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If you haven’t flipped out over Greg Condon’s “Here Come The Guns” now’s a good time. Get it - “flipped out”? You’ve watched the vid right? So you get why that’s funny, right? Oh, read the interview already.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Greg Condon: I did major in animation at an art school and had a few great teachers, but my real education was making stop motion movies with my friend Lawrence in high school. Making those movies for fun, I developed working styles and routines I still use on projects today.

CF: How long did it take to film “Here Come the Guns”?

GC: It took between 2 and 3 months to finish. The band, Choo Choo La Rouge, was very active (and helpful) in the look of the video and there was a lot of back and forth till we got something we were all happy with. Of course we all [Read more…]

This week’s episode is the best episode of all the episodes. I mean, I guess until the next episode, but for now, it’s probably the best. We’ve got three films that are stop-motionlicious (who isn’t a sucker for some super sweet stop-mo?) plus we want to hear about your favorite Hayao Miyazaki film, in honor of his new feature “Ponyo“.

Watch, love, and tell us what you think!

“Ce Soir” by Monogrenade, submitted by Sach Baylin-Stern - Director Christophe Collette’s creative stop motion music video.

“Pigeon Pilfer”, submitted by Michael Stevenson - Pigeons. They bug you for food, doodie on your car - now they want your money.

“Here Come the Guns” by Choo Choo La Rouge, submitted by Greg Condon - Cool stop motion music video by way of flip bookery. And also, there are guns.

WARNING: Channel Frederator is rated EXPLICIT. Man is it *bleepin’* hot out or what?! Oops. Sorry. Some content on CF is pretty [Read more…]