I’m producing an eight-minute 3D cartoon sequence in which Gloria the hippo and Alex the lion try to squeeze through a narrow doorway, ending up stuck so that only their tails and rumps are in view while they wriggle and banter. The entire short must feel as if it belongs inside the original Madagascar universe: same vibrant zoo palette, jungle-coloured lighting, and slapstick timing. Style & tone • Full-colour cartoon rendering—think DreamWorks’ exaggerated proportions, soft shading, and lively squash-and-stretch. • Voices that convincingly mimic Gloria and Alex; you may use professional impersonators or AI voice cloning as long as the cadence, humour, and warmth match the originals. • Ambient sound and comedic foley (door creaks, tail flaps, muffled grunts) layered over an upbeat score in the familiar Madagascar style. Visual setting The backdrop should replicate the movie’s classic zoo hallway—aged tiles, souvenir posters, a few stray penguin footprints—so fans instantly recognise the environment without any IP-infringing logos. Key deliverables 1. Final 8-minute 3D animation (1920×1080, 24 fps, H.264 or ProRes). 2. Clean dialogue, music, and effects stem files. 3. Source project files (Blender, Maya, or equivalent) with rigged characters, textures, and lighting setups. 4. One round of revisions for timing, lip-sync, or colour tweaks. Acceptance criteria • Character voices are identifiable as Gloria and Alex with no noticeable drift in accent or energy. • Continuous, believable jiggle and struggle cycles—no frozen frames longer than 0.5 sec. • Lighting and materials match the warm, saturated palette of Madagascar. If you already have proprietary hippo and lion rigs you can adapt, let me know; otherwise, factor in time for custom modelling and rigging. Animation may be done in Blender, Maya, Houdini, or 3ds Max—use whichever pipeline gives you the most efficient cloth-body interactions on the tight doorway shots. I’m ready to review rough animatics as soon as you can block out the scene. Let’s bring this comedic bottleneck to life.