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Studio Lepore

Channel Frederator’s first featured filmmaker Kirsten Lepore’s artistic talents stretch across the arts (songwriting, directing, and animating to name a few). Her work was brought to our attention from different areas of the web - ranging from food websites to personal blogs. Despite the Internet explosion her work has undergone and being busy with new projects, she still found time to discuss this week’s films, neurotic narwhals, and her love affair with food.

(Click here for part one of our Kirsten interview.)

CF: What’s your favorite food?

Kirsten Lepore: Prosciutto di Parma with some crusty Tuscan bread and a glass of red wine.

CF: Have you ever entered a cook-off or other food based competition?

KL: I haven’t actually, but for a while I really wanted to have an iron chef style competition with my friends. I think that’d be amazing. Or maybe I’ll just stay out of the competition and be the tasting judge…

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Kirsten Lepore

Channel Frederator’s first featured filmmaker Kirsten Lepore’s artistic talents stretch across the arts (songwriting, directing, and animating to name a few). Her work was brought to our attention from different areas of the web - ranging from food websites to personal blogs. Despite the Internet explosion her work has undergone and being busy with new projects, she still found time to discuss this week’s films, neurotic narwhals, and her love affair with food.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Kirsten Lepore: At the Maryland Institute College of Art – although I was toying around with animation as early as 5th grade when I tried to shoot stop-motion on an 8mm camcorder using jelly beans as my characters.

CF: Did you have any instructors that were particularly influential?

KL: My 2D animation professor, Laurence Arcadias, at MICA was a big help to me during my time at school. She even helped me get the studio space that [Read more…]

This week’s episode of Channel Frederator features one (count ‘em, ONE) filmmaker!

The multi-talented Kirsten Lepore hosts her very own episode with three of her amazing animations, tons of pics, interviews, videos, and foooood!

“Story from North America” – Songs, spiders, and floppy parts abound in this goofy 2D tale.

“Craig & Walter” – Okay, okay, stop me if you’ve heard this one: A narwhal and a squid walk into a diner…

“Sweet Dreams” – An ambitious cupcake sets sail for adventure and returns home with a sweet center filled with… worldly wisdom.

In this episode, we also announce the winner of January’s Cartoon of the Month. Yay!

WARNING: Channel Frederator is rated EXPLICIT. This episode contains sexual situations between squashes and baked goods, wrapperless cupcakes (see “nude”), and the occasional man nipple. Get permission from a parent or guardian prior to viewing.