Images: Bringing 'Madagascar' to life
DreamWorks Animation put high technology to work for its upcoming "fish out of water" comedy, "Madagascar."
Bringing 'Madagascar' to life
Animal characters get washed ashore in DreamWorks' newest computer-animated comedy, "Madagascar." Left to right: Marty the Zebra (voice of Chris Rock), Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer).
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Bringing 'Madagascar' to life
Two penguins, Skipper (left, with voice by Tom McGrath) and Private (Chris Knight), scheme to escape a Manhattan zoo in "Madagascar."
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Bringing 'Madagascar' to life
Ben Stiller gives Alex the Lion a voice.
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Bringing 'Madagascar' to life
Phillippe Gluckman, visual-effects supervisor for "Madagascar," talks about the countless zeros and ones that went into rendering the complex computer-generated jungle scenes.
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Bringing 'Madagascar' to life
Rex Grignon, in charge of character animation for the film, talks about age-old "squash and stretch" animation techniques used to create the character movements in "Madagascar."
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Bringing 'Madagascar' to life
Kendal Cronkhite, head of production design on "Madagascar," laughs during a talk about the evolution of computer animation.
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