Channel Frederator Blog

The results are in, and it looks like “Sub” by Jesse Schmal is December’s winner. Check it out on Channel Frederator Episode 62. Quite a trip.

So Jesse, how did you come up with the idea behind “Sub”?

“The idea was made from lifting several characters and props from the sketchbooks I made during a year in Rome for school. I’m very insecure and inexperienced when it comes to writing anything resembling a script, so I basically took the characters I thought I’d have the most fun drawing and put them all in one place. The submarine being little and coming out of the fountain….hmm….I think I had a submarine drawing that turned into a moth or something. Moths are small, right? Right. I know, weird. But then the mini-submarine became this link between all the characters, and I figured out what each character would do with the submarine to get themselves out of the jam they start off in (dog won’t eat, no whistle to start the soccer match, woman won’t accept the dude’s advance, etc.) It was kind of like assembling a puzzle. It was pretty much my first foray into storyboarding, and since that’s what I do for a living now, I guess I get a kick out of it and prefer to figure out sequences of events that way, over writing them down.”

This was great, Jesse. For your Cartoon of the Month prize, I know you requested a Ferrari 250 GT California like the one found in this classic movie. We’re working on it!

Anyone who can name the movie I’m talking about gets extra points in my book.

Melissa