I have an unrelated question that some of you photographers or film folks may or may not know how to answer. (I’m in a rambling kind of mood this morning.)
Take a look at SeekAndFind’s picture in post 3. It’s a mirror image (see ball cap logo). I’ve noticed that photos are mirrored more often than I would think.
And, if you look closely, lots of film clips are shown in reverse, as well. Nothing with people or cars going backwards, but if you see a panorama with a flag, look closely - the tail of the flag may be leading the head - waving backwards. Fire is a good thing to look for, too. In lots of the DIY home shows, it’s not flickering properly - the base follows the top of the flames - backwards.
Is there any particular reason for this? I assume in films they wanted to pan right instead of left, or zoom out instead of in (closing to “Chisum” starring John Wayne shows horse’s tail with tip leading base).
I know - who cares, and why did I post it here? I just noticed the ball cap, and figured some smart Freeper had an answer.
There are several reasons to do this.
In the case of this photo, it may have been flipped so that the people did not appear to be walking off the page wherever it was originally used.
And the photo, while a large file, may have been displayed small enough that the logo didn't matter– no one would notice unless they opened the photo. It's an old newspaper/magazine thing to have people looking 'into' the page, not off, and not into the 'gutter' between facing pages.
In movies you may be seeing time-shifting and looping to extend a scene; a fireplace, or water feature may be added into a scene using special effects. If the clips don't match time-wise, the artists can loop (or bounce) the shorter clip to extend it. When they do this, it's not hard to randomize things like flame, water, and smoke to make them less noticeable. Today, many scenes are composited together from actual footage and computer generated scenes, to the point that most people can't tell the difference. Saves a ton of money, aside from the fact that fantasy and period-pieces almost cannot be filmed any other way.