Little Planet Video

Here's a really cool effect I've been playing around with that photoshop people call the "little planet" effect. I'd like to use this same effect with actors, dancers, and unique environments. This is my first testing of the effect to see if it's possible and how it would look.





This video was shot on a multi-lens car mount system, simular to what google uses to take photos of their street view. This lens cost around $500 and I do not have one or plan on getting one for the purposes of this music video but there are other solutions.

One camera can be used to record multiple shots spinning on a tripod.  Then the video can be blended together to form one 360 panorama.

example:

http://www.patrickyen.com/skate360/360.swf