The Mirror Trick Behind The Odyssey's Eyelines

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On The Odyssey, keeping eyelines correct sometimes meant an old trick: two small mirrors, angled so an off-camera actor's reflection lines up in the on-camera actor's eyeline. One actor described playing the whole scene to a reflection, and finding it strangely intimate. More on how eyeline matching works: More: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-an-eyeline-match/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mirrortrick #Shorts #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Eyeline #Cinematography #BehindTheScenes

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