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Happy Earth Day, Cartoon Friends!

Not only do we have an eco-friendly main show on Channel Frederator this week, but we also have a brand new weekly mini-program! Fredbits is go! The new show from Channel Frederator that’s just one very short and sweet ‘toon. If you have a film that is one minute or under, submit it here! Plus the world’s most awkward interview on Friday’s Cartoon Hangover. Not to be missed!

Channel Frederator - “Plastic Fish” by Naissance TV: Don’t throw trash out into the wild. You know better.

Fredbits - “Go Greener” submitted by Rex Martin: Quick Post It note animation that encourages cycling and recycling.

Cartoon Hangover - “Craig T. Squirrel” by Mike Hollingsworth: A case of mistaken identity wreaks havoc on some cuddly forest animals.

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Peter Smith, Alice Holme, Anders Brogaard, and Magnus Moller. Don’t forget these names, ’cause they just raised the bar on bonkers-awesome <— real term - animation. Their film “Elk Hair Caddis” is featured this week on Channel Frederator - you are welcome in advance, Fredheads. Check out Cartoon Hangover this Friday for a film that is creepytown, plus water conservation tips! You’re probably watching Adventure Time already, so keep that up… guess that’s it for now… OH! It’s spring, so play outside or sumpin’. It’s nice out.

“Elk Hair Caddis”, directed by Peter Smith: A product of Denmark’s Animation Workshop, “Elk Hair Caddis” is a bonkers-awesome film that combines several different techniques to create one (literally) eye-popping adventure.

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Last week we showed you some amazing earth lovin’ cartoons. Now that you know all about how to be enviro-friendly, you can relax and kick back with these fantastic short films from around the earth that we love so much. Our artists this week hail from all over - from Israel to exotic locations like Toronto. Plus a rad new 10-second short contest featuring chickens!

Enjoy!

“Note to Self”, submitted by Gera – The life cycle of a $10 bill and a boy parallel in this super sweet video featuring music by Broken Social Scene.

“The Manila Folder Classifieds”, submitted by Dylan Holden – Hilarious black and white spoof about undersea adventures.

TAIS ChickenJam Trailer – Awesome animated short contest from the Toronto Animated Image Society sponsored by Channel Frederator! Theme – chickens. Time – 10 seconds. Deadline – May 29th. Visit their website for more info!

“I’ve Got Nothing”, submitted by Eli Krupitsky – An artist’s creative block manifests [Read more…]

This piece by Three Legged Legs does a pretty nice job of describing what the planet Earth is going through at the moment. What are you doing to help this Earth Day?

-Floyd Bishop

Self taught animator and soon-to-be DJ Michael A Chico tells us a little about himself and his film for Ratatat’s song “Seventeen Years”.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Michael Chico: In my room with a bunch of books, most notable of which, was The Flash MX Bible. This video was literally my second animation (my first one had a running time of 30 seconds). Furthermore, I was/am not a very good artist, so it took me awhile to do all the drawings inside of the program, which I later came to find out was a bad idea. I was studying film in college at the time and I appreciated the challenge of being able to tell a short story starting from scratch. This fueled my motivation to learn the animation process and the program itself.

CF: Who or what has influenced your work the most?

MC: The majority of my past projects in film/video are basically music [Read more…]

Greetings, Earthlings.

We care about our home planet. This week’s filmmakers do, too. Even The Robot cares about it (he’s a robot, yes, but he’s still from Earth).

Let’s celebrate and protect our critter-friends in the forests, rivers, mountains, and oceans. Take public transportation, walk, turn off the lights, plant trees, buy locally grown food – however, you should know the single most important thing you can do for the planet today… is watch cartoons.

Ratatat - “Seventeen Years”, submitted by Michael A. Chico – Fun flash film where cute fuzzy animals are pitted against vicious forest chopping robots! Go Earth!

“Our Little World - The Climate Movie”, submitted by Josef Buchner - A group of multimedia and communication design students combine ethics and animation in this fun (but crazy educational) short.

WARNING: Channel Frederator is rated EXPLICIT. Spring has sprung, people. You don’t know what you’re gonna see. Just promise us you’ll get permission [Read more…]