Filming an area with multiple mirrors = How to avoid reflection?

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Cieloent

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Ok here it is, first of all I would like to thanks the mods and the community for this amazing website and it's members from all over the world. I would be no where without the help of all of you.


Now with that said I have a shoot I'm doing tomorrow which involves a barber shop scene. The artist wants to be sitting in the chair performing his song. How can I film this avoiding me being caught by the mirrors on camera?


Thank you for any replies!
 
Wear a green jumpsuit and key yourself out with the backgroud behind you :P

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I angle myself to avoid the mirror like in this commercial I shot:

http://www.vimeo.com/11571329
(t2i in case you guys were curious)

If you absolutely cannot avoid it, you could do some semi-advanced replacement with motion tracking. Shoot the mirrors perspective and down scale, skew, rotate, and apply tracking data in after effects (or similar?) to it
 
long lens can give you a more obtuse angle

a PC lens shifted sideways can do some stuff

I shot a scene in a bathroom recently - fun - not

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Why isn't this in Cinematography?

If the mirrors aren't bolted to the wall, bring something to put between the mirror and wall to tilt it to the right or left to lose your reflection. Or...shoot low so you aren't eye level with the mirrors.

Or take them off the wall :)
 
Taylor Rudd said:
Why isn't this in Cinematography?

If the mirrors aren't bolted to the wall, bring something to put between the mirror and wall to tilt it to the right or left to lose your reflection. Or...shoot low so you aren't eye level with the mirrors.

Or take them off the wall :)
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Apologize if this was posted in the wrong section as it pertains to the T2i I thought it was relevant and could help anyone in the future if they are ever in this situation. As you would know the mirrors in Barber shops and Salons are bolted to the wall. I believe the best advice here is using a longer lens or just finding the perfect angle to avoid being captured by the mirror.

Regardless thank you everyone for your help!
 
i've been shooting in a gym for some BTS on a film... the entire room is mirrors... all about angle... a good way to do it is to shoot the talent through the mirrors...
 
The camera man in the final mirror scenes of Enter The Dragon had to hide himself and camera behind a mirror stand and at times in an actual mirror covered box in order to keep the camera out of the shots. Maybe something like that could work?
 
Hide behind a one-way mirror.
Not sure how that would look, never been behind one, but from what I know, you wont be seen.
 
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