Nevada Film Office: In early film history, mirrors were used as tools to help capture live exciting and dangerous scenes while keeping the cast and crew as safe as possible. For example, if film directors wanted to get a shot of an oncoming train, it was a much safer option to mount a mirror onto the train tracks and record the reflection of the oncoming train than to have camera crew on the tracks themselves.
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This is an interesting article about the history of mirrors in special effects. I did not know that they used mirrors for train sequences to keep the crew safe. Based on the article, I wonder how often mirror tricks are still used on the stage and on screen. As the video states, there are newer technologies and I’m curious to how often mirrors are used instead of or in conjunction with the mirrors. I wished the article had mentioned more modern movies that had used mirror trick. Also, I didn’t realise the prevalence of the jump scare. For something that seems so rare in real life, it seems to be very common in horror movies. Additionally, I wish that the article had mentioned more of the history about jump scared like stating which was the first movie to have it. However, since this article is designed to get more business for Nevada’s Production Directory so I understand why the article had little history.
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