The title sequence was shot at Pinewood Studios with our Super Cyclops motion Control Rig. We open on James Bond in the desert. The terrain is barren, the environment hostile and sand dunes surround him at every turn. The sand dunes are actually naked women and as they move and roll over they dislodge Bond from his path and cause him to fall from one scene to another.

During the sequence there are multiple girls in frame, each shot individually, in order to allow the camera to get as close as possible. The set involved two huge sand pits, which would become the desert terrain for the naked girls to be positioned in. The girls were covered in sand to disguise their shape and also to create a falling element of sand within the shot.

In advance of the shoot the Motion Control moves were pre-visualised and imported into our Rig Chase software. This checks that all aspect of the move can be achieved in the real world thus saving time on the shoot.

A revolution lens, in snorkel mode, was used to allow close proximity to the floor of the sand pit. As the camera passed over the girls they were given cues, by way of a bloop light, so they would be able to react at the correct time and on cue.

The Daniel Craig elements had also been pre-visualised in the same way as the shots with the girls and his positions were designed to be interactive with the girl footage. The motion control camera moves were worked out and stored in advance using a stand in. This reduced the amount of time that Daniel was required on set and also made it easy to position him as required.