TO ROTATE OR NOT TO ROTATE

I'm having trouble with the rotating platform. I guess I overestimated my skills in electronics. Plus I'm not very satisfied with the tests I did in the editing room. A classmate I was telling my project about suggested that I shoot each channel separately. I could just place the camera in the center of the space and rotate it by hand, 45° (for 8 channels, 90° for 4, etc.) at a time. I would loose some fluidity and simultaneity, but it would make it a lot easier to assemble afterwards. And since there won't be a lot of movement in the environment and in the subjects, the differences in time should not be too noticeable. Another advantage is that I would not have to synchronize all the channels by the frame since they would all function independently. I could use 8 DVD players and start them approximately at the same time and have the same effect. That would sort another major problem and make presentation easier (and more site-specific friendly).

I will continue to work on the rotating platform for a little while, but if by next week I haven't figured it out, I will use this other technique instead.

ROTATING PLATFORM TESTS

I tried placing the camera on my turntable, but it spins too fast. Slowing it down 'by hand' is not constant enough.