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Zero Gallery: Disasters, Fun & Peculiarities
From disasters to interesting perspectives to just plain silliness. Check out this fun collection of behind the scenes photos from Zero.
Continue reading...Turning Heads
2. April 2010
One of the challenges we faced during preproduction was figuring out how best to create movings heads for our characters. We needed them to turn left and right in tiny increments and to also look up and down. The solution we came up with worked like a charm.
Continue reading...Fabrication: String, Hair & Accessories
10. January 2010
Once our characters were cast in silicone, the next step in the process was to add the final finishes to the puppets, a process more commonly referred to as fabrication. There were 3 main areas to contend with: Wrapping, Hair creation and Accessories – numbers, eyes and eyebrows.
Continue reading...Casting Your Puppets
21. November 2009
Allow me to introduce you to the glorious world of Silicone. The material we used to surround the wire armatures and give our puppets body. So where do I start? Shore strength? Viscosity? Cure time? Ratios? It's a whole other world you'll need to learn from scratch.
Continue reading...Building Wire Armatures
4. August 2009
When brainstorming how best to build our characters, I drew inspiration from one of my favourite childhood toys... the Pink Panther. Many of you may be familiar with this type of bendy rubber toy which allows you to pose the character into any position and it retains its shape. This was due to what lay at its core, a wire armature.
Continue reading...Making Molds for Zero
22. July 2009
With the prototypes set in stone, or rather, clay... we had to make molds of each character which would allow us to produce multiple casts of each body shape. We learnt a lot during this process and evolved our technique over time.
Continue reading...Sculpting Prototypes
28. June 2009
With the character illustrations locked down and a clear direction set, it was time to get our hands dirty. David Cox was tasked with the job of turning what he drew on paper into clay sculptures.
Continue reading...Illustrating Zero
16. June 2009
Before writing Zero, I work shopped character concepts with Brett Bimson our production designer. We discussed the varying physical attributes of our characters and the look and feel of the environment they inhabit. Once the story was locked down, we had the fun task of bringing the words to life with Illustration...
Continue reading...Zero Shop
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About Zero
Born into a world of numbers, an oppressed zero discovers that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something.
Zero is a 12:32 stop motion animation written and directed by Christopher Kezelos and produced by Christine Kezelos. (more...)
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Behind the ScenesFrom concept illustrations through to photography, go behind the scenes and check out the making of Zero. (watch...)
Pre & Post CompositingCompare the original untreated frames, to the how the film looked upon completion. (watch...)
Storyboard + Director's CommentaryDirector Christopher Kezelos chats about how he created the Storyboard for Zero.(watch...)
Director & Producer CommentaryDirector Christopher Kezelos and Producer Christine Kezelos chat about the making of Zero.(watch...)
Zero Guerrilla MarketingChris and Christine share an innovative way on how to market your film at festivals. (watch...)
Lappy SongSchool students sing the 'Lappy Song' at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival. (watch...)
Zero Wins Golden TripodMatthew Horrex receives a Golden Tripod for Zero at the 2010 Australian Cinematography Awards. (watch...)
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4. April 2010
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