Looking for a movie scene... Face in fish tank

SPS

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Hello all.
Might anybody know of a film where a face might appear in, say, a fish tank? Where one character moves towards the seemingly empty, dark tank, only to have a face appear from the darkness?
Cheers - Chris
 
Thanks for the reference robn1. It's not exactly what I'm after, but that's not such a bad thing.
I'm writing a short film and I'm doing some research on a few shots I'm thinking about using.
I'm trying to work out how I'd film such a shot. I'm trying to avoid just compositing a face into a tank as I'm hoping to use practical effects as much as I can.
I know it's hard to do anything 'original' these days, but hopefully I'll be able to knock something together a little interesting.
Cheers - Chris
 
Have your actor make his hair very unkempt and smoosh his face up against a piece of glass (a window does nicely). Take a close-up still of his distorted face (neck up, no clothes) from the other side. Print an 8x10 or so (lifesize) of the face and put it in a large jar so the paper follows the curve of the jar. Fill the jar with liquid and with the right light, distance, etc., it will look like a severed head in a jar. Stick the jar in a fish tank and it might work. No doubt some photoshopping will be required.

Good luck with your film.
 
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