wsarah-99159 I saw this with my 10-year old son In spite of the stop motion animation with wool balls (!!!) which could have lent itself to lack of emotional expression, he was so taken and upset by the story that half way through he started to weep like a fountain and refused to proceed viewing But he was intrigued and impressed, he really WANTED to know that it ends well for zero So a few days later we went back to Amazon And watched the ending He was so happy that immediately called his older brothers asking them to watch - all rooted for Zero and found the story moving and beautifully told Well done!!! In the end what matters is a beautiful story well told, and the simplicity of the wool balls (DNA strands?) rather adds to the story

Prismark10 Zealous Creative is a LA based production company that makes ads, corporate videos and short films. The creative talent like the director of Zero hail from Australia.Zero is a stop motion animation with yarn puppets with a message of rigid social structures particularly that of caste and the Untouchables.The zero of our story is an untouchable. A nothing who will never rise from the bottom. He will always amount to zilch.At school his life is tormented because he has a zero stamped on his chest. Others have numbers from 1 to 10. A number 1 may just be a lowly cleaner but even that amounts to some kind of ranking denoting a status.Zero struggles through life and into adulthood but is determined to survive the system knowing that he will never beat the system. He meets a female Zero and suddenly feels his life has meaning.Even though their love is forbidden in such a society they persevere to make it through together.The film has nice simple but smooth animation with clear cut narration. I would like to have known more of this society like where do Zeros come from? I guess there is only so much you can show in a 10 minute short but it is a thoughtful film on social status discrimination.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Zero" is a 5-year-old short film written and directed by Australian Christopher Kezelos. It's animated, just like his slightly newer piece, and runs for 12.5 minutes with credits. In this video, the main characters are defined by numbers on their bellies, which means if you are a zero like the protagonist, you basically don't matter at all. So the first half of the film is basically about watching our hero get bullied and tortured by his fellow students, teachers and everybody else. But then love strikes and everything will be good, won't it? Well.. it takes a bit longer. I think there are a couple plot holes, like why are they allowed together at the end, which is quite a pity as, in terms of emotion, this movie really delivers greatly. I guess the animation style is not for everybody, but I kinda liked it. All in all, I believe this film could have been even better, a truly great film, with some more fine tuning in certain areas, but even like this, it is still a very solid watch. I hope Kezelos returns to making films soon as I certainly see some talent in his works. Recommended.

bob the moo Zero is born into a world of strict social class and order, with him being born of the lowest denomination and thus destined for nothing. Oppressed, mocked and mistreated his whole life, Zero holds to the belief that somehow even he amount to something, even if mathematically it is impossible.Although it ultimately has a message that is a bit clichéd and obvious, this short film is nicely paced to deliver it and has an engaging spin on the message thanks to the animation and the use of math throughout. The story sees yarn puppets with numbers on their chests going through life and we focus on a 0, who we see suffer and struggle with the system – not fighting it so much as being beaten by it. In telling the story it is never really funny but it does still manage to engage because the pacing of the telling is well done, with a steady tone delivered by the narration. Indeed McKay's steady and warm voice helps it a great deal, by gentling telling the tale with enough empathy that we feel for Zero, but not overdoing it to the extent of forcing the point.The animation matches this as it is oddly satisfying to see the simple yarn figures move around within the world. The ability to play with the faces of the figures is really limited by the approach but the animators compensate this by taking their time and also working the body language and physical actions effectively, so we understand feelings even though they are harder to show. It is a slight film without a huge reveal or impact, but it seems to know this and the pacing and construct helps it in this regard, playing to its strengths and limiting its weaknesses so that it plays quite smart and satisfying.