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HTC Rezound™ Commercial

Garritt — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:24:35 +0000

This commercial was filmed with the Gazelle Motion Control Crane and our Cheetah high-speed servo track drive system. Passes were filmed at multiple frame rates for a dramatic effect.

Behind the Scenes with the Gazelle

Sears “The Many Sides of Me” Commercial

Garritt — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:24:59 +0000

Sears “Many Sides of Me” Commercial – Produced by Motion Theory

“Making of The Many Sides of Me”

Overhead Graphlite Featured on the Cover of Sound and Picture Magazine’s Winter 2010 Issue – Tron Legacy

Garritt — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:14:37 +0000

Read the article

When Claudio Miranda, ASC was deciding how to shoot several pivotal scenes in Tron Legacy, he determined that due to the weight of the dual Sony F35 3D camera package and the multilevel sets, traditional Steadicam shots would be impossible. He wanted a rig with the flexibility of a Steadicam, the ability to go anywhere and provide rock solid movement for the heavy camera package.

Claudio had worked with Pacific Motion Control before and was familiar with many of our rigs, so he called to see if we could make these shots happen. As we talked with Claudio, we determined that what was needed for the job was a portable, overhead motion control crane system – a system that didn’t exist. This was a challenge that we were determined to meet. Over the next few weeks, we custom built the Overhead Graphlite system to meet the needs of the production. This rig is totally portable. In fact, it’s first job (Tron) was over 1,200 miles away from our shop. The rig provided 48′ of linear movement (adaptable from 12′-72′), 15 feet of arm reach, 360+ degrees (infinite) of swing, 45 degrees of boom travel, 360+ degrees of pan and tilt. It did all of this while carrying a camera package that weighed 90 pounds!

With little time to complete the build and test the rig before shooting, Tron Legacy would be a trial by fire, but the rig performed flawlessly. During the weeks of filming the rig never missed a beat, and enabled the crew to capture amazing shots, including a fight scene shot in a continuous circle, with over 1080 degrees of movement!

Photography By Douglas Curran
Courtesy of Disney Enterprises, Inc

Overhead Graphlite Pictures – From the set of Tron Legacy

Garritt — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:17:05 +0000

Famous Footwear Commercial and Behind the Scenes

Garritt — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:01:01 +0000

Famous Footwear “Neighborhood” Commercial

Behind the Scenes

Time-Lapse Setup Video

Shot with the Zebra motion control camera dolly on location and on a stage in Vancouver, British Columbia. The camera was a Phantom Gold HD high-speed camera at 600 FPS. Behind the scenes footage was shot with a GoPro HD camera mounted to the Zebra.

Director – Loni Peristere of Zoic Studios
Motion Control Operator – Mike Leben
Motion Control Tech – Craig Shumard

Yoplait “Peach” Commercial – Behind the Scenes

Garritt — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:58:04 +0000

Yoplait “Peach” Commercial

Produced by Imaginary Forces
Shot with the Gazelle motion control camera crane, outfitted with our Cheetah track drive motor and a Phantom HD high-speed camera.

Leverage Season 3 Promo – TNT: Behind The Scenes

Garritt — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:38:48 +0000

TNT Leverage Season 3 Promo – Behind the Scenes

Pacific Motion Control’s Cheetah Dolly was recently used to film a promo for season 3 of the TNT show “Leverage”. The dolly was running at full speed and carrying a Phantom HD high-speed camera. The rig captured some breathtaking footage of the Leverage cast frozen in the act of creating mayhem.

TNT Leverage Season 3 Promo

Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Wii Comercial

Garritt — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:45:59 +0000

The Graphlite motion control camera crane was recently used to film a commercial for Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Nintendo Wii. The commercial was filmed on a stage in Mexico, demonstrating that even our largest motion control rig is fully portable. In this case, the Graphlite, Kuper motion control computer system, and track were all packed into cases and flown to Mexico. Multiple setups and motion control passes were used to make it appear as if the actors are in a spherical world, and able to run, jump, and flip like Mario.

Barclay Card Rollercoaster Ad – Pacific Motion Control Demo Reel

Garritt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:50:59 +0000

90 Second Ad

60 Second Ad

"Making-Of" The Commercial

Samsung/NFL Commercial – Pacific Motion Control Demo Reel

Garritt — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:43:48 +0000

These commercials for Samsung were filmed, using the Cheetah high-speed motion control dolly, and a custom built low-profile head. The client needed a fully repeatable motion control dolly, and an extremely low-profile head for this shoot, and the cheetah was the only dolly that would do the job. It was required to move at 20 feet per second, throughout the whole shoot, and did so without any problems. The Servo motor and geared track drive proved to be very accurate and fast, and the rig could repeat both slow and high-speed moves perfectly.

The custom low-profile head was constructed specifically for this commercial, and measured just 5″ from it’s base, to the top of the camera plate, yet it had fully repeatable pan, adjustable, locking tilt, and could hold a full sized 35mm camera package, but in this case, a Sony F23 CineAlta high-definition digital camera was used to film multiple passes at different frame rates.

Footage from this shoot was also used extensively for interactive content on the Samsung website.

View some behind the scenes footage from this commercial shoot on the Cheetah Dolly page.

The commercial was produced by Motion Theory.

Motion Control Operator – Rob Menapace

Motion Control Technician – Craig Shumard

Second Motion Control Technician – Garritt Hampton