How Filmmakers Make Cameras Disappear | Mirrors in Movies

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Published 2021-01-13
Mirror, mirror on the wall...

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Tracks
0:01 King by kïngpinguïn
0:42 The Wraith by TOKYO ROSE
1:34 Don't Stop (Instrumental) by Sonny Cleveland
2:24 I Feel Free (Instrumental) by Jamie Lono
2:49 Morph (Instrumental) by Twerl
3:54 Push It to the Limit (Instrumental) Mad Circuit
4:41 South of Troost by Gavin Brivik
6:08 Secret Cricket Meeting by Live Footage
6:44 HWY 101 - Ancient Archives by Makeup and Vanity
7:20 New Orleans (Instrumental) by Jamie Lono
7:33 Funky Disco by Biz Baz
8:14 HWY 103 - Traveling Trail by Makeup and Vanity
8:39 Into the Woods by Eagle Lake
10:43 Wonderful by Krane

All Comments (21)
  • @unrenderedmedia
    So at 5:30 there’s a mistake in your assessment. There was no stitching of two shots together… When the camera passes through the mirror set actual mirrors were slid up quickly between the two parallel sets… It’s ONE shot
  • @zelllers
    13 minutes and 4 seconds when he could have just said "they edited the camera out". You're a true film maker
  • @5inchdude697
    Cameraman is the most advance human species 1.They can run as fast as athletes 2.they're immortal 3.they pass through Walls
  • @auspistic
    "We are this far into the video so you tell me" made me subconsciously touch my phone screen to make the UI go away. Well played.
  • @MHTutorials3D
    How on earth do you have 4.21K subs and not 4 million ? OMG, the production value, the editing, the content..... WOW
  • @Jazza
    Best youtube channel recommendation in a long time. Love this!
  • @myeahonline
    this got me caring about a topic I never gave a thought to. I’ve never actively gotten curious with technical film stuff but this essay was packaged so nicely on top of an already interesting topic. The editing is incredible, and the entertainment factor is… it’s beautiful…
  • @JChaseFilms
    3:47 immediately subscribed after I saw that "check the YouTube video" bit. WELL. PLAYED.
  • @MedlifeCrisis
    I appreciate the unnecessary effort put into that tripod gag. But you should really disclose that it was a sponsored segment for Big Wall
  • @JC-jz6rx
    I never realized how much Ive always just taken this for granted
  • My favorite one is in Airplane! It's the scene where a captain is preparating in front of a mirror and you think you're seeing a reflection but it's just the guy and he simply cross through the mirror and leave, it's hilarious
  • @bacode8337
    As a professional post-production VFX artist that does this type of object removal on a daily basis, can confirm the VFX approach to remove cameras in mirror shots like this happen a lot more than we think! Still get some nice onset tricky like the camera positioning or double actors/sets to help, but nowadays there's a lot more oh "ehhh let's fix that in post" kinda approach 😄
  • @remino
    3:53 “We’re this far into the video.” Me: wondering why the time is showing, tapping everywhere to make it disappear
  • @ajt11at
    As a VFX paint artist myself I can only feel proud for the underpaid and probably uncredited VFX artist in India or some other VFX outsourcing country who'll be watching this video and feeling that he's achieved something. You did great work dude. And as for the video. Loved it. This is one gem of a channel.
  • @Coolmark123
    This video is insanely well made in itself. Bravo.
  • That whole camera shot from criminal is masterful work, from panning round, coming through to show the cctv and then ending with looking through the 2 ways glass is brilliant
  • @drwhoscumrag
    The tiny screech of Sandra bullock swinging past absolutely made my night.
  • @cavs693
    2:20 When the girl is trying to reach the mirror door we can notice in her sleeve that she's wearing a brown sweater that we don't see in the mirror reflection.
  • @danieltuben
    Loved this video, 1 video made you instantly the best filmmaking channel on Youtube. The production value end depth of this video is crazy. Thank You. Excited for the future!
  • I'm actually very surprised you didn't cover Birdman, those mirror shots absolutely blew me away and until this day I have NO clue how they did it, since they got so close to the actor's faces.