://www.facebook.com/GRLipDub?sk=info

MUSIC
"American Pie," written by Don McLean;
Produced by Ed Freeman for The Rainbow Collection, Ltd.

FACEBOOK
http://www.facebook.com/GRLipDub

T-SHIRT DESIGN:
Grand Rapids Graphix: http://grandrapidsgraphix.com/

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  Entertainment

[scharlie1000]

The only thing that died was Newsweek.

[tom4te88]

5:30 dat guys drops his drums :D

[gorosujap]

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[Jason Witt]

Hey, cool. I was just complimenting the cinematography. 3 months ago...

[msmarykaay26]

To each their own.

[msmarykaay26]

Well you must not visit downtown very often. I had to just about every single day. Take Division. Homeless at every corner, trash on the sidewalks, dope heads lurking about. I lived in Wyoming and Grandville as well. Those were nicer areas of greater Grand Rapids. The city itself is a shit hole. I lived there and visited there long enough and will never change my opinion of that place. Lansing is a large city too, and I never experienced half the mess I did in G.R when living there.

[Rachel Gough]

do you realize this was done by everyday PPL living in the GR area who wanted to be part of something fun and different. they did it on their own time.

[Rachel Gough]

It's a city, one of the larger ones in MI. You are just going to have crack heads, homeless, drugs and crime. All cities have that. And downtown looks like this whenever I visit.

[Rachel Gough]

Don't feel sorry... I've traveled across our country. I've lived on the other side of the country as well and I am very happy to be back in GR. the city has changed a LOT in the past 12 years. You left at about the time they started cleaning it up. Don't feel sorry for PPL who enjoy living where they live.

[thedoctor1421]

Proud to be in the lipdub that represents an amazing city

[aNotoriousPhD]

record is getting beat soon :)