Originally created soley for Red and Ross’s amusement, “Behind the Drip”, quickly became one of the best short film documentaries of its time. Audio excerpts from the film even went on to be mixed in DJ Gerbasi’s Gold Platinum Turducken Bling Bling recording “Totem Rap” which now tops the charts.

In all seriousness, this was my first attempt at completing a short format stop motion animation film and any pretentious talk in the documentary is purely my attempt at crushing Red and Ross’s ego’s.  What started out as a simple Popcorn Island Halloween festival between us islanders, (Red, Ross and I) turned into a heated competition to secretly outdo one another. What was supposed to only take place over a weekend, ended up taking place over the course of months and it had been almost a year later when the film finally came to completion. Not exactly the best way to utilize each others talents seeing as I had to hide everything about my film until I screened it for Red and Ross. The idea was simple. Each of us go off and make a movie without the help of one another and see what we come up with. Well I think we may have taken the challenge too seriously. Ross Gerbasi’s festival entry was a little ditty called “Squeaks”. Maybe you’ve heard of it? If not, I’m sure he’ll be posting it soon. Either way, I learned a lot about stop motion, had a ton of fun doing it, and It will continue to be something I experiment with in the future.

watch: Behind the Drip