In high school, a few friends and I played a game during study hall. We called it Flips. The game combined handball, hacky sack, and horse. We used a paper ball wrapped in tape and hit it between each other with our hands. If a player faults, they earn a letter. Once a player spells “Flips,” they are out of the game. A fault occurs if a player hits the ceiling with the ball, hits the ball out of bounds, hits a malicious ball, or is unable to return the ball. The last two players in the game go one on one in a “championship”. Whoever survives wins and a tally is added to their score. We easily surpassed 300 games throughout the year.

Senior year, I took a film course. Flips was a year-long production and my submission for the class’s film festival. We filmed all year just so we would be able to play. A number of the people involved were simply given a job to get out of study hall. After the film festival, the hall monitors were onto us and reported us to the principal. Through some smooth talking, we were given permission to play and even got to play in the principal’s office! I can easily say Flips made me wake up in the morning and want to go to school.

Here, in its entirety, is the Flips documentary:

Art & Copy is a new documentary that just debuted this past weekend in select cities. I’m definitely looking forward to it making the rounds in Baltimore. It takes a deep look into the ad world in a no-holds-barred sort of way. Check out the trailer above—these guys are ruthless!