The only BOLT high-speed cinebot in Cyprus.
Precision and lightning-fast motion control meets Phantom high-speed.
You cannot shoot food or liquid without the BOLT.
No other machine can follow a drop from the air to its splash.
Combining a speed of 2 meters per second with repeatable precise movements and our operator's expertise means we can do exactly that, and so much more.
Used by such clients as McDonald's, Nestle, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, and KFC, the BOLT is the main workhorse for tabletop filming, and ABL Films are the only studio in the region offering it.
ABL Films is the only company in Cyprus with a Phantom camera. Actually, we have two of them.
Put a Phantom's 1000+ fps recording abilities with a BOLT's ultra-fast movement and you get the tabletop magic we all know and love.
Slow motion liquid splashes. Powders exploding in mid-air. Fruits floating and spinning mesmerisingly slowly. These are all Phantom.
Our tabletop studio is entirely self-sufficient.
We have our in-house director, we have exclusive representation with the legendary tabletop director/DOP Karpick, and we have a full range of lighting to cater to the needs of every shoot.
What this means: we're saving you critical budget.
No shoot is ever the same. We build our own custom rigs synchronised with the BOLT, Phantom, and lighting.
Controlled explosions, precise pours, hamburger maker, waterfalls, treadmills, and so much more - all engineered for repeatability.
The BOLT is also the original Glambot robot that is taken to the red carpet.
It is perfect for fashion and beauty shoots, the same combination of fast movement with Phantom camera allowing us to capture dazzling dress twirls and hair flips.
Our studio is fully equipped to handle shoots like these, with previous beauty clients including L'Oreal, Wella, and Bioscience.
ABL Films' BOLT studio is a cyclorama with a 9m straight back wall with two curves leading to 4m side walls.
It is in the centre of Nicosia, with a huge metal door that can fit a truck, meaning logistics are extremely easy.
It is also underground, making it tolerable to work in during Cyprus's harsh, almost year-long summers.
All moves done with the BOLT are saved in 3D coordinate space together with relevant lens data, usable by any post-production in Maya, Blender, C4D, and any other 3D software.
This allows for very fast and precise tracking and compositing workflows, saving you time and money in post.
ABL Films's BOLT is also connected to Unreal Engine in real-time, using proprietary software.
This opens the way for advanced, trackerless virtual production whereby the camera moving in real life is also moving the 3D camera.
The unique innovation in our linking system is that the camera can also control any parameter in the virtual world, for example colours, animation, scales.
This leads to truly endless creative possibilities.
The BOLT's robotic precision and 6-axis movement makes it uniquely able to do high-quality gigapixel imaging for digitisation of large paintings.