History Main / CameraSpoofing

* ''Film/OceansEleven'' revolves around use of both Splice and Dice and Polaroid Punk to an almost excessive degree. In fact, the vast majority of the movie consists of the heroes making Splice and Dice preparations and sneaking around. The mark discovers the subterfuge ([[spoiler:the word "Bellagio" on the floor that was only installed a few days before]]) but too late to stop them.

* In ''Film/{{Speed}}'', Creator/KeanuReeves and his friends hacks into the camera that the villain installed onto the bus to loop on one clip of everyone sitting on the bus. They use this time to get everyone off the bus. The villain eventually figures it out when he notices one woman moving her hand during the loop over and over again (specifically, there's a point during the loop where she drops her purse, and the splice point has the purse flash back into her lap)... which he only notices while seeing a report of the bus having blown up on the news.

* ''Literature/PilgrennonsChildren'': When Pilgrennon, Jananin, and Dana break into the building where Cerberus's English computers are being held in ''Pilgrennon's Beacon'', Dana overrides the security camera feed with images of an empty hallway.

-->-- ''Futures in the Memories Market'', by Nina Hoffman

* Somewhat averted in an ''Film/OlsenBanden'' movie, where the gang manages to calm an elderly guard not with a picture of the room the camera is pointing at, but a picture of the royal family.

** The killer's victims have their ImpendingPOV hacked onto their vision so there's no record of the killer's face. Later while being chased the killer hacks an image of a subway train onto the detective's vision when there's actually an empty platform, to try and make him step onto it and get run over by the real train which arrives moments later.

* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' was on the receiving end of this once; Foaly put his security cameras on a loop, which wasn't caught until Artemis realized that Butler was still in the same room he'd been in a few minutes ago, when he was supposed to be making the rounds of the house. At least it worked long enough for one of the fairies to infiltrate the house. Later in the series, Foaly can make all moving objects disappear from footage, and on one occasion adds a CGI duplicate of a character.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': After the Suicide Squad seizes control of the main security room at Arkham, they fix the cameras to play yesterday's footage. When Batman views the footage, he instantly realises what they have done when he spots two guards who don't work Fridays.

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* There's a subversion of this in Creator/BarryLevinson's film ''{{Film/Toys}}'', where the distraction created by the characters in the hallway is disguised as a music video, and the illusion is compounded by having another character replace that particular monitor's label with one reading "MTV."

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* Literature/ArtemisFowl was on the receiving end of this once: Foaly put his security cameras on a loop, which wasn't caught until Artemis realized that Butler was still in the same room he'd been in a few minutes ago, when he was supposed to be making the rounds of the house. At least it worked long enough for one of the fairies to infiltrate the house. Later in the series, Foaly can make all moving objects disappear from footage, and on one occasion adds a CGI duplicate of a character.
* In ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]]'', code-slicer Grinder does a splice-and-dice on a camera he'd hacked into earlier (actually a server handling the footage). To keep the loop from being too obvious, he has everyone in-frame hold still (his compatriots are the only ones there at the time). He also mentions "blending the seam", likely a term for making sure the looped video didn't do an obvious JumpCut as it repeated. It seems to work, at least until [[ConfrontingYourImposter the maintenance crew they're pretending to be]] shows up.

* ''{{Series/Angel}}'': In "[[Recap/AngelS05E12YoureWelcome You're Welcome]]", Lindsey gets magical tattoos that make him invisible to the cameras.

* ''{{Series/Banacek}}'' had one using the Polaroid version. The security camera was in a room that housed a rare book in a glass case. The thief pointed a high-powered flashlight into the security camera until he got the picture in place. He then "made the book disappear" (trying to open the case it was in would have caused the doors to close and sound an alarm), then shined the light in the camera to remove the picture and make his exit.
* ''{{Series/Columbo}}'''s "[[Recap/ColumboS04E05 Playback]]": The villain, played by Creator/OskarWerner, spliced in a previously recorded camera shot of the study when it was empty, to fool the security guard. Then after he was done killing his mother-in-law in the study, he arranged for the tape of the murder to run on a delay so it would look like he had an alibi for when the security guard saw the video.
* In an episode of ''{{Series/CSI}}'', a security guard time-shifted the camera from one elevator to another in order to cover for the casino owner's daughter.

