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You have 48 hours to create a short film, top to bottom. What do you do? Why, make a music video about a tokin’ Sasquatch. Doy. This week on Cartoon Hangover we’re featuring “Talkin’ Sasquatch Blues” created at the 2009 CalArts 48 hour film festival by Trevor Jones featuring music by Ten Mile Tide. Below, Trevor tells us more about the ‘toon, but most importantly, decides the winner in a Yeti vs. Sasquatch scenario.

Cartoon Hangover: Where did you study animation?

Trevor Jones: I’m in my second year at Calarts, but I studied a bit at my community college in Albuquerque and at my high school’s Career Enrichment Center before that.

CH: Who are your favorite artists?

TJ: I like a lot of artist.s I like Teddy Newton, Lou Romano, Shane Prigmore, and Shannon Tindle. Lori D’s stuff is pretty cool. But I also take a lot of inspiration from the amazing talent I [Read more…]

Former CalArts student and storyboard artist Derek Evanick’s film “Los Estrandados” is a hysterical take on a crappy situation (being stranded on a desert island - tell me that’s not crap).

Channel Frederator: What was the most important thing you learned at CalArts?

Derek Evanick: I think listening and working with other people. There are so many amazing teachers and students at CalArts. I came into CalArts thinking that I knew more than I actually did. I wouldn’t always take advice or criticism very well. Once I shut my mouth and started listening things went a lot better. I also found a group of friends that had the same style and humor that I did. It was a lot of fun throwing story ideas at each other and finding out what worked.

CF: Most useless?

DE: I think if you ask a lot of CalArts students they would say critical studies… So yeah, I’m going to say [Read more…]

CalArts student Marcos Cohen’s film “Madame Babette” is all at once retro, cute, hilarious, and dark. Check it out…

Channel Frederator: Where did you get the idea for Madame Babette?

Marcos Cohen: First off, I’d like to thank you guys for showing “Madame Babette”. It’s such a great honor to share it with you.

It took me a while to come out with the main idea for this film. I spent countless days thinking about what kind of story to make. The idea for “Madame Babette” actually started while watching a movie from one of my favorite Spanish filmmakers, Pedro Almodovar, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. There is a scene in this movie in which the main character throws a phone or answering machine out of the window. It was so hilarious the way the actress did it that it sparked in me the idea of making a short film about [Read more…]