My role: Animation and Technical Direction

"Bedtime Stories is an app developed in partnership between ConTextos and the Chicago Public Library that aims to connect incarcerated parents and their children through the power of story time. With Bedtime Stories, inmates can make audio recordings of themselves reading children’s books, which their kids can pick up at the library and then read along with the parent’s audio.

At its core, the app is designed to recreate the experience of reading together for child and parent. It offers an immersive experience for the child, with interactive features and functionality embedded to aid in the development of literacy.

Our mission was to create an animated intro film that plays upon opening the app, in order to provide a whimsical and comforting experience that sets the mood for the special moment when the child will hear their parent’s voice. The animation unfolds in a free-flowing, dreamlike pace, carrying the viewer through a contemplative journey that comes across many classic elements from children’s books: dragons, unicorns, spaceships, giant beanstalks and so on. The environments were built in 3D, with a great sense of depth, while the graphics are flat, painterly and stylized, alluding to pop-up books – a reference that appeals to children as well as to their parents." (from Lobo site )

Agency: FCB Chicago
DIrector: Isabela Littger & Mateus de Paula Santos
Executive Producer: Luis Ribeiro
Head of Production: Clara Morelli
Producer: Pablo Zurita
Post-Producer: Karina Zambelli
Post-Production Coordinator: Rosangela Gomes
Post-Production Coordinator Assistant: Bruna Boretto
Storyboard: Antonio Soares Neto
Art Director: Felipe Jornada
Visual Development: Pedro Jones, Stephanie Arcas, Julio Saez, Vencys Lao
Animation and Technical Director: Felipe Frazão
Motion Design: Bruno Ferrari, Guilherme Diniz, James Vaccari, Marccos Chaves, Murilo Coda, Paulo Quinhone, Rodrigo Peres, Thomas Mena
2D Animation: Chan Tong Yun, Gabrielle Paparelli, Gian Burani
360° Image Composition: Leandro Pena