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I know what you’re thinking and no, Son of Robot is not the Fredbot’s illegitimate offspring. It’s animator Scott Coello’s kick ass band - comprised of himself, Matt Coello, Olly Simmons, Luke Holmes, and Sam Roberts. We caught up with them for a second to chat about their newest stop-motion video “She’s the Man”.

Channel Frederator: I’ll just go ahead and ask it - where did you get the Storm Trooper uniform?

Olly: From the Death Star, of course!

(The boring answer: Stolen from a flat mate, whose mate of a mate custom made it for him!)

CF: How long has Son of Robot been around? How did the group come into existence?

Scott: Well, I used to gig on myself around the depths of Cornwall. Just me, a laptop and my dad’s record collection!

Matt: As a band, we’ve been around for two-ish years. We sort of formed by accident… 13 members of pure accident! Naaaawwwhhh, we’ve had a [Read more…]

A music video. A 2D comedy. Some sweet CG.

We like variety. It’s the spice of life. That being said, this is one spicy episode! We’ve got a lovely student film, an episode of “Pencilman”, and a music vid for Channel Frederator favorite Scott Coello’s band, Son of Robot.

The long weekend is over, true. But the party doesn’t have to stop! Kick back and prepare for summer with our slammin’ selection of awesome ‘toons.

“Anchored”, submitted by Lindsey Olivares – Gorgeous student film loosely based on a parable, featuring beautiful backgrounds and fluid, emotive animation.

“Pencilman #3: MC Hammered”, submitted by Ross Bollinger – Super cool episode of the Pencilman series!

“She’s the Man”, submitted by Scott Coello – Wacky stop motion music video for the band Son of Robot!

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 from a parent [Read more…]