Science of the Movies: Motion Control

Yesterday's Science of the Movies episode on Discovery Science Channel, tackled the subject of Motion Control, and host Nar Williams, with his unique take on things, explored how this works in various situations.

Motion Control is described as ways of how you could bring your camera undercontrol with the ability to repeat the same movements precisely through the use of a computer.

MILO

Meet Milo...the super robo-cam.  Here is how Milo can perform the same movements (zoom, track, dolly, rotate on its axis...) and actions (including focusing) in the same way precisely every time.  All Milo needs is one faithful controller.

Here is a video tutorial on the industry's leading software used for Motion Control, Flair by MRMC:



Here is a showreel made entirely of Motion Control footage: