Where is the reflection in the mirror

@x-engineer-ZsXLni • Oct 22, 2024

Oct 22, 2024

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People who have seen ,movies like Inception or Bruce lee 's Enter the dragon,might have observed that at one particular scene ,the mirrors are drwn directly to face the camera's...But we cant see camera nor the shooting scenes in the mirrors .

How did they manage this..???

Filmi techniques..or physics???which one ...i dont get ....

Can anyone explain..

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Jan 13, 2012

That's one thing I wondered all the time. Never bothered to 'search' for a solution though. It would be interesting if someone can tell us the trick 😉
PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Jan 16, 2012

They might use the Green Screen technique to render the mirror during the movie?
X-Engineer

@x-engineer-ZsXLni • Jan 17, 2012

They might use the Green Screen technique to render the mirror during the movie?
Can u explain..how that works?
Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Jan 17, 2012

Praveen-Kumar
They might use the Green Screen technique to render the mirror during the movie?
Nope, that's not what they use for sure. I'm quite sure they've quite great camera angles.

X-Engineer
Can u explain..how that works?
Green screen is shooting the actors in front of a big green screen and then removing the green background through computer video editing.
ISHAN TOPRE

@ishan-nohePN • Jan 17, 2012

Yep it is camera angle. Assume that there is an imaginary plane from center of a mirror. Let us say you are at an angle of 50 degrees or more to this plane and distance wise a bit away, person next to you won't be able to see you in mirror.

This is what is the position of camera. I guess this is the reason. Try this in your room mirror.
PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Jan 17, 2012

Issue
Yep it is camera angle. Assume that there is an imaginary plane from center of a mirror. Let us say you are at an angle of 50 degrees or more to this plane and distance wise a bit away, person next to you won't be able to see you in mirror.

This is what is the position of camera. I guess this is the reason. Try this in your room mirror.
Awesome! 😀
ISHAN TOPRE

@ishan-nohePN • Jan 17, 2012

Here- 😀
Dancer_Engineer

@dancer-engineer-EJ8rGI • Jan 17, 2012

@Issue,
Just like I had imagined. 😁
Anoop Kumar

@anoop-kumar-GDGRCn • Jan 18, 2012

good explaination..
X-Engineer

@x-engineer-ZsXLni • Feb 6, 2012

@Issue..I still didnt get which of the 2 lines indicate the mirror ??
Also if you are refering to the angle at which the camera is placed..its ok ....looks fine..
But again my doubt revolves around the MOVIE INCEPTION..where the camera can be considered as directly perpendicular...just check out the movie...
Dancer_Engineer

@dancer-engineer-EJ8rGI • Feb 6, 2012

I think the thick horizontal line indicates the mirror, am I right Issue?
It is possible to capture perpendicular reflection in the mirror.

But then how did they capture this, between two parallel mirros? 😕
X-Engineer

@x-engineer-ZsXLni • Feb 6, 2012

But then how did they capture this, between two parallel mirros?
Yes ..This was what I was looking for???