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Paris Terror - The Hostages from the Hyper Cacher

Categories: Virtual Reality

My Roles: Compositing Previs 3D CGI

Animated VR documentary about a terrorist attack on a supermarket that happened 2015 in Paris.
Paris Terror - The Hostages from the Hyper Cacher Key Visual

On 7 January 2015, two terrorists attacked the magazine Charlie Hebdo. Shortly afterwards, a third terrorist attacked the kosher supermarket Hyper Cacher, killing four Jews – store employee Yohan Cohen (20), Yoav Hattab (21), François-Michel Saada (63) and Philippe Braham (45) – and taking numerous hostages. A few of them managed to hide in a cold room in the basement, taking a baby with them. In this virtual documentary, we use sketch-style animation to bring to life the recollections of three hostages. The 360-degree story “PARIS TERROR” is part two of the WDR project on terrorism in Germany and Europe.

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Production: WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Director: Ricarda Saleh
Duration: 10 min
Year: 2018 - Country: Germany