The Astronomer’s Sun is a short film directed by Simon Cartwright and Jessica Cope, and produced by Duchy Parade Films. It is currently on the festival circuit, and was recently awarded Best Film at the Northern Futures Awards.

We asked Jess Cope what her experience was using Dragon Stop Motion on this project. She had a lot of great things to say!:

“The main thing I would like to say about DSM is that it actually saved our film! I had wanted to use it right from the start but we had been put in touch with another company who were working on a new piece of software and as this was part of a funded scheme we wanted to keep costs down and help a local company out. Sadly this turned out to be a massive job and it was causing delays in our very tight schedule so we had to look else where.

“Not only was Dragon affordable on our tiny budget but it was SO clear to use whilst still feeling very professional and slick. I know I did not even scratch the surface of what it could do but it did exactly what I needed it to do at the time. We had so little time and I would recommend this software to EVERYONE!

“Another thing which I found INCREDIBLE was the brilliant customer support. I would send out an email to your selves and within half an hour I would get a reply…it baffled me that you could be so good due to the time difference between America and England.

“Dragon Stop Motion is quite simply FANTASTIC and so was the customer support. We could not have been more pleased.”

Thank you Jessica, for the kind words, and for making such a fantastic short!

The Astronomer’s Sun was shot using Dragon Stop Motion animation software and a Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi).

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