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How Filmmakers Make Cameras Disappear

One of the funnier things on the internet is people selling mirrors on Ebay, desperately trying not to be in the picture themselves. Movie scenes involving mirrors face the same challenge — but professionals know how to make their cameras disappear: It’s a mix of technology, clever editing, and…body doubles. Look in the mirror and be amazed


From Weekly Filet #344, in April 2021.

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