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likely seen this Minnesota animator's href="http://www.kachew.com/dir/TS/page.html" target="_blank">TV ads for class=SpellE>Kashi cereal, and you may have caught his delightful
film, href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=108476#90947" target="_blank">The
Bike Ride, at the Mpls/St. Paul
film festival a year or so back .
Perhaps more than anything, his films are notable for their
quirky humor and unforgettable visuals.

Schroeder's
imaginative new film is reminiscent of the whimsical creations of class=SpellE>Hayao Miyazaki (href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Neighbor_Totoro" target="_blank">My
Neighbor Totoro, href="http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/castle/" target="_blank">Howl's
Moving Castle), but the mood of The Mexican Cloud Swing Disaster is a bit darker,
more ominous.

The original tracks for this new short (composed by
Happy Apple's
Erik Fratzke for the film) lend movement and subtle
urgency to the film, marrying with the visuals perfectly. After watching style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Cloud Swing style='font-style:normal'>, I guarantee you'll want
to see more. So, Tom, when can we expect the full-length feature?

 

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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>href="http://www.kachew.com/dir/TS/page.html" target="_blank">Tom Schroederclass=style106> class=style103>has
been drawing and producing his own animated films since 1990. His short film, style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>href="http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=108476" target="_blank">Bike Ride,
was
a favorite in over 60 film festivals across the globe and was included on the
PBS program target="_blank">Independent Lens. He was recently awarded a href="http://www.mcknight.org/" target="_blank">McKnight Foundation
filmmaking fellowship, and also serves as an associate professor of animation
at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Related Links

access+ENGAGE Issue 7.1
Read all about Tom's new short, along with other talented Minnesotan filmmakers in July's issue of access+ENGAGE.

Tom Schroeder's mnartists.org page
Find out more about Tom's work.

More animated shorts
Watch a few more animated shorts from Tom Schroeder, including RIDING WITH HARV and his commercial spots for Kashi cereals.

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