TV reflections

Luke

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Is there a way to cut down the reflections on a TV screen other than viewing it in the dark or viewing at an angle. Im trying to shoot the tv head on with a video playing and i can see myself in the reflection. Thanks

Luke
 
You can try a little dulling spray (test first to be certain that it will completely come off) or a bit of baby powder dusted on the screen.
 
You can use that one filter... starts with a P... ugh godamnit, help me out here somebody... P... p... p... **** I can't remember for the life of me, but lots of times with car mount shots through the windshield people put them on so the reflections in said windshield are less distracting...
 
P....P....P.....Polarizer!:) That might work, but why can't you have the room dark? Are you trying to see the outside edge of the TV? Also, you could try cloaking yourself in black....just tryin to give you options.
-Ryan
 
Im slowly pulling the camera away from the TV to reveal the room it is in. The idea is to start with the real picture and then have it crossfade to the picture on the TV and then pull out. A nice smooth transition. I already tried it and it looks great. I was pulling my dolly from behind so you couldn't see me, only the legs of my tripod were visable. And that was only visable in the letterbox bars so i ended up putting a black sheet around my tripod legs and there ya go. You would really have to be searching for it to notice. Thanks for all the help.

Luke
 
it's just a Polarizer, but a LINEAR polarizer that you need to remove the glare, you just rotate it till it disappears.

if that doesn't work the other options are more complicated and expensive, involving greenscreen or two-way mirrors. I usually just frm things so I'm not in the reflection, because time and budgets most often don't allow for anything else.
 
A BIG black sheet of something non-reflective behind the camera might help. The TV will still reflect, but it won't be reflecting anything visible.

Well...the camera might still show up. Maybe a big black sheet with a hole cut in it for the camera...
 
GenJ has the right idea, that is the best and how it is done on all the big ones.

Good Luck!
-Wilson
 
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