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im animating next to a window (only thing i got) and so i'm trying to block off the light. I've put up a blanket to try to cover it but it still shines through any help?
Film at night.
Tinfoil.
Filming at night is the best option but if you don't have the time you could use cardboard or something. I found a large piece of cardboard and cut it so that it covers my window without using up too much space. I've never used foil. I'll have to try that sometime.
Tin foil over the windows sounds too expensive, and time consuming to put up. I just put two black trash bags over the windows.
This is what i do to block out light.
I film at night. Night of the Tater is how I became hooked on coffee. 
Frequently I film at night; I do film at day sometimes with the curtains closed and lately I've taken to covering the window with one of those light-blocker curtains, it's black and basically blocks all of the light from the window as long as I tape it down well with scotch tape.
I usually animate at night, but sometimes I find myself animating in the dusk hours, so what I do is I put multiple blankets over the window in my room in various thickness. (Thank goodