Zimmer Twins
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| Zimmer Twins | |
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 From left to right: Eva Zimmer, 13, and Edgar Zimmer. |
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| Genre | Animated television series |
| Running time | 2 minutes |
| Creator(s) | Jason Krogh Aaron Leighton |
| Producer(s) | Jason Krogh (Interactive) Anne-Sophie Breiger (Broadcast) |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Language(s) | English, French |
| Original channel | TELETOON |
| Official website | |
Zimmer Twins is a popular Canadian children's website and broadcast animation project. The project was created by producer Jason Krogh and artist Aaron Leighton and is produced through Lost the Plot Productions Inc.
The Zimmer Twins is known for its unique format which combines online participation and broadcast delivery. Children are invited to create and share 1-minute animated episodes using a story editor and library of animation. The audience creates endings to short, professionally-produced story-starters. Kids tell their stories by choosing actions, characters, props and settings. They can also add their own dialog and on-screen text.
A selection of the user-generated episodes are produced into broadcast shorts and air on TELETOON Canada. There is a french-language version of the show and website under the name Jumeaux Zimmer.
The original Zimmer Twins website launched on March 14th, 2005. A total of 60 broadcast spots (30 english and 30 french) were produced and broadcast in the 2005/2006 season. By the end of the first season over 100,000 user-created episodes were created by over 50,000 registered members. A major revision of the site was launched July 1st, 2006 and a total of 120 broadcast episodes are planned for the 2006/2007 season.
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[edit] Regular Characters
- Eva Zimmer
Favourite colour: lime green
Favourite food: pistachio ice cream with mini chocolate chip sprinkles
Favourite sport: swimming
Favourite place to hang out: my room
- Edgar Zimmer
Favourite colour: red
Favourite food: Spaghetti and meatballs
Favourite sport: Go-kart racing
Favourite place to hang out: The Occult-O-Mart
- 13
13 is the Zimmer's cat.
[edit] One time characters
- The Voice. The Voice was in The Voice.
- The Green Light Thingy. The Green Light Thingy was in Thanks.
- Little Jimmy. Little Jimmy was in The Infomercial.
- Sally. Sally was also in The Infomercial.
[edit] Awards
Webby Award Nomination, Youth Website (2006)
Banff World Television Festival Nomination, Interactive Television (2006)
Horizon Interactive Awards Silver, Education (2006)
[edit] Credits
Jason Krogh: Producer - Interactive
Anne-Sophie Brieger: Producer - Television
Aaron Leighton: Creative Lead
Luke Lutman: Interactive Designer
James Walker: Server Programmer
Ashok Modi: Server Programmer
John Park: Flash Programmer
Les Solis: Lead Animator
Lou Solis: Animator
Mireille Messier: Wordsmith
Kyle Sim: Audio and Video Editor
