Episode 0 · Pilot · 1 min 08
Meet Mini-Christophe
The real Christophe, armed with a magnifying glass and an endless contract, meets his animated double in the firm’s office. A handshake, a shower of sparks, and the whole office turns into a cartoon.
Episode 1 · 2 min 16
How to fill in an accident report
A fender-bender on Place McAuliffe, two rattled drivers, one blank form. Mini-Christophe steps out of a magic door and walks them through it, box by box.
Both episodes are in French · Portrait format for social feeds
Where it comes from
Insurance, explained by someone you know
The brief came from a Belgian insurance brokerage with a familiar problem: insurance content is useful, and nobody watches it. Their idea was to turn a real member of the team into an animated character, a face that comes back video after video like a mascot, and let him explain one topic at a time, in a minute or two, for social media.
So the series opens with a handover. In the pilot, the real Christophe greets the viewer in the firm’s office in Bastogne, shakes hands with his 3D double, and lets him take over. People in the region already know the broker. From that moment on, they know the character too.
Episode 1 sets the pattern for what follows. Its subject is the accident report, the sheet of paper everyone dreads filling in. The brief asked for a reassuring guide rather than a hero: never preachy, one clear idea per shot, always cutting from the real scene to the paper and back. The bump happens on Place McAuliffe, next to the Sherman tank every local drives past, because the series is meant to feel like home.
A title card and a short jingle, « Mini-Christophe vous explique », open the episode and will open the next ones. Christophe records every line himself, so the character speaks with the voice his clients already know.
The freelancer delivered far beyond our expectations. The creativity, attention to detail, and overall quality of the animation were exactly what we were hoping for — and even better.
★★★★★Client review on Fiverr · November 2025, after the pilot
The two leads
The broker and his double
The original
Christophe
Broker at Bauvir Assurances in Bastogne, and the face his clients already know. He opens the series on camera, in the firm’s own office, and lends his voice to every episode that follows.
Plus besoin de lui, il est un peu trop sérieux.
Mini-Christophe, on his original
The simplified version
Mini-Christophe
Same beard, same waistcoat, about half the height. A friendly teacher and co-pilot who turns up through a magic door whenever insurance gets confusing. He guides, he never lectures, and he is never the hero of the story.
Moi, je suis la version simplifiée !
No jargon, no technical words
Episode 1, frame by frame
From the bump to the form
Panel 01
Place McAuliffe
Bastogne from above, rebuilt as a toy town. The series title lands on this shot.
Panel 05
The bump
A white city car, a red one, and a very light collision in front of the estate agency.
Panel 07
Now what?
Two drivers, one blank form. « Euh… on commence par où, là ? »
Panel 12
Help arrives
A door opens beside the tank. Mini-Christophe steps out, right on cue.
Panel 16
Safety first
Hi-vis vests on, cars to the side. The paperwork can wait a minute.
Panel 20
The form
« Ne nous fâchons pas, restons courtois, soyons calmes. » The cover of the European accident statement sets the tone.
The craft
Staged in 3D, animated with AI
The pilot mixes live action and animation: Christophe was filmed in the office, and his double was animated into the same space. Mini-Christophe himself was designed as a caricature of the real Christophe, then rebuilt as a 3D model, along with the two drivers, their cars, the tank and the magic door.
Key shots are staged with those models first, as a start frame and an end frame, and the AI animates between the two. That is what keeps the character on-model from one shot to the next. Christophe’s own voice recordings are synced to the character, and the title card, sound design and final edit are finished by hand. Twenty-seven years of animation craft behind every frame.
- Freepik
- Kling
- Seedance
- ElevenLabs
- After Effects
- Vegas Pro