* ''{{Series/Mythbusters}}'': An episode on fooling security technology used a variant of this to defeat an infra-red camera, by putting up a sheet of low-e glass (which blocks infra-red radiation to admit sunlight without heating up a building) in front of the sensor, then walking through the room without triggering the alarm.
* ''{{Series/NCIS}}'':

** Splicing the camera video was used by [[GenreSavvy Tony]] in a third season episode. Although he tried to take all the credit, the team quickly pointed out he stole it from ''{{Film/Speed}}''.

* ''{{Series/Probe}}'''s "[[Recap/ProbeUntouchedByHumanHands Untouched by Human Hands]]": The characters don't realize at first that the transmission glitch from when they sent in the robot is due to Kingsley replacing the robot's transmission for one he filmed earlier (which shows him in the room).
* ''{{Series/Smallville}}'': A [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered]] Clark was forced to steal an item from a high-security complex. Knowing that he couldn't just "superspeed past the cameras", he brought Chloe along for the technicals. When approaching the camera problem, Clark suggested, in great detail, the use of the second example, only to be informed how complicated the execution really is. [[SubvertedTrope In the end]], Chloe just hacked into the system and turned the power off. Even simpler: it was an oscillating camera, so Chloe just waited for it to be pointed the other direction, walked up and unplugged it.

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* ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'' combines ''both'' variants: one of your gadgets is a (rather bulky) device that is fixed in front of the camera (like the Polaroid) that contains a recording device that records looped footage then plays it back on a screen fixed in front of the camera lens. Part of your spy gear in ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever 2'' is airgun ammo that sticks to the lenses of offending cameras, disabling them without drawing alarm like shooting it would.

* In the ''[[VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries Henry Stickmin]]'' game ''Completing the Mission'', on one of the routes Henry has the option to attempt to Polaroid Punk a SAM turret's targeting camera... with a hand-drawn picture of a cloud. [[spoiler:It actually works.]]

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* Lampshaded in ''{{Webcomic/Intragalactic}}'' with a [[http://intragalacticcomic.com/2010/01/25/130-the-craytrix/ crude drawing in crayon taped to a security camera.]] "They've looped the video feed!" And then it's revealed [[spoiler:The ''real'' feed renders as a crayon drawing too]]

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* [[MissionControl Wade]] uses these to hide WesternAnimation/KimPossible and Ron Stoppable from various cameras and security devices.

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' manages to do both in one episode, sorta. When Benson installs a security camera in front of Mordecai and Rigby, they stick a bad drawing (with a talking jet) in front of it. Benson's response is to physically attach cameras to both of them. The workaround this time? Put the cameras in front of a TV showing the World Dishwashing Championships.

* In ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'', they use an extensive projector screen setup to pull off ''eyeball spoofing''. It works perfectly (when Creator/SimonPegg isn't sticking his head into the camera pickup) until a second guard shows up, causing the confused projector to constantly swap between their viewpoints, tipping them off that something is up.

* ''{{Series/Angel}}'': A character gets magical tattoos that make him invisible to the cameras.

* In ''[[Comicbook/XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]]'', code-slicer Grinder does a splice-and-dice on a camera he'd hacked into earlier (actually a server handling the footage). To keep the loop from being too obvious, he has everyone in-frame hold still (his compatriots are the only ones there at the time). He also mentions "blending the seam", likely a term for making sure the looped video didn't do an obvious JumpCut as it repeated. It seems to work, at least until [[ConfrontingYourImposter the maintenance crew they're pretending to be]] shows up.

