Channel Frederator Blog

Kirsten Lepore

Channel Frederator’s first featured filmmaker Kirsten Lepore’s artistic talents stretch across the arts (songwriting, directing, and animating to name a few). Her work was brought to our attention from different areas of the web - ranging from food websites to personal blogs. Despite the Internet explosion her work has undergone and being busy with new projects, she still found time to discuss this week’s films, neurotic narwhals, and her love affair with food.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Kirsten Lepore: At the Maryland Institute College of Art – although I was toying around with animation as early as 5th grade when I tried to shoot stop-motion on an 8mm camcorder using jelly beans as my characters.

CF: Did you have any instructors that were particularly influential?

KL: My 2D animation professor, Laurence Arcadias, at MICA was a big help to me during my time at school. She even helped me get the studio space that [Read more…]

Emmett Goodman

Animator/director Emmett Goodman chews the fat with us over his latest animated endeavors and - bonus! - teaches us a thing or two about eating on the cheap.

Channel Frederator: Who has influenced your work the most?

Emmett Goodman: My influences change depending on what I am working on, but by the end of the day, I feel like I am influenced by the same artists.

The biggest eye-opener for me is Nick Park and the work that comes out of Aardman. I would have to cite John R. Dilworth, who is my favorite New York animator, and another eye-opener. I have always loved the Warner Bros. directors, Chuck Jones in particular. Live action filmmakers like Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Tim Burton and the Coen Brothers make their way in there. Dr. Seuss is an influence I am sometimes not aware of, but comes out in the end. I am also greatly influenced by music, a lot of old rock [Read more…]