How Using Mirrors Can Improve Your Cinematography

Cinematography Tutorial
The Cinematographer's Best Kept Secrets
Director / Cinematographer Matthew Rosen explains how using mirrors can improve your cinematography

[filmstronaut]

Your Chanel is soo underrated. This is real information. Unlike “10 camera tricks for better cinematography” wish you would make these videos more often, really appreciate it.

You are amazing, i love your insights! Keep up the good work!

[mikohughes]

This is my new favorite channel! Your content is so clear and comprehensive; and it covers a higher level of production than most other channels I have been able to find. Keep up the great work!

[vinkarume]

Every time I watch a new video, I gain so much information! It's almost like a mirror has been placed in my brain to increase apparent depth, lol.

[ajitkhad]

The use of mirrors is amazing. The creativity is fantastic. Although I must say that some shots felt like they were deliberate attempts to using mirrors, just adding more to the craft than to the story.(I may change my judgement once I see the film, but it's just an analysis looking at this tutorial). I hope you'd appreciate creative criticism.

[chinuataylor-johnson]

Thank you so much Mr. Mathew, as usual quite educative.

[KN-uene]

Fantastic video, very interesting and informative. Love your channel, thank you very much for all the knowledge you are sharing

[jacoville]

This channel is a gold mine. Please keep up your great works and keep us updated! Thank you

[ScribblebytesWorldwide]

Thank you for showing your tricks! I love the last mirror one. 🙄

[rupertshean]

Actually you can shoot directly into a mirror if you use a tilt shift lens.

[LordArioh]

I love playing with mirrors in photography. There's so much fun you can do. In cinematography it's even more. That was very interesting.

[namanvij]

Wow!! Can we have a full guide about camera movement & Lighting!!
And the thought process behind how to film a scene!!
If you ever release a book, I will be the first one to buy it!! Big Fan!

[jamyhang]

Brilliant cant thank you enough for all this !!

[tomdchi]

Simply as a viewer, I so much prefer your OTS/mirror setup at the end to the standard approach of having the actor look into the camera to give the effect of looking at him/herself in the mirror. The more common approach never fails to draw my attention. The actor is looking at us (the camera) and not herself, which might be intentional in rare circumstances, but most often there's no good reason for that "choice." (Rather, it's obviously simply the easiest way to shoot that common arrangement - in the story, the character should be looking at herself.) The result of your setup is far more satisfying and in keeping with the character/action.

[nickmason]

Another excellent installment as ever Matthew- thank you!!

[weonset]

LOVE this video. The creativity and explanations are on point. THANK YOU 🙏🏽

[vishalvyas]

This is amazing stuff...thanks for the great information regarding mirrors...i have never thought it this way...

[RKIII]

You’re my favorite film channel on YouTube! Thank you so much! Whenever I make it in Hollywood, I want you to be my cinematographer! I just hope you want to help me make my film hahaha. Thank you so much again for your videos! They’re so helpful and great. Btw, the elevator scene towards the end in Haneke’s Cache does a similar thing with mirrors. I bet you’d love it if you saw it. Also, Eisenstein talked about making a film with mirrors when you can combine shot-reverse-shot through the use of mirrors and have it all take place at once which is another reason to use mirrors. Anyways, thank you. I hope you keep making videos!

[luxuryhotelinsider]

I’m learning about filmmaking now. I have so much to learn. Thanks for producing this educative content. For sure.

[GatesRick]

Thanks Matthew. Always informative. Now I need to start looking at ways to use mirrors!