Channel Frederator Blog

Clive McFarland’s short “Tom’s Fridge” is strange and sentimental. A sweet appliance-based film like this hasn’t come along since The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars…

Where did you study animation/film?

Clive McFarland: I learnt a lot of useful things at Liverpool School of Art & Design. (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lsa/graphicarts)

What have you the idea for “Tom’s Fridge”?

CM: I found something encouraging everyone to recycle their fridge if it was over ten years old as it wasn’t energy efficient and was bad for the environment. I wondered if it would be so easy to say goodbye to your fridge if you had lived with it for ten years.

[Read more…]

Waste not, Channel Frederator Fans! This week, we’re all about recycling, be it bunnies or refrigerators! I’ll let you decide which of those two is a beloved pet…

We’d love to show off your best Halloween themed films - haunting, hilarious, monsters, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, - whatever oogly-booglies you’ve got lyin’ around! Submit today!

Don’t forget – we’re changing our format soon to one ‘toon per episode with cash to animators who participate! Learn more about the awesome changes we’re making here.

Leave lots of comments and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter!

“The Dragon’s Claw”, by Robert Bruce – Animation Block Party ’09 winner for Best Music Video! Watch as our hero stops animals from becoming appliances!

“Tom’s Fridge”, by Clive McFarland – Man’s best friend isn’t quite what you’d imagine in this quirky paper cutout stop mo animation.

WARNING: Channel Frederator is rated EXPLICIT. Recycling is so *bleepin’* helpful! Oops. Sorry. Some content on CF is pretty [Read more…]