One-time shooting technique

"One mirror to the end" is a shooting technique. Simple understanding, the lens is not cut, which is often used in documentary shooting.

The framing of the lens and the precise design and control of the left picture can well cover up the traces of editing. At the same time, the director also used some other techniques to hide the editing points.

For example, when the subject is in motion, the audience tends to ignore the changes of secondary content, the movement process of the object is easy to be ignored, the glare of the lens, the change of light and shadow caused by the transition of borrowing time, the casual dark field in the actual lighting effect and so on. This unique and challenging long shot requires a high degree of tacit cooperation between the director, camera, lighting and actors, as well as the auxiliary operation of camera car, camera stabilizer and slide rail.

The technique of "one mirror to the end+upside down"

With pictures of dressing up, dancing and magic, the short film looks cool. Every detail is the key to the success or failure of the camera. One omission is that we lost the whole game and we have to make a comeback.

In fact, in some early experimental films, the long lens of a mirror just put the camera frame in front of the subject. There is not much lens language and content, there is only one way to record things. For example, 1964 epic Empire State Building.