Video Explores How Mirror Scenes are Shot in Movies and TV

Here’s a video that was created and released by Insider and it explores the interesting ways that mirror scenes are shot in movies and TV without revealing the camera in the reflection. Shooting these scenes can be challenging, but the production teams have gotten creative in how to pull it off.

Mirror shots in movies are especially challenging, as it's hard to shoot a character's reflection without accidentally revealing the camera. So Hollywood has many visual tricks to avoid this. Movies like "The Lady from Shanghai" and "It Chapter Two" used two-way mirrors. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" didn't use a mirror at all and instead had Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton standing on one side of an open frame looking into a double set with body doubles mimicking their every move. Better visual effects meant movies like "Birdman" could shoot a real mirror and easily erase the camera later. For "Last Night in Soho," Edgar Wright used a combination of these techniques, and many more, so Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy could mirror each other's movements.

Watch and see how some of these scenes were shot in the video below!