'Green screen' or 'blue screen'; flying or dropping; rolling, high-speed or stop-motion; table-top or motion control; it all needs a mechanical rig to achieve the filmed image...Nearly all the special-effects shots in our Movie Gallery have been made with the help of special effects rigging.

There are many ways to launch liquids but we are often confronted with highly viscous liquids like chocolate or custard or syrup. These are difficult to put through a pump and are difficult to switch on and off. We like to use compressed air to propel such viscous liquids wherever possible.

Made to rig motorbikes and rider safely at a variety of heights and angles for a Dunlop photo shoot. The images had to be extremely high resolution for use on very large scale billboards. Therefore we had to imitate time lapse photography with this rig. We used a fork lift truck and a scaffolding swing.

This is the release mechanism we developed for the Nivea commercial shot by Olivier Venturini for TEMPOMEDIA in Hamburg...

Both rigs make use of an electrical commutator...

Basic rigging tools for use on loacation or in the studio

For location or in the studio, the basis rigging uses a mobile plumbing system to be as flexible and efficient as possible

Rigging to facilitate product demos, releasing on command,simulating burnerss, hoppers, feeds etc.