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ing the filming of Columbia Pictures'
Flatliners. The equipment was most re¬
cently used by cinematographer Michael
Watkins, ASC on the still-untitled American
remake of the French thriller La Femme

Nikita, scheduled to be released sometime
in

early 1993.
The system

achieves a 1.75X
by means of an anamorphic lens
positioned in front of the camera's normal
lens. A custom-designed aluminum bracket
allows the position of the anamorphic lens
to be adjusted to accommodate various
zoom and fixed focal length lenses. The
aspect ratio is designed to be fully compat¬
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ible with current Rank Cintel transfer sys¬
tems as well as the new

9/16 and HDTV
video formats. Those who prefer to screen
dailies

and extended to various lengths.
The Robo-Arm component can
be extended from 12 to 21 feet and re¬
tracted while shooting. The entire device
can be dollied on rubber wheels or tracks
and telescoped at the same time, allowing
considerable flexibility for shooting.
The Traveling Robo-Arm can be
extended from 6 to 9 feet and is designed
to be mounted on cars, boats and other

moving vehicles. The remote control allows
the arm to rotate, pan, tilt and boom while
the vehicle being filmed is in motion.
The Robo-Giant is approximately
80 feet long and is designed for extremely

large shooting setups. The device can be
used to simulate the effect of aerial shots
without the use of a helicopter or an air¬

Super 8 projector can easily
their footage by placing the an¬
amorphic lens in front of their projector.
For more information: Super 8
Sound, 2805 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank,
CA 91505, tel. (818) 848-5522; or 95 Harvey
Street, Cambridge, MA 02140, tel. (617)

plane, and its arm reaches to extremely high
and narrow areas inaccessible to conven¬
tional cranes. In addition, the remote con¬
trol feature eliminates the need for crew
members to work at dangerous heights.

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Curved Dolly Track
Media Logic has just introduced
the latest model of their Fast Track Dolly:
the Version II. The system is designed to

Designed by company president

Supplier to the

Fifteen Skymote Cranes 1992

for

Gillette, Silkience,

Vladimir Kononenko of the former Soviet

Union, the system consists of three sepa¬

pieces of equipment: the Robo-Arm,
Traveling Robo-Arm and the Robo-Giant. Operated via remote control, each piece
features a telescoping arm. The Roboscope
equipment allows camera moves that in¬
rate

the

clude 360-degree rotation, panning, tilting
and booming, while the telescoping arms
can

be simultaneously

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help filmmakers achieve curved dolly shots
resorting to heavy steel track and
expensive dolly rentals.
With the addition of special

without

swivel trucks, the FastTrack II now runs

on

curved as well as straight track, yet retains
the "stow-it-in-a-car-trunk" portability of its

predecessor. ABS plastic pipe is utilized for
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