shooting infront of mirror

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Tomatoe666
posted 04-19-1999 11:49 AM           
okay, this may be a dumb question which everyone in the world knows about but just didn't decide to tell me... in some films i've seen, theres ben shots where theres someone sittin' on a stool brushin' their hair and the camera is goin' around the person from behind, always looking at the person through the reflection in the mirror. How do they do that solid shot without catchin' a glimps of the camera, crew, bla, bla, in the mirror.
tomatoe666

Stuntman
posted 04-19-1999 01:58 PM           
It's easy... You put blocks behind the bottom of the mirror and tilt it slightly up... the camera, crew, etc. passes below the mirrior's line of sight

[This message has been edited by Stuntman (edited 04-19-99).]

klade
posted 04-19-1999 01:58 PM           
They hire special vampire crews for those shots.

Stuntman
posted 04-19-1999 02:00 PM           
Or that... :-)

Tomatoe666
posted 04-19-1999 02:54 PM           
okay thanks. by the way, where can i get these vampires and how much per hour?

klade
posted 04-19-1999 03:49 PM           
They are quite expensive cause they only work night time. If you need a day shot, youŽll have to do night-for-day...
..and you canŽt pay them with corn syrup.

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