Realistic Phoenix 3D Animation

About the project

I have a short-film sequence that follows two golden, majestic phoenixes through a dense forest. The visual language must feel realistic—feathers reacting naturally to light, embers glowing subtly rather than in a cartoon flare—and every beat should underline the theme of family and protection. The story flow is already locked: • Opening: mother and daughter phoenix meet in the thick forest canopy. • Mid-point: a hunter steps in, fires, the daughter is hit but survives and flees home in panic. • Dialogue: a two-minute exchange between mother and daughter in their nest (full lip-sync and nuanced facial movement). • Climax: the mother rises dramatically from water, wings spreading, droplets catching the warm forest light. I will supply the storyboard, reference voice tracks, and ambient SFX. What I need from you is the complete 3D animation—from modeling and rigging both birds in their shimmering gold palette to final rendered shots ready for compositing. You may work in Blender, Maya, Houdini, or any comparable pipeline as long as the exported frames arrive in 4K EXR or ProRes 4444 along with the project files for future tweaks. Acceptance criteria • Photoreal-leaning textures, feather dynamics, and lighting that match a live-action forest plate I will provide. • Smooth, emotionally readable performances during the two-minute dialogue. • Hunter, forest, water, and splash simulations integrated with consistent scale and physically plausible interaction. • Final renders delivered shot-by-shot plus the editable scene files. Let me know your preferred toolset, any previous creature work you can point me to, and the estimated turnaround so we can lock our schedule.

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