WHY THEY WON | FEATURE
IMAGES Motion Impossible Agito on the pitch for a match at Düsseldorf’s Esprit Arena
The future is trackless and we want to set your camera free. Once you realise you don’t have to lay track, you won’t go back
were some clear operating rules to what we can or can’t do from a safety perspective,” explains Nancollis. “We’re not allowed to get within five metres of a player. If the ball or the action comes close to us, we have to get out of the way, which is hard as all your instincts are telling you to go towards the action.”
the games, some of the directors liked to get the Agito out on to the pitch to follow the batsmen on and off as they’ve been given out and another one comes in. For the rest of the match, we ran around the boundary line capturing general play. The majority of the general play was focussed on things happening on the wicket, the bowler run-up, the batsmen striking the ball and the running between the wickets. We were also asked to do crowd shots for fan engagement reasons.” The crowd also liked the Agito, especially when it turned towards them. “Because it’s not a cameraman, they went crazy when it pointed at them; it’s turned into quite a character,” says Nancollis. The Agito vehicle had to be low profile, so couldn’t use the recent ‘tower’ option that gives it height. There were also guidelines on being a certain distance from any player and being wary of getting in the players’ eyeline. “We’re running between the boundary rope and the LED boards and the players, especially batsmen, were very sensitive of what they can see in that area. The ICC were also sensitive of the equipment getting close to players, there
was a new addition to the camera crew to witness it – Agito. Motion Impossible’s modular dolly system was commissioned by the TV production company Sunset + Vine to bring a new angle to the matches. Drewett comments on the conversion to move to such a new vehicle: “Sunset + Vine had seen Agito over in Australia – the M series was known there as the Fox Rover.” Motion Impossible chief designer Andy Nancollis comments on how it was used for the matches: “When players arrived, they’ve got a few RF cameras, the Agito and they’ve got the SpiderCam. At some of
IMAGES England world cup winners Jason Roy and Jos Buttler with the Agito
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