The Thing In The Distance by Elliot Cowan - Channel Frederator #232

[cachanilla2990]

I loved it x)

[EdibleLighterFluid]

Badass Wierdness

[ocarinalover1348]

they clearly have cabin feaver

[sMASHsound]

huh, it was weird and boring then got freaky weird, then dumb.

art work cool, real cool!

[FireStarDoink]

Comment 1 - That dream was creepy...

Comment 2 - WHAO WHAT'S THAT THING?

Comment 3 - The sun is black xD

Comment 4 - HOLY MOLY? THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM! CREEPY! CREEPY CREEPY CREEPY! Oh it's just him...

Comment 5 - OMG.... O_O

Comment 6 - OMG OMGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!! O.O WHAT THE HELL? WHAT KIND'VE ENDING WAS THAT!??! O_O

[awsome47678]

ha ha =3

[Gwaziiscorner]

boxhead is probably the coolest protagonist ever

[durdyg70]

this was a bit freaky how that thing at the end came

[Sunnyxx33]

lol scary

[unknown70000]

erg er erg er

translastion: i like box head and round head

[Elliotanimated]

@unknown70000 - Thanks Unknow7000!

[lextream]

Very cool! Well animated and I like the new style :) Though I'm not so sure about the sound design. The constant mumbling of boxhead becomes annoying, and it wasn't really fitting overall

[Elliotanimated]

@lextream - Hi there Lextream.

I'm not sure how it's not "fitting" exactly.

[kkkkhaledddd]

this was pretty good :) !

[Elliotanimated]

@kkkkhaledddd - Thanks! That was pretty good of you to say so.

[muhmuhkuhkuhmuh]

That was kinda cute. Yet very stressfull...

[Elliotanimated]

@muhmuhkuhkuhmuh - Kinda what I was trying to achieve. Thanks.

[TheDominionOfElites]

Hey, elliot, brah, whats the deal with squarehead? He needs some friends o.o

[Elliotanimated]

@TheDominionOfElites - Roundhead is his best friend (and his only friend).

[psychicspacecats]

I prefer the episodes with just music. When chosen correctly, I felt the music added far more to the atmosphere than the voices. The episode "Safari" is a great example. Also, I felt "Safari" had a lot more interesting occurrences in it. While this episode was confined to the house, "Safari" took us to an outlandish world -- something I've always been fond of in your work. Overall, I like the episode, but it's not my favorite. "Safari" is still the best, in my opinion.

[Elliotanimated]

@psychicspacecats - Heya PsychicSpaceCats. Some very valid points here.

When I make these, I try very hard to do something new and different with each one.

Safari did have more stuff in it than this film, but it's also a very different kind of story.

I also believe in progression and I think the addition of sound effects are very important.

Stay in touch!

[fiachrahackett]

I need some teaaa

[turtleshoes9]

boxhead sounds like my digestive system most days

[ckyvick666]

I really like the visuals, this thing is awesome. but why did they have to get raped while their house was being destroyed? why off screen?

I LOVE YOU FREDERATOR

[daveofTBZworld]

this bloke did a great job, give him some money!

and the squaretop guy has the best groans/voice

[Elliotanimated]

@daveofTBZworld - Thanks Dave. Hopefully we do have some money. We're trying to get a feature going with these characters.

[ratbone39]

did they get raped at the end?

[Elliotanimated]

@ratbone39 - Maybe so.

[notgoingintoit]

i really enjoy all the videos that you guy put up can you give me some feed on my vids i trying to become an animator and i would like some feedback, also i love the style of this

[Elliotanimated]

@notgoingintoit - If you have any specific questions you're more than welcome to email me.

[FameNotNeeded]

nice but something is missing... may be wierd music is needed

[Elliotanimated]

@FameNotNeeded - There's plenty of weird music in this film FNN : )

[fraughtrun]

cool

[ihateirony]

Go away, I don't care that you invented Adventure Time, I've never watched and I never will.

