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The following code

 fn = fullfile (tempdir(), "sombrero.mp4");
 w = VideoWriter (fn);
 open (w);
 z = sombrero ();
 hs = surf (z);
 axis manual
 nframes = 100;
 for ii = 1:nframes
   set (hs, "zdata", z * sin (2*pi*ii/nframes + pi/5));
   drawnow
   writeVideo (w, getframe (gcf));
 endfor
 close (w)
 printf ("Now run '%s' in your favourite video player or try 'demo VideoReader'!\n", fn);

Produces the following output

Now run '/tmp/sombrero.mp4' in your favourite video player or try 'demo VideoReader'!

and the following figure

Figure 1