My Name is Minette - The High Meows episode

Tiger, an American kitten, arrives at a Pet Hotel (Château du Haut-Miaou) located in a castle on the French Riviera. He meets Minette and is confused about how to say her very French name. Minette teaches him to say it with a song. The other resident cats and mice join them for a fun sing and play.

  • Claire Dodin
    Director
  • Claire Dodin
    Writer
  • Claire Dodin
    Producer
  • Hudsen Schuchart
    Key Cast
    "Tiger"
  • Valerie Dodin
    Key Cast
    "Minette"
  • Beau Bridgland
    Key Cast
    "Jimmy"
  • Marzena Doy
    Key Cast
    "Rosie"
  • Claire Dodin
    Key Cast
    "Alice"
  • Monia Ayachi
    Key Cast
    "Cici"
  • Amanda Berry
    Character design
  • Jennifer Adekyn
    Character design
  • Alyssa Erin
    Character design
  • Amanda Berry
    Storyboard - Backround and prop Design - Animation
  • Leon Y Riskin
    Song composition
  • Claire Dodin
    Lyrics
  • Thibault Casano
    Sound design - Mix
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 51 seconds
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English, French
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Claire Dodin

Claire is a member of the Television Academy and Telly award winner.

She has extensive experience in the Voice Over world as a voice actress, singer, producer and director with over 200 titles under her belt. She records and directs in both French and English.
She currently directs the US English version of the series Tatty and Misifu and the French versions of Pinkfong's Baby Shark songs and series.

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Director Statement

The High Meows aims to familiarize young children with other languages and accents. Many of our kittens are French as it is set in France, but our Mice are British and Polish, Tiger is a US expatriate and we will introduce other characters from other origins as we go.

This is my personal project, it is dear to my heart because I am a French expatriate and I feel that today there is a lack of children programming that normalizes people speaking with an accent.
We aim to help every child that feels bullied because of their accent, and help accents become something charming that all kids enjoy, and motivate the little ones to learn other langages at the same time.
My Name is Minette is the first episode of the Tiger storyline that will deal with the language/cultural barrier between Americans and French, but also with the theme of abandonment as children struggle with separation anxiety .