[lustreboy]

great animation!!! the movement and expressions were really well done

I'm a bit worried though... does that mean my paranoia it true?

EEEEEK!

[Elliotanimated]

@lustreboy - Thanks!

[hellfighter22]

Someone replaced all the color with the horrible sound of wind.

[JamesWorldStudios]

My name is actually Frederator in real life....

[CKtheFat]

I love these creepy type animations.

[Elliotanimated]

@CKtheFat - well you can find more Boxhead and Roundhead on Youtube if you care to.

[NewEonOrchestra]

@Elliotanimated Yeah, I've actually known of the series for a while now and have seen some of the other episodes. They're all pretty neat, but this one seemed particularly surreal/creepy to me, kind of like the Salad Fingers series and that guy's style of horror.

[carolincas]

nice credits, decent sound. great textures. little long.

[Elliotanimated]

@carolincas - Thanks. You're right about the length maybe. There's a single shot in there I wish I'd cut but for better or worse it stayed.

[jinxinart]

boxhead's voice is goin to give me nightmares

[spacethoven]

8/10

[Elliotanimated]

@spacethoven - Not bad! Thanks : )

[ixisxrxmrxhappy]

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[bhz10]

loved it, hated the ending

[Elliotanimated]

@bhz10 - Why did you hate the ending?

[Mormegil2009]

@Elliotanimated,To me, the ending made it look more cartoonish, took the horror concept out.

[Elliotanimated]

@Mormegil2009 - you mean the very ending after the credits or the ending of the film before the credits?

[bhz10]

@Elliotanimated the ending was funny just way too random, it needed to be tied in a little better

[Elliotanimated]

@bhz10 - Can't say I agree with you there BHZ. It's not random at all. How is it random?

[bhz10]

@Elliotanimated A monster comes out of no-where and destroys everything. It's funny but you could have given at least some hit that the thing in the distance is a monster. Not so obvious that people would realize but enough to know its violent

[Elliotanimated]

@bhz10 - So you are saying that after the characters spend the entire film waiting for something sinister to arrive, and then it does arrive, that's random????

And that I should hint it's a monster when the whole point is that they don't know what it is, or in fact if there's anything there at all?

[bhz10]

@Elliotanimated Well the only thing that ever made it seem sinister was the dream sequence, or else it just seemed like a mystery, possibly a friendly shy thing

[Elliotanimated]

@bhz10 - Maybe you're right!

[empy206]

i loved it

[Elliotanimated]

@empy206 - Thanks : )

[shanluk]

lol ;D

[HonshuSquid]

Abstract shapes doing a Mutt & Jeff routine against a background that looks like it escaped from PBS's "MYSTERY!" show. I like it!

[Elliotanimated]

@HonshuSquid - Thanks! I don't know who Mutt and Jeff are, but I'll take the compliment : )

[HonshuSquid]

@Elliotanimated - I'd post a pic, but this site won't let me.

Probably the first ever successful daily comic strip. The physical relationship may not be the same, but the personality dynamic certainly is. Good stuff!

[ilikepieee94]

doesn't channel frederator make the cartoons on nickelodeon like fairly odd parents? and rugrats (i think they did...)?

[mujawooja]

Great animation graphics and sound 5*****

[Elliotanimated]

@mujawooja - Thanks!

[iMattyMAC]

good shit

[Elliotanimated]

@iMattyMAC - Thanks!

[u8qu1tis]

You're right, incredibly stressful.

[inappropriateimages]

4:44 lol roundhead has a boner

[AlejandroBalzac]

valium for the boxhead!

[MrPointless]

Flying coconuts FTW!

[reeding]

that square guy needs some beano

[NikoAnesti]

Haha, awesome, I love Boxhead And Roundhead! Elliot Cowan's work is awe-inspiring.

[Elliotanimated]

@NikoAnesti - Niko - thanks man!

[RubixCubeStar]

first?