Motion Control and Cinema Robots

Motion Control and Cinema Robots

Introduction

Introduction

Robotic camera moves that repeat exactly, for product film and stills. MIA and Colossus by Motorized Precision, in a studio near Los Angeles.

Robotic camera moves that repeat exactly, for product film and stills. MIA and Colossus by Motorized Precision, in a studio near Los Angeles.

What it lets you do

What it lets you do

A move that repeats to the millimetre, as many times as the shot needs. That sounds technical and the consequence is commercial: when the camera is no longer a variable, the only thing left to get right is the product.

It also means one move can produce the film and the stills, and a shot can be rebuilt months later for a new flavour, a new size or a new market without reshooting the campaign.

What it is worth

What it is worth

A hero pour used to cost as many takes as it took for the camera and the liquid to agree. With a repeatable move you shoot until the pour is right, which is a different and much shorter number.

For a brand running a line extension, the saving compounds. The second product costs a fraction of the first because the move already exists.

Selected work

Selected work

On Larceny Bourbon, two choreographed robots light-painted a UV reactive bottle in a dark studio. On Corona Light, an LED wall placed a beach behind the product without leaving the stage.

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Selected Work

Selected Work

On Larceny Bourbon, two choreographed robots light-painted a UV reactive bottle in a dark studio. On Corona Light, an LED wall placed a beach behind the product without leaving the stage.

Send the product, the deadline and where the images need to run.