Why use Motion Control?
A. By being able to program and repeat the camera movement very accurately one can suddenly do a whole variety of special effects shots, that are either impossible to do without Motion Control or one can only do using a non-moving camera (known as “locking-off” the camera). But to achieve really natural and stunning looking shots one normally wants the camera to move during a take or follow a subject or some action, and that is why Motion Control is vital. Take one of the simplest special effects shots one could try and do, such as a scene showing a man walking along a street and gradually disappearing into thin air as he walks. This is done by doing 2 takes. The first one contains the man walking in the street and the second one is just the street. Then during the editing process one starts with the man walking and then gradually mixes to the second take, where the man isnt, so it appears the man has gradually vanished into thin air. This maybe simple to achieve if the camera never mo
