Case file
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Cristian Vicașiu, Velrun Studios, Bucharest
Safety & Response: boarding a rescue no crew could film
The short answer
Boston Dynamics' robots work where people cannot, which means no crew can film them doing their actual job. The Safety & Response film was written and boarded around three scenes, a flooded street, a helicopter insertion and a wildfire, and generated shot by shot with the robot pinned for consistency. Nothing was filmed.
The problem
A robot built for hazardous environments cannot be demonstrated in one. You cannot stage a flood, a fire or a collapse for a camera, and the real events happen without notice. The product’s best moments are the ones that cannot be filmed.
The approach
We wrote three short scenes that show the job rather than the robot: a rescue in a flooded street, an insertion from a helicopter, a walk through a wildfire. Each was boarded and approved before generation. The robot was pinned from reference imagery so it stays itself across every shot; the environments were generated around it.
What the boards did
The boards fixed what the robot does in each scene, where the camera is and what the viewer should understand by the end of the shot. Generation then had a target to match, and the edit had a plan to cut to.
What it is not
It is not a claim about how the robot performed in a real event, and the film does not say so. It is a demonstration of the job, made the only way it could be made.
Questions
Can you do this for industrial or defence products?
Yes. The approach is the same: define the job, board the scenes, pin the product. Send the product and where it works through Start a project.
Was the client involved in the boards?
Yes. Boards are approved by the client before anything is generated; that is true for every project.
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