Helmut
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Recursive Reflections
* I am modelling a scene based on Shakespeare´s play Hamlet, Specifically, I comment / falsify / transform his soliloquy facing the skull of Yorrick, the dead court jester of his slain father (act 3, scene 1).
* A fair bit of trickery with variable transparency / animated reflectivity / mods to the render tags / post processing produces satisfactory results.
* However, I run against the proverbial brick wall in my attempts to model a recursive reflection.
* Currently, I have a scene where Hamlet holds a transparent globe which contains Yorrick´s skull. As transparency is reduced and reflectivity is incremented, we see him holding a sphere wich reflects himself.
So far, so good.
* I now want to implement a loop (3 levels should suffice), where I can show a reflection of the reflection (of the reflection, of the reflection, ...). I could then zoom in on this infinite recursion to imply a circularity of time and existential musings on "to be or not to be".
Sorry about this quirky query, but I have been frustrated for 2 weeks looking for useful methods and ideas. There may be a mental block or some conceptual blindness...
* Unimportant: There is a secondary reflection in the rear - used in later takes - and a blurred image of Elsinore Castle in the background. The current Kronborg Castle looks totally different, but it was built much later.
* I am modelling a scene based on Shakespeare´s play Hamlet, Specifically, I comment / falsify / transform his soliloquy facing the skull of Yorrick, the dead court jester of his slain father (act 3, scene 1).
* A fair bit of trickery with variable transparency / animated reflectivity / mods to the render tags / post processing produces satisfactory results.
* However, I run against the proverbial brick wall in my attempts to model a recursive reflection.
* Currently, I have a scene where Hamlet holds a transparent globe which contains Yorrick´s skull. As transparency is reduced and reflectivity is incremented, we see him holding a sphere wich reflects himself.
So far, so good. * I now want to implement a loop (3 levels should suffice), where I can show a reflection of the reflection (of the reflection, of the reflection, ...). I could then zoom in on this infinite recursion to imply a circularity of time and existential musings on "to be or not to be".
Sorry about this quirky query, but I have been frustrated for 2 weeks looking for useful methods and ideas. There may be a mental block or some conceptual blindness...* Unimportant: There is a secondary reflection in the rear - used in later takes - and a blurred image of Elsinore Castle in the background. The current Kronborg Castle looks totally different, but it was built much later.
