PIPE DREAM

PIPE DREAM [2019]

Slippy the Soap dreams of a life outside his bathtub. But when his eye washes down the drain he has to journey deeper into the labyrinth of the bathroom to get it back.

Screenings + Awards

Awards
Monster Fest – Best Victorian Short 
Peninsula Film Festival – Best Animation
Reel Good Film Festival – Audience Choice Award

2019 / 2020
Monster Fest Melbourne
Port Shorts Film Festival
Peninsula Film Festival
Reel Good Film Festival
St Kilda Film Festival
Palm Springs Shortfest

Cast + Crew

Voice of Slippy: Jean Goodwin

Writer/Director: Ben McCullough
Producer: Scott Burgess
Cinematographer: Esteban Ulloa
Engineer: Tyson Burgess
Drone Cinematographer: Matt Smolen
Puppet Maker: Matt Hood
3D FX & Compositing: Ben McCullough
Rotoscoping: Scott Burgess & Tyson Burgess
Sound Design and Mix: Craig Jansson

Character ‘Slippy’ Created by: Christian Bizzarri & Ben McCullough

 

 

We shot the plates and puppets on weekends over several months.

And then agonizingly created all the backgrounds in After Effects & Blender.

PIPE DREAM was my blockbuster on a budget.

The visual design was
SIN CITY meets PIXAR.

 
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