motion-controlled cinematic
robot operation
piloting the Colossus Robot Arm by Motorized Precision
time period
2022-2024
rock steady and incredibly smooth
as a robot operator, I worked with the director and DP to program movements that otherwise would have been impossible…
like playing a video game… literally
program precise camera motion using a PS5 controller, iPad Pro, or with traditional 3d software controls, then adjust and play it back just like an editor
Colossus by Motorized Precision is a motorized robot arm with 20 feet long reach, weighing 3000+lbs fully set up, capable of traveling faster than 16 ft per second while stationary. With support for a wireless FIZ (Focus, Iris, Zoom), you can program a camera to perform complex motions, and repeat those same motions until you get the perfect take.
(I should put a disclaimer here, I don’t own the robot, a complex piece of machinery like this is over $250,000 USD new, not to mention the cost of a cinema camera, lenses, accessories… but if you rent Colossus, I can pilot it)
stop motion… start motion again
cinematic movement in stopmotion, infinitely repeatable