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The 2009 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival has just announced the winners of their Best Film Awards. Shanmao & Jimi Adventures had the honor of winning
Best US Animation!

http://nyfilmvideo.info/2009-festival-awards/2009-festival-awards-new-york-march.htm

I feel so lucky to have been part of this great project! Jimi has been such a fun character to voice and I can not wait to get back in the booth to record more episodes.

Click the link above to sign up and for more info! Hope to see you there!

The series is called “What If?”, and each month the two boys, Eli & Ezi, ask a different question about Jewish history. Their friend, Dina, explains the history and facts behind each episode.

What If We Never Left Egypt

History and Facts with Dina

I’ve recorded the second episode as well, which should be posted sometime next month.

So, I’m going with some cooler colors that I really think reflect my personality AND my voice!!!

Tell me what you think.

Here is an exclusive preview of one of my upcoming projects!! I’m the voice of Jimi, the cute little rabbit with the pink dress!
The cast list includes me (LindZ Reiss), Keith O’Brien, Melissa S. Malone, Sarah Pesek and Chip Joel.

Don’t forget to also visit the website! ShanmaoJimi.com

Click on the banner above to see the brand new website for Shanmao & Jimi. In case you didn’t know already, I am the voice for Jimi. You can visit the website to see trailers, learn more about the show, or even support the show (and me!) by buying Shanmao & Jimi products!

If the banner doesn’t work, click the link below:
http://www.shanmaojimi.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=107

Looking at other characters that I’ve voiced, I’ve found that there is often one thing or a series of things that I would do to get that character voice back. For example, there is a cartoon that I did where I had to be 2 teenage girls and have a 5 minute conversation back and forth between the two. Their voices are complete opposite sides of the spectrum and I found myself posing different ways for each character. It’s a split second change, my posture, my facial expressions, and even my hand movements. But it works because I become the different characters and don’t have to worry about one voice leaking into the other.

For another character that I voice, I have to take off my shoes and put the microphone slightly too high so that I have to stand on my tippy toes for each line. Hey it works!

I’m thinking this goes back to my animation training. Whenever I would be drawing a new character, a lot of the time I found myself making several funny faces and posing even though I couldn’t see myself unless I had a mirror. For some odd reason, it made me picture the character better in my head before putting it on paper.

So, does anyone out there have odd things that they do to get into character? Tell me about them!