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production value, they'll call in friends from In the Car to help them out behind the scenes and bring in more actors to fill the roles. It all depends on the story they're trying to tell. "When we sit down and have our artistic meetings, we talk about the full range of mediums you can use in online video. We have stuff that would be really funny if we shot it on an iPhone, all the way to the other spectrum, because the characters or the story are best represented like that," says Audrey Claire. This production process is highly collaborative and draws on the strengths of both Audrey Claire and Brett. Each is involved in many aspects of a video, as they take turns writing, directing, and acting in the shorts. Audrey Claire says that Brett's "Mary Poppins carpet bag of comedic tools" makes him an asset in any kind of video they shoot. Citing the small fraction of independent comedy teams that feature female actors and writers, she says her female presence is her draw. And while they're both irreplaceable for different reasons, it's the combination of the two that helps Brainfox come up with unique and innovative comedic content. Brainstorming these ideas can happen at any time for the Beverly-based couple. "I wake up in the morning saying, 'So, about that one line…' and, 'Do you think it would be funnier if we did this instead?'" says Audrey Claire. But since Brainfox is not a 9-to-5 time commitment yet, they have to work around busy schedules at their respective jobs. Brett works as an IT administrator at the Montserrat College of Art in Beverly and does regular standup comedy gigs around the North Shore. Audrey Claire is a full-time actress, shooting movies in the area and recently scoring a leading role on the upcoming web series, 617 The Series. But the two make sure to keep Brainfox a top priority, and they take any available opportunity to discuss the next video shoot, the production order, and any new ideas coming down the pipeline. At the moment, Brainfox's pipeline is very full. A second installment of Nina and Debbie was shot in early November, in which the ladies are invited to participate in a 5K run for Head Start: A screenshot from from a Brainfox skit, "Rainstick." January/February 2012 nshoremag.com 55 January/February 2012 nshoremag.com