High Speed Filming

High-speed filming captures action at extreme frame rates. The dramatic slow motion it produces has become a signature of Italian commercial work over the last decade.

The Phantom Flex 4K and the wider Vision Research VEO and T-series are the workhorse bodies on Ferrari and Lamborghini automotive spots. These shoot at Maranello and around the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. The same bodies run on Pirelli tyre campaigns across the Monza, Mugello and Imola circuits. They also serve Lavazza and Illy coffee pours captured at the Turin and Trieste headquarters. And they handle the precise liquid and splash work that fills Milan luxury and Rome beverage cutdowns for fashion and FMCG clients.

Our crew sources these cameras through pro rental houses in Rome and Milan, such as Panalight, Movie People, Cinevideo, Cartoceto Cine and Cinetlux. We pair them with RED Komodo and V-Raptor high-speed bodies when a shoot needs a compact form for car interiors, drive-in tanks or rigged set pieces. Operators arrive on stage at Cinecittà with on-set DIT, real-time playback monitors and the flicker-free HMI and LED packages that high frame rates demand. Directors can then review takes at full resolution between setups without leaving the floor.

Cinecittà's twenty-plus stages in Rome form Europe's largest sound stage complex at 400,000 square metres. A 25-stage expansion is underway by 2026. They sit alongside Lumiq Studios in Turin, Stop-Service rental space, and the Mediaset and Rai facilities across Milan, Rome and Cologno Monzese. Together these venues give the controlled lighting these cameras need.

Our high-speed teams plug cleanly into the Frame by Frame, EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani, Square Post Production and Cinecittà Post pipelines that handle the resulting datasets. Our colour scientists then work the on-set look against the eventual DI grade. Bolt and Mark Roberts Milo motion-control rigs sit alongside the Phantom packages for repeatable robotic moves. These cover fashion bottle pours, automotive product details, espresso crema flows and slow-motion sequences for Italian luxury brands. Tracking sync locks the camera and product to the frame across many identical passes.

Our team files MiC and Cinema Italian Plan forms to confirm forty-per-cent global tax credit eligibility. The same forms cover CCNL Cinema Audiovisivo compliance with ENPALS and INAIL coverage. Meanwhile DIT crews manage the multi-terabyte daily transfers between Rome, Milan and the post houses receiving dailies. Those transfers come from 1000-frames-per-second 4K capture.