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When Motion Impossible first arrived on the scene the company name explained the challenge. With the new Agito that challenge has been met SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF FILMMAKING
C EO of Motion Impossible, equipment can do (the only limit would be extreme height). With the new Agito robotic dolly, that is now a possibility. Rob says, “Our new Agito is a free moving robotic dolly system – any movement you can think of, Agito can do – you are only limited by your creativity.” These are big claims but the forthcoming IBC demo will convince you that they are warranted. AGITO SPORTS AND TRAX Future-proofing the Agito gives you a piece of equipment that grows with you. Rob explains the basics: “The Agito is split in to three parts, the centre core section and the two drive ends. This makes up your robotic dolly system. You can then add on your camera mounting, which can be a different way of stabilising and moving the camera. You can then add a variety of camera heads.” Modularity is a key component as Agito has been designed to work in many different scenarios, including stadiums, in the middle of fields, film sets, wildlife and much more. In fact, for IBC Motion Impossible will illustrate this by showing two distinct models of Agito, Sports and Trax. Rob Drewett wants to disrupt camera movement. He wants his robots to achieve every camera movement that any piece of
ABOVE Kick-off: Motion Impossible’s Agito on the pitch for a match at Düsseldorf’s Esprit Arena.
Rob explains the difference: “We have designed a way of changing our ends to suit the shoot. Most people have seen Agito with its off-road wheels but now we have options. You can easily change the wheels for track wheels so you are able to go on to standard track. But we haven’t stopped there, you can also choose a ‘narrow track’ end and that will go on to track ranging from 300 to 400mm so is the same as Junior track and Furio track. Agito Sports will also follow magnetic track which is far quicker to lay down and is safe to use in stadiums. “But the future is trackless and we want to set your camera free. Traditionally dollies are used on tracks but once you realise you don’t have to lay track you won’t go back. Agito wants to take out the variability of filmmaking – you have the beauty of instant repeatability in any situation.”
“The tower has a camera payload of up to 20kg. In effect you have a free roaming dolly system that can do jib and crane moves. You also don’t have to have the tower right in the middle of the vehicle, it can hang over the front, it can hang over the back. So for instance if I wanted to get a camera low to the ground, I would hang the camera off the top of the tower off an arm, then do a jib move from there.” Motion Impossible will be at IBC in Hall 10 on stand D41.
JIB AND CRANE MOVES Another new feature for IBC is a
controllable tower, which for the first time gives Agito the ability to raise the camera up and down.
MORE INFORMATION: www.motion-impossible.com
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