Jennifer Shiman has got a formula to make us laugh, and it works every time. Take a beloved Hollywood smash, shrink it down to 30 seconds, and animate it with helium- voiced (like, higher than Alvin and crew) bunnies. The 38-year-old Shiman has turned more than 40 movies, starting with The Exorcist in 2004, into 30-second bursts of rabbit comedy, making punchlines out of dialogue you never thought you’d laugh at. Here, she kindly breaks down the ins and outs of bunnification for Crackle.

Crackle: Do you own any pets? A bunny, perhaps?

Jennifer Shiman: I don’t currently own any pets. I used to have an iguana. They are not cuddly, to say the least.

Crackle: What events would be portrayed in The Life of Jennifer Shiman in 30 Seconds (and Re-enacted by Bunnies)?

JS: Me waking up; me eating; me surfing the internet; me drawing; me sleeping. Take those five things and loop them!

Crackle: The bunnies shorts walk a wonderful line between adoration for and parody of the movies they’re based on. Do you see them this way, or as pure statements of one or the other?

JS: I definitely see the bunnies’ re-enactments as little homages to each film and the love of watching films.

Above: The Exorcist in 30 Seconds (and Re-enacted by Bunnies)

Crackle: Have you ever gotten feedback from filmmakers whose movies you’ve parodied?

JS: Yes, I have received nice feedback from individuals involved in various ways with some of the movies the bunnies have re-enacted.

Crackle: Are there any movies you would never subject to bunny-fication because of their subject matter?

JS: I wouldn’t say never, but I suspect some movies would be harder to bunnify than others for that reason.

Crackle: Are there any movies you would never subject to bunny-fication because you love them too much? Or is being bunny-fied a symbol of your love for the movie?

JS: If I love a movie, I absolutely feel compelled to bunnify it!

Crackle: Is there a particular genre that is hard to make funny? I would think comedy, except the bunny Borat video is terrific.

JS: Thanks! Yes, I find comedy a challenging genre, since the material is funny by definition. When bunnifying a comedy, I try to play with timing and take liberties with synopsis.

Crackle: When the time comes, will the huge killer bunny in Donnie Darko be a huge killer human?

JS: I will run this by the bunnies at their next roundtable discussion.

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