Mirror Shots

[anasazifilms]

The only way you can achieve this is by filming it at an angle where your camera is just out of shot.

If you want a dead on POV/over the shoulder, your camera would have to be digitally painted out which doesn't seem worth it for one shot, does it?

Philip Hawkins
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[Littlerich]

If yopu want to film someone in the mirror, film them at an angle.
Get them to stand off center and look at the camera reflection... (Crude Ascii At coming up...)
|
|....................cam...actor
|mirror ------(&0=)-(x-O)------
|................... /..\
|.................. /... \
|................. /..... \
|................&0=......x-O
|

&0= - Camera
(&0=) - Reflection of Camera
x-O - Actor
(x-O) - Reflection of Actor
. - Ignore (There to space the image out.
/\ - Direction of view

You may have to work out the angle yourself...
(I hope this makes sense.)

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[This message has been edited by Littlerich (edited August 24, 2001).]

[This message has been edited by Littlerich (edited August 24, 2001).]

[Thousanth]

Anyone have any suggestions how I can get an over-the-shoulder or POV shot of a guy looking in a mirror?

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[CSBM pete]

hmmmm... Although I agree with the angle idea, which is most likely the only 'good' way to do it, you can also use a blue screen as the supposed mirror surface -though that would probably be more of an effort than it's worth, just like the 'edit camera out' method. However, if you desperately need a frontal close up of someone looking in a mirror, you could just film the actor and add a glassy mirror effect in post-production. It would look reasonably real if done right. But in fact I'd recommend that you just go for the out-of-angle option.

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[cash]

the way they did it in Evil Dead II when the "other" ash grabed bruce campbell is they didnt have a mirror, they just had a window, maded it look like a mirror by haveing the reverse of the set visable on the other side and a stand in for the back of the head, while the actor plays the reflection

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[deanl]

Thats how they did it in Terminator 2. They had the frame of the mirror and on the other side of the wall they had a complete copy of the set. They then used look a likes and models of the actors and had them Sync there movies exactly. Its turns out to be a very cool shot.

Despin out.

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