Making a Rotating Room Set for a Gravity Defying Shoot for Just $350
North Webster, Indiana-based photographer and videographer Justin Fredrick Clark recently shared this awesome behind-the-scenes video showing how he and some other guys at his church built a rotating room for just $350 (granted, they already had access to some pretty serious equipment) for a creative work project.
They then attached car rims to the front and back of the room as a hub as a point at which the room is connected to some forklifts:
Finally, they furnished the room and added some lighting to increase the realism of the illusion:
By rotating a camera with the set, and by having a human model hopping around inside on the four walls, some pretty neat photos and videos can be captured:
This project is basically a miniaturized version of what director Christopher Nolan and his crew built for the trippy hallway fight scene in the movie Inception:
As you can see, that custom rotating set was much, much bigger.
Image credits: Video and stills by Justin Fredrick Clark