Channel Frederator Blog

Eben Zboch, director of “Walter’s Bed”, tells us a little about his Oren Lavie inspired stop-motion short.

Channel Frederator: Where did you get your animation education?

Eben Zboch: At a young age, my animation education began as trial and error. As I got older, I began to realize what I was doing and gained a passion for animation and film. I am now taking classes at my local community college on film and I am applying what I learn to my newer films.

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

EZ: I am influenced by films and studying them helps me progress in my work. A local animator here in Charlotte , John Lemmon, who has worked on many commercials, has been a mentor and friend in my progression.

CF: How did you develop the concept for this film?

EZ: I developed the concept of this film through studies of a music video by the musician [Read more…]

Lately, I’ve been trying to find themes for each of Channel Frederator’s episodes. This week I choose “awesome” as my tie in. ‘Cause these films are awesome! You might be asking yourself, ‘Self, what kind of stuff falls into the category of ‘awesome’?’

Yourself might answer:

Cupcakes = awesome
Doggies = awesome
These films = awesome

Hope that helps. Have an awesome time watching this week’s awesome episode.

John Brown’s Body - “The Gold”, submitted by Mike Healey & Kelly Goeller - This cool collaborative music video from //kneeon! is out of this world.

“Walter’s Bed”, submitted by Eben Zboch – A young film student inspired by Oren Lavie takes stop-motion-on-a-bed a step further with this fun film.

Black & White, Episode 44: “Bearly Worth Watching”, submitted by Jon Izen – Quick and quirky describe this one of many random, hilarious shorts in the “Black & White” series.

“Stories form the Neighbourhood”, submitted by Jon Humphreys – An awesome promotional video for UK [Read more…]