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Re:The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI by OJFord on Sunday November 14, 2021 @06:47PM (#29221896)
Surely it's intended as a more deliberate (not technical) device - seeing his 'reflection' we're seeing him as he sees himself, his self-image. (I haven't seen the film though.)
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Re:The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI by the_af on Sunday November 14, 2021 @07:06PM (#29222017)
Oh, I understand the cinematic effect, what I'm asking is why they used a trick instead of an actual mirror. I suppose because the actual mirror would have shown the camera behind, right?
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Re:The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI by aasasd on Sunday November 14, 2021 @09:45PM (#29223049)
Even for a momentary shot of a doorknob in ‘The Matrix’, the camera had to be hidden—in the jacket: https://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/matrix-doork...
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Re:The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI by the_af on Monday November 15, 2021 @08:50AM (#29227318)
Very cool! I didn't know that. It's amazing all the kinds of shots that are done in movies that one would assume are trivial to accomplish, but that actually require tricks.
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Re:The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI by lwhi on Sunday November 14, 2021 @07:42PM (#29222222)
You are correct!

Without using this technique you'd have the camera in shot.

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Re:The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI by sbst32 on Sunday November 14, 2021 @08:57PM (#29222763)
I don't think it would work with an actual mirror - either Cassel will block the mirror or the camera will block Cassel.
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