Paper Birds

A 30-minute interactive VR film about a boy with an extraordinary ear for music, searching for true inspiration. Built for hand tracking, the story answers to your own hands: you reach into it, play with it, and it plays back.

Starring Edward Norton, Joss Stone and Archie Yates, and directed with German Heller at 3dar.

Cast

Edward Norton as Robert · Joss Stone as Elsa · Archie Yates as Toto

Posters

The art

A handmade, storybook world: paper, wood and light, modelled and lit so it reads as a miniature theatre around you. Everything started on paper: sketches, turnarounds and paintings, then sculpted, built and lit in 3D.

Characters

Worlds

Light and story

The music

Music carries the whole piece: the score is what you follow, and what you play with. Original score by Cyrille Marchesseau, recorded with a full orchestra.

The directors

Credits

Directed by: Federico Carlini & German Heller
Written by: German Heller
Narrated by: Ed Norton, Archie Yates, Joss Stone
Produced by: Averie Timm, German Heller, Federico Carlini
Executive Producers: Yelena Rachitsky, Colum Slevin, German Heller, Federico Heller, Jorge Tereso, Kane Lee
Music by: Cyrille Marchesseau
Art Director: Erica Villar
Head of CG: Ignacio Rocca
Animation Director: Andersson Rey
Lead Dev: Goyo Higa
Character Design: Oscar Ramos
Visual Effects: Andres Chouhy
Color and Photography: Flavio Grecopaglia
Lead Modeling and Shading: Lautaro Schpitzza
Technical Director: Martin Berisso
Software Dev Team: Luciano Perez Badon, Maximiliano Muller, Ignacio Grillo
Production Coordination: Sol Fernandez, Mariano Nocitto
Lighting and Look Dev: Ignacio Rocca, Federico Carlini

Available on Meta Quest. Artwork and full credits at 3dar.com.

Press

Deadline · Animation Magazine · UploadVR · Road to VR · AWN