John Shoemaker

The New Year and the new developments on the horizon for Backflip Films inspired me to dig through some of our old logo designs this afternoon. I suppose the nostalgia that I feel won’t be shared by those of you that haven’t known our company as long, but I hope you enjoy this glimpse back […]

You’ve heard it said that “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Well at 24 frames per second, a 4 minute video contains 5760 pictures. Multiply THAT by one thousand! Really, what I mean to say is this: All of that beauty, emotion, and extra meaning that can be captured in a picture can also […]

UPDATE Petey Boy’s viral video was played this morning on the Today Show as part of their “Webtastic” video segment. Well done yet again! Our friend Peter “Petey Boy” Simon created this great reverse stop motion of his friend Tom shaving off his beard and hair. Trim from Petey Boy on Vimeo. If the video […]

Last week I finished up a series of commercial spots that will air all over the state of Wisconsin. The spots are :23 :7 spots, meaning that the main commercial runs 23 seconds and then there are 7 seconds of space at the end for local “dealer tags”. In order to complete this project, I […]