Motion Control Services

Motion control rigs meet one tough need: the same frame-accurate camera move repeated across many passes. That serves VFX compositing, multi-element photography, automotive tabletops, and the high-end product work that defines the Italian fashion, luxury, food, and automotive sectors.

Our inventory holds Mark Roberts Milo systems for large-scale moves on full-size cars and talent. It also has Bolt and the new Bolt X high-speed robotic arms, loved by Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Alfa Romeo directors based in Maranello, Sant'Agata Bolognese, and Turin. We add Modula multi-axis sites and smaller tabletop rigs for macro work, liquid pours, and food cinematography commissioned by Lavazza, Illy, Barilla, San Pellegrino, Ferrero, and Campari.

We work out of Cinecittà in Rome, with its twenty-plus volumes and Studio 22's 38,000 square feet of ICVFX-ready space. We also use Lumiq Studios in Turin, which has its own LED volume and deep automotive roots, plus Stop-Service rental in Rome and Milan-side spaces that serve the fashion trade around Via Tortona and the Brera district. So a shoot can pair motion control with LED-wall stages, drive-in tanks, or fully lit insert sets on one site, all without breaking the schedule.

Pre-visualisation sits at the heart of the process. Our crew programmes camera paths in software, times them against animatics, and signs them off before any stage time is spent. This lets DPs and clients refine moves before talent or product arrives at Cinecittà, Lumiq, or the Milan-side spaces. On the day, frame-accurate repeats give each pass a VFX team needs: hero takes, clean plates, lighting passes, multi-pass element photography, and matched moves. Motion data, camera tracking metadata, and lens metadata ship alongside the footage as OpenEXR or ProRes files.

Our team plugs straight into Italy's award-winning VFX houses. These include Frame by Frame in Rome, twice a David di Donatello VFX winner, EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani in Milan and Rome, Square Post Production in Milan, and Cinecittà Post. We line up schedules with the forty-per-cent global Italian Tax Credit timelines under the Cinema Italian Plan that global shoots rely on. Our operators carry credits across Milan fashion runways for Prada, Gucci, and Versace, automotive launches in Maranello and Turin, branded content for Stellantis, and high-end product campaigns from Rome and Milan agencies. Full CCNL Cinema Audiovisivo, ENPALS, and INAIL coverage is in place.

These rigs are heavy and precise, so we plan transport and load-in with care. We book a setup day to position the track, level the base, and calibrate each axis before the shoot starts. Stage time at Cinecittà or Lumiq is reserved early and held against the previs sign-off. For automotive work in Maranello and Turin, we move the system to the client floor and re-calibrate on site. This way each booked stage day opens with the rig already shoot-ready.