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Old 03-08-2017, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Jen's Herald (View Post)
i always thought that they filmed suits without the glass faceplates because they reflected the lighting back in the lens of the camera....
They'll sometimes leave out the lens when shooting against green screen (particularly if empty space is the background), but on an actual set it's easier to paint out (or shoot around) unwanted reflections, than to have to paint in all the reflections we would expect to see.

It's case by case.
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