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Strike the pose! Canada's Cole Walliser shares his secrets behind GlamBot videos of celebrities

Vancouver-born filmmaker Cole Walliser has been operating the GlamBOT, which takes slow-motion videos of celebrities at red-carpet events (and this year the champagne carpet at the Oscars) since 2016.

No carpet is complete without the GlamBot, and the 95th Academy Awards are no exception.

A man with long curly black hair wearing a suit smiles in front of a sign that says Emmys.
Cole Walliser works all the big award shows, including the Emmys, Grammys and Academy Awards, taking GlamBot videos of celebrities striking their most stylish poses. (Submitted by Entertainment 360)

No carpet no matter the colour is complete without the GlamBOT,and the 95th Academy Awards from Hollywood is no exception.

This year, the Oscars red carpet in Hollywood on Sunday wasa champagne colour, but social media feeds were stillflooded with slow-motion videos ofthe biggest stars of the moment, striking a pose in the span of a second.

"It's really crazy how the conversation has shifted," Cole Walliser, the man behind the GlamBot,told CBC News from thechampagne carpet. "It is really exciting to have talent come up and be excited and know what it is."

The Vancouver-born filmmaker grew up making skateboarding videos in Richmond, B.C.He has been operating the GlamBoT, which takes slow-motion videos of celebrities at red carpet events, for E! Entertainment since 2016.

Now, his viral work is considered a staple at glam events.

WATCH | Cole Walliserexplains how he gets celebrities in slow-motion glam shots using the GlamBot:

Canadian who operates GlamBOT explains how to capture the perfect red-carpet moment

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Cole Walliser of Richmond, B.C., discusses his approach to award shows, including the 95th Academy Awards, with CBC's Eli Glasner.

"For the first couple of years, I had to really explain what it [GlamBot] wasand people were very confused. Now they know what it is. They come with moves, they come prepared."

The secret behind the GlamBoT

Walliser saidhis secret capturing the perfect carpet moment is simply trying his best.

Describing the videos themselves, he said: "We shoot 1,000 frames in that one second. When we play it back at like 24/30 [frames per second], it's really, really slow. The clip'slike two or three minutes long.

"It's really interesting because typically the advice is to do a big movement because anything in motion, like the bigger the movement, the cooler it is in slow motion," he said.

"But there's been a lot of talent or celebrities that do really subtle movements, and it just turns out incredible," he adding, recalling momentswith stars like Billie Eilish, who along with her brother Finneas won the best-song Oscar last year for the James Bond film tuneNo Time to Die.

"I wish I knew the exact thing, but I just try my best every time and hopefully it turns out."

As he preparedfor a night of capturing Hollywood moguls like Angela Bassettand Michelle Yeohon Sunday, he said10 things wereconstantly in his head.

"I'm literally back to back to back. I almost can't really think about what's happening next because typically I'll be in the middle, talking to someone and giving them direction." he said, recalling a former Oscarsnight, directing Jennifer Lopez on a moment's notice.

"I was finishing [with] someone. And I turned around and J-Lo was like on the mark, like ready. And nobody gave me the heads-up. And I was like, OK? And so I just sort of did my best to work it out."

As he steppedout onto this year's Oscars carpet, revamped for the first time since 1961 in all its champagne glory, he wasexcited to do just that.

As a filmmaker himself, he felt it wascool to see the carpet switched up.

"Everybody's always growing, always evolving. And I think if you do the exact same thing all the time, it becomes a little stagnant," he said."So kudos to the [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] in kinda spicing it up a bit, and we'll see how it goes."

With files from Eli Glasner