Ovidiu Dumitriade

Thanks to everybody for the ideas. I masked one half of the frame and shot the other side, and when I was satisfied with the take I changed the mask with the one for the other half, and did the same thing for the other side. Now I had 3 takes for the right side of the picture and one for the left one. I went to Kodak Cinelabs Romania and processed the film, then asked for an inter-positive for the good takes. With those I went to an Oxberry machine and superimposed the two strips of film. I wanted to upload the take in divx format, but it's to big. I attatched a single frame. Thanks again for the ideas. Ovidiu

I went yesterday at Kodak CineLabs here in Bucharest, and they said it's gonna take them some time, but it's doable. Then I went to the people that made the effects in back in the 50's and 60's, and after some time discussing the matter at hand, we came up with the solution of shooting separately the two halves and then just superimposing them in post. That way I can sync the guy from one half with his reflection in the other half. I can't wait to shoot it. I'm starting the shoot monday, and until then I'm going to be on set, prepping. Cheers, Ovidiu Dumitriade

Thank you very much for the tips and thoughts. I will keep them in mind. I have the shooting planned for 24th and 25th November, and I'll keep you updated in how it goes during shooting and post processing. I have obtained an Arri 535 for this project, so I don't thing I will have any problem with the registration. Or at least I hope I won't. Cheers, Ovidiu

Thanks for your answers, guys. I want the reflection to just stay and watch for a couple of seconds, and then cut. Nothing fancy, just need to use some sort of masking. I figured it would be better to do this in the laboratory than having to match "frame accurate" the actors' move up to the point in which he leaves or just watches. My question was if you guys know whether this is possible to do in the lab or if I am stuck with the mask filter option. I would like to be able to shoot both versions full frame, and using only half of each in the final shot. David, you were saying something about the actor leaning out of the reflection. That can be done, no problem there. The camera will be in lock-off position, so no motion tracking is involved. Also there is no superimposing involved between the character and his reflection. But can I link the two shots together in post production, without using film printing? In this region the film printing option is... out of reach, at least for a student like myself.

Hi, all! I recently found this community, and I am really fond of it. I found a lot of answers here, but now I would really like some more help from you. I am in prep for my final student film, and this is going shot on 35mm stock. The thing is that I am making a thesis about visual effects (masks, rampings and different filters) and I need to implement these things in the movie. I have a shot like this: A man looks at himself in the reflection, and when he turns around and leaves, the reflection stays there. I thought about shooting it with masking, but it would be extremely hard for the actor to synchronize himself between the takes (one for himself and the other one for the reflection). Then I thought about making this in post; shooting both situations and then just masking it out in the lab. Do you guys know how this works? Can it be done optically? The movie is shot in 35mm and then projected in 35mm - no digital process involved here (due to my student budget). Thanks, Ovidiu Dumitriade

Hi, all! I recently found about this community, and I am really fond of it. I found a lot of answers here, but now I would really like some more help from you. I am in prep for my final student film, and this is going shot on 35mm stock. The thing is that I am making a thesis about visual effects (masks, rampings and different filters) and I need to implement these things in the movie. I have a shot like this: A man looks at himself in the reflection, and when he turns around and leaves, the reflection stays there. I thought about shooting it with masking, but it would be extremely hard for the actor to synchronize himself between the takes (one for himself and the other one for the reflection). Then I thought about making this in post; shooting both situations and then just masking it out in the lab. Do you guys know how this works? Can it be done optically? The movie is shot in 35mm and then projected in 35mm - no digital process involved here (due to my student budget). Thanks, Ovidiu Dumitriade