Dog And Bacon… The Maple Kind?

In a little under 3 weeks, I and about 20 other people put together this short stop motion and animation. Our work paid off because it was accepted into multiple film festivals.

Winner:
– Platinum Pixie Award
– 3rd Place – Floyd Film Festival

Official Selection:
– Sarasota Film Festival youthFEST
– Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival Cinema Circus
– Highbridge Film Festival

Credits:
Directed & Produced by Christopher Birnbaum & Nate Winckler
Written by Nate Winckler
Music by Andrew J. S. Miller
Foley: Phillip Jackson
Animation Director: Christopher Birnbaum
Narrator: Josh Friedeman

ANIMATION
Lead Key Animators:
Christopher Birnbaum
Rebecca Wallace
Spencer Watson
Daniel Weinert
Christina Williams

Animators:
Christopher Birnbaum
Ron Cole
Kelli Dierdorf
Abby LeCompte
Ben Marchal
Daniel Royster
Chris Saunders
Lizzi Smith
Aaron Sweigard
Bryce Ury
Rebecca Wallace
Spencer Watson
Daniel Weinert
Christina Williams

Character Design:
Christopher Birnbaum
Ron Cole
Katie Lee
Christina Williams

Scanners:
Christopher Birnbaum
Lindsay Kelley
Anna Milograno
Becky Winckler
Nate Winckler

STOP MOTION
Lighting: Stephen Shunk & Nate Winckler
Camera: Nate Winckler
Set Design & Animation: Nate Kuhl, David Kuo, Brownrygg Woolls
Title Design: Lizzi Smith

Compositing, Rendering, Editing: Nate Winckler

Special Thanks:
Quba Michalski for the Stop Motion Kit
Hannah Schell
Stephen Shunk
Christina Sutherland
Mary Sutherland
Becky Winckler

5.24.12- New Orleans, LA- After two years together, Jeff Gapultos proposes to the love of his life, Cat Vo where their first date took place- The rooftop of Eiffel Society. The entire proposal was secretly filmed without Cat’s knowledge.

The background story in Jeff’s words:
Cat and I reconnected two years ago when I invited her to a Think Tank party at one of my favorite restaurants, LaThai Uptown. That also happened to be the same week my partners and I acquired the lease and keys to Eiffel Society. After the party at LaThai, I guess I wanted to show off a little, so I invited Cat to come to the rooftop of Eiffel. There we spoke for hours and that was the beginning of the story.
Fast forward two years later, I purposely did not do anything special for our 2-year anniversary. An action she rightfully did not appreciate and grudged over, causing me to temporarily remain in the dog house. A worthwhile and necessary evil… ALL to set up the cover story I needed to “make it up to her” by taking her out to relive our first date. With a little help of some of my dearest friends and family, it all lead to this very special moment… (she had no idea!)