In Peter rabbit (2021) a rabbit holding a microphone can be seen in the reflection of a chrome bowl
Posted Jul 9, 2021, 8:10 PM UTC
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Something that you don’t often think about when watching tv or movies is how the crew has to be out of the way of any reflection.
I was watching some old cop show, I think The Wire, and there’s a really long shot where the camera follows two cops as they’re walking and talking through the police station. But they are walking by all these reflective office windows on each side of them and the whole time I’m thinking “how the hell is there no reflection of ANY of the crew?” I mean, and this wasn’t a high budget tv show where they could just CGI the crew out.
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Pretty sure if the crew is in green bodysuits it's not expensive to CGI them out, now I'm not an expert so I don't know for a fact but I'm sure the average video editor could manage this
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Just because they are green doesn’t make it easy to remove. Something still needs to be painted in behind the places the CG doesn’t cover. Usually this is done with a clean plate or some artist hand painting the background. Green is used to capture foreground edges that overlap CG “things” like creatures or environments and this is done by a VFX artist or several.
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As an amateur editor, it's just a few clicks to get started, followed by some value tweaking. The hard part is replacing the voids that masking leaves
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Green doesn't help. But if you're interested in modern CGI techniques, you should check out the Corridor Crew You Tube Channel
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I worked on a no-budget short film once, there was a shot of someone getting out of a car, only noticed after the shoot that the camera man was in the reflection on the door window for most of the shot. Surprisingly easy to cut out, as long as the background behind the reflection isn't also in constant motion. You can definitely plan around it as well.
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The Wire is old now? I'm old to, probably.
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The Wire started in 2002, my friend. I think it technically becomes retro next year when it's 20 years old.
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the pros think of all of that stuff so the viewer can get lost in the story.
angles, hiding spots, dark clothing, anti-reflective/dulling spray, no one wanting to be the reason a take was blown. In that shot there was probably 10-15 crew members hiding under desks, around corners, below pony walls, etc.
that said, I’ve seen things slip through the cracks before… specifically with dark coloured cars, I’ve gone running over to the script supervisor a few times showing them reflections of crew or equipment that no one else saw.
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That is so cool haha
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That's fantastic!!! I love it when films really go out of their way for little details like this.
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A BOOM MIC?!
We gotta boom mic...
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Omfg that’s great 🤣
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...and we're going to ignore the rabbit behind the camera at the left?
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They didn't have to but they did lol
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I'm so stoked for this film. I mean so so so so so stoked. My daughter watches the first film on repeat every single day.
Me and the wife just quote the film non stop. Looking forward to new material.
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It looks like the noid
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Most boom ops are bunnies nowadays.
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Imagine the absolute nightmare it probably was in post for whoever had to remove the crew from the mirror room scene in John Wick Chapter 2
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I believe they actually had most crew in green body suits in case of reflections like this, they would CGI them as bunnies. Pretty sure there’s a few more instances through the movie!
Genius.
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That's actually fantastic. This whole movie was actually a surprising delight for me when I watched it with my daughter. Did not expect it to be very good but it felt very lovingly crafted and was funny.