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Peter Braun, pioneer and visionary for unconventional camera movement, is the founder and creative mind behind MAT. Together with his zeitgeisty crew he invents, discovers and manufactures sophisticated specialized remote camera systems.

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  • Allgemein

    A Hologram for the King

    For an intimate scene with actor Tom Hanks the DoP Frank Griebe and Director Tom Tykwer used the Kenworthy-Nettmann Snorkel Camera, provided by MAT. This way a scene full of atmosphere was established - including unconventional, exciting camera angles.

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  • Film

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The MAT-TOWERCAM® XM / XL and the MAT-TOWERCAM® FXL (inverted) were used by DoP Robert Yeoman during the shooting of the Wes Anderson movie THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. Anderson constantly encouraged Yeoman and key grip Sanjay Sami to find new ways to accomplish shots. A new addition to their toolkit was the MAT-TOWERCAM®, a telescoping camera platform from MAT in Berlin.

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  • Film

    Jim Jarmusch and the new MAT-Towercam®

    Jim Jarmusch and his DoP Yorick Le Saux worked with the unique MAT-TOWERCAM® Twin Peek FXL, the inverted telescoping camera column, to create one of the most hypnotic and mesmerizing openings in recent memory: "an image of spinning stars dissolves over a record player that, then, cuts back and forth between alternating overhead rotating captures of Adam and Eve." Carter Logan / Co-Producer says: „Fantastic! Thanks so much again. The MAT-TOWERCAM® shots are beautiful. Many people have asked how we got those shots and I am quick to point out it was not without the MAT-TOWERCAM® !”  

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  • Film

    The Help

    DoP Stephen Goldblatt explained the need for a straight vertical rise from the ground floor foyer to the 2nd floor landing in an old house where we didn’t have room in the practical location to do it on a crane. Solution: the MAT-TOWERCAM®.  

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  • Film

    Pina- a documentary in 3D

    In his first digital 3D dance film called PINA, in homage to the dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch, Wim Wenders ventured into a totally new dimension of viewing. For this trailblazing cinematographic experiment, the SUPER SCORPIO CRANE, a high-tech telecopic crane was the ideal support.

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