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* Subverted in ''{{Series/Smallville}}''. A [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered]] Clark was forced to steal an item from a high-security complex. Knowing that he couldn't just "superspeed past the cameras", he brought Chloe along for the technicals. When approaching the camera problem, Clark suggested, in great detail, the use of the second example, only to be informed how complicated the execution really is. In the end, Chloe just hacked into the system and turned the power off. Even simpler: it was an oscillating camera, so Chloe just waited for it to be pointed the other direction, walked up and unplugged it.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E4TheSunMakers The Sunmakers]]'', the Doctor uses the Splice-and-Dice method, with the help of his RobotBuddy.
* Used many times in ''Series/MissionImpossible'', such as in "The Bank".
* ''Series/TheEqualizer'' uses the Polaroid method in one episode, though you do see him manually adjusting the focus of the camera so the image won't be blurred.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}''
** The ''Film/{{Speed}}'' method was used in to cover up the theft of a prototype [=RADAR=].
** It was also used (and specifically referenced) by [[GenreSavvy Tony]] in a third season episode. Although he tried to take all the credit, the team quickly pointed out he stole it from said movie.
* In ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' episode "[[Recap/ColumboS04E05 Playback]]" the villain, played by Oskar Werner used the ''Film/{{Speed}}'' method. He spliced in a previously recorded camera shot of the study when it was empty, to fool the security guard. Then after he was done killing his mother-in-law in the study, he arranged for the tape of the murder to run on a delay so it would look like he had an alibi for when the security guard saw the video.
* ''Film/{{Ghostwatch}}'': After they open the [[ItMakesSenseInContext 'Glory Hole']], the soundman gets koshed over the head with the hall mirror and the live feed, from inside the house, cuts out. The gallery say they've re-established the feed via the University Research Team's CCTV installed in the house, so communication via Creator/TheBBC link between studio and the outside broadcast is still down. So the gallery just put the picture on the big screen as Michael Parkinson and Dr Pascoe discuss the paranormal. Pascoe suddenly exclaims "It's in the machines!" Noting the images from the house aren't live, as a picture previously knocked of the wall suddenly appeared back wall.
* A security guard actually did something similar in ''Series/TheGoodWife''. He cut in the same several minutes of him going out and checking the parking lot on nights when it was cold and he didn't want to.
* The ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' team has been known to use version 2 on occasion.
* On ''Series/{{Angel}}'', a character subverts both of these by simply getting magical tattoos that make him invisible to the cameras.
* The show ''Series/{{Alias}}'' uses this technique for fooling both the protagonists and antagonists of the series many times. Used as a main plot device in at least one episode.
* In the pilot episode of ''Series/ItTakesAThief1968'', the titular thief makes a drawing of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Head_test_card Indian Head Test Card]] and sticks it up so that the camera monitoring him looks like it's on the fritz.
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. Reese and Fusco deactivate the camera manually, giving Finch and Root (posing as technicians) an excuse to access the system to 'fix' the camera.

* A ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' villain played by Oskar Werner used the ''Film/{{Speed}}'' method.

* Played completely straight in ''Bloodfist VI'' by the terrorists, who spoof the cameras as they invade the facility so that no one within catches on.

* In ''Film/{{Speed}}'', Creator/KeanuReeves and his friends hacks into the camera that the villain installed onto the bus to loop on one clip of everyone sitting on the bus. They use this time to get everyone off the bus. The villain eventually figures it out when he notices one woman moving her hand during the loop over and over again...which he only notices while seeing a report of the bus having blown up on the news.

* In the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' short "Career Day", Marzipan's students watch an informational slideshow/cartoon about [=SBASAF=] (Strong Bad's made-up space program), in which Space Captainface (Strong Bad with some tin foil pants) and Harold "Strap" Coopmore (The Cheat with sunglasses and a blue work hat) foil an Italian spy satellite that's trained on Strong Badia by sticking a photo of it on the satellite's camera.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', the team has hacked the cameras at one of Luthor's agricultural facilities. A battle ensues and Luthor is altered, checking the screens:

'''The Splice and Dice''' -- The tech man on the team manages (by means of infiltrating and/or [[EverythingIsOnline hacking]]) to capture some amount of live camera footage, then feeds the recorded footage to the security monitors in an endless loop. This avoids some of the problems posed by taking a still photograph, but if the footage contains any activity (as in the case of ''Film/{{Speed}}'') the guard may eventually notice that the same activity is looping over and over and catch on.