A computerised motion control apparatus for controlling a plurality of degrees of freedom of the positioning and orientation of a camera. The apparatus including a dolly (71) positionable by drive means along an extensible track arrangement (72), having a camera (73) mounted thereto and provided with motors to orientate the camera (73) by varying its pan (76), tilt (75), and roll (74). An operator interface device (15) is used to define position and velocity characteristics of the desired motion of each of the camera's axes of motion and a motor driver module (69) calculates a parametric cubic polynomial represesntation of the desired motion curve. The calculated coefficients of the motion curve parametric cubic polynomial representation are easily stored and used to regenerate the values of the curve for the purposes of display and providing motion curve values for each axis of motion of the camera. These calculations can be performed upon command and in real-time. Motion curve characteristics may be modified by way of redefining the position and velocity parameters and the values generated by a curve generator (50) may be digitally processed by a signal processing module (57). A variety of signal processing functions may be performed upon the motion curve values generated, including summation, filtering and multiplication. Digital values representative of random, periodic and aperiodic signals may be combined with each of the motion curves generated. Additionally, values of camera characteristics such as focus, film pull-down rates, shutter speed, etc. are recorded for reproduction in synchronism with the replay of the camera motion. The provision of a camera motion control apparatus having the described facilities, enables accurate repeatability of camera motion and scene recording for digital image integration to real-life recordings, multiple time scale motion and film recording techniques for special effects.