{"id":1911,"date":"2015-05-07T02:45:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T07:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/?p=1911"},"modified":"2015-05-07T02:45:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T07:45:13","slug":"animating-with-a-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/2015\/05\/animating-with-a-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"Animating With A Mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent scene I animated had a mirror prominently within it. This presented some challenges with several sequences, and I felt it a worthwhile topic for a post.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the extra\u00c2\u00a0work related to having it, you first need to ask if a mirror\u00c2\u00a0is required. In my case, the mirror helps sell the location of the scene. It would be similar to having a scene in a kitchen but not having a refrigerator or sink &#8211; it wouldn&#8217;t look right to the audience.<\/p>\n<p>As such, I felt the mirror was necessary, and it is used early in a sequence to help establish the scene. Below is a shot from this sequence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sc04_SeqB_Shot.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1912 size-medium\" title=\"He looks distressed because he knows the extra work required to have a mirror in the scene. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sc04_SeqB_Shot-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sc04_SeqB_Shot-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sc04_SeqB_Shot-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sc04_SeqB_Shot.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Effects was used\u00c2\u00a0to place the reflections (as well as the glow of the light bulbs). This took a little extra time, but I felt was worth it to help set the scene. However, with the mirror established in the room, it had to be addressed in later sequences\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; particularly ones where it didn&#8217;t have as much impact on the scene but couldn&#8217;t be ignored. Below is a screen shot of a frequently used side view for the scene:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sc04_SeqM_Shot.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1913 size-medium\" title=\"Why did I have to include a mirror in the shot?!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sc04_SeqM_Shot-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sc04_SeqM_Shot-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sc04_SeqM_Shot-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sc04_SeqM_Shot.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mirror is off to the side of the frame and doesn&#8217;t have any real role, however I still want some reflection. I felt not having anything would have made it stand out&#8230; and in a negative way. The reflections for this angle weren&#8217;t as complex as earlier shots but still required effort. I also had to add in the glow for the light bulbs, which added more time.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, having a mirror in a scene is a double edged sword. It can effectively establish the scene, which is what I did by having it play a\u00c2\u00a0prominent part in an early sequence, but this comes at a price since it requires extra time and effort to make sure the scene remains consistent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent scene I animated had a mirror prominently within it. This presented some challenges with several sequences, and I felt it a worthwhile topic for a post. Due to the extra\u00c2\u00a0work related to having it, you first need to ask if a mirror\u00c2\u00a0is required. In my case, the mirror helps sell the location of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[119],"class_list":["post-1911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-shapes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1917,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions\/1917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}