Channel Frederator Blog

So you’re staring at a timelapse of decaying food, like you do, when suddenly BAM! Fuzzy old raspberries turn into a fuzzy little person… and then things go bonkers from there. That’s how “Homunculus” a short film by Humble TV’s Sam Stephens and Chris Mauch starts out. Here they tell us how the film was made, and how to get rid of that bloated pheasant carcass smell.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Sam Stephens: NYU. Tisch.

Chris Mauch: Went to School of Visual Arts, and Came out of their Excellent Computer Art Dept. One of my most crucial teachers/Advisors was Animator Jefferey Lerer.

CF: Who are your favorite artists?

SS: Brunuel, Svankmeyer, Chris Cunningham, Gondry, Doug Aitken, Bill Viola, Odd Nerdrum.

CM: Oh, boy haha, Frank Frazetta, Stanley Kubrick, Simon Bisley, Yoshitaka Amano, Moebius, Brad Bird, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Peter Chung, N.C.Wyeth. That’s pretty fun putting ‘em all in a row like that.

CF: Ha! Right? [Read more…]

After seeing this weeks episode, you will be certain to clean out your fridge. I’ve heard of small cannibalistic beings born out of a fruit salad but this is ridiculous. Next week - battling T-Shirts!

“Homunculus” by Sam Stephens & Chris Mauch - A rotten raspberry begets a tiny man and a whole mess of trouble in this mixed media short.

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WARNING: Channel Frederator is rated EXPLICIT. Man, monsters are so *bleepin’* scary! Oops. Sorry. Some content on CF is pretty grown up. If you’re under 18, get a parent’s permission prior to viewing.

-Bailee DesRocher