The ambitious stop motion short “Zero” picked up a NSW Gold Award from the Australian Cinematographers Society in the Experimental and Specialized Category. Zero director Christopher Kezelos gives credit to the exceptional work of the film’s director of photography Mathew Horrex. The film was shot using Dragon Stop Motion software.

Christopher had this to say about using Dragon Stop Motion:

“We shot Zero using a Canon EOS 450D and Nikon prime lenses. Due to the manual nature of this setup, we spent a lot of time using Dragon’s Cinematography tools to set up each shot. I found these tools to be an essential part of our shoot as we spent a lot of time tweaking the camera settings and picture framing before capturing valuable stills. Having the flexibility to shoot hi-res images and quickly flip between them to decide on our final settings was invaluable”.

About Dragon Stop Motion and post production:

“The most obvious conundrum one can face when shooting a stop motion animation is how to effectively manage the thousands of image files and hundreds of directories required. Dragon made this a breeze. It automatically created a directory structure based on our scene and shot numbers. This sped up our work flow dramatically as it allowed us to cross reference our story board numbers with our directory structure to quickly find the shots we were after. Handy during production, a godsend during post”.

Make sure to check the Zero site to see it at a film festival near you.