# film question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-question/28347>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 6, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-question/28347 "2000-08-06T19:58:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-question/28347/1 "2000-08-06T19:58:44Z")

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how do they keep the camera from showing up in a mirror?

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-question/28347/2 "2000-08-06T20:27:03Z")

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The director goes to film school to learn how to do stuff like that.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-question/28347/3 "2000-08-06T20:28:19Z")

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It’s really simple. They shoot at an angle.

They would have to even if they didn’t have to worry about the camera; If they shot straight on, you’ld see the back of someone’s head, not the reflected face in the mirror.

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**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-question/28347/4 "2000-08-06T20:57:02Z")

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This has been discussed in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30943)