Channel Frederator Blog

Animator (and superdad!) Mike Salva gives us the details on his short film “Back to Life” and the extremely cool stuff he has coming up (keep an eye out for his film “Max the Hero” screening at this year’s San Diego ComiCon!).

Channel Frederator: Where (if at all) did you study animation?

Mike Salva: Technically, I studied animation at the Film & Video Dept. of Rochester Institute of Technology, but they taught me next to nothing in the classrooms. Really. Nothing. Not even by accident. Since they weren’t teaching me anything, I watched horror movies and played video games with my buddy Stew for four years. Pretty much everything I know (which isn’t much) I learned on my own, and from watching far too many cartoons.

CF: What gave you the idea for “Back to Life”?

MS: An executive at Adobe asked me to make several funny “monster-themed” videos. I wanted at least one of them [Read more…]

Emily Salva was seven (yep, seven) years old when she made her short animation “Odysseus and the Cyclops”. She drew the drawings, and her dad, animator Mike Salva, brought them to life.

WARNING: The following interview is super cute. Read at your own risk.

Channel Frederator: What was your favorite part about making “Odysseus and the Cyclops”?

Emily Salva: I liked making fart sounds into the microphone but my Daddy told me to stop. Also, I liked doing the drawings.

CF: The film was for a class project - did you get a good grade?

ES: I got an A and I did better than all the other kids in the class. The kids were worried that I was going to do another video the next time we did a report.

CF: What do you want to be when you grow up?

ES: A drawing artist or a clay artist.

CF: How would you escape the Cyclops?

ES: I would hide behind a [Read more…]

The Daddy of all cartoon shows is here to bring you the Father’s Day goods!

Dads. Without ‘em, you wouldn’t have anyone to play catch with, to give you “the talk”, or to tell you to “take out those piercings or so help me…”

Aren’t dad’s the best? Enjoy this week’s ‘toons - but call your pop and wish him a Happy F’s Day first!

F as in Father. Oh, grow up.

“Odysseus and the Cyclops”, submitted by Emily Salva – Emily was seven years old when she made this cartoon for a class project… with a little help from Dad, of course.

“Back to Life”, submitted by Mike Salva – Hilarious animation by Emily’s Dad/top notch animator, Mike Salva! You did not see that coming. I wish you could see your face! Priceless! Featuring the voices of Nashville comedians Ryan Williams and Sean Parrott.

“Parallelostory”, submitted by Impactist – Sweet story about love that never intersects, [Read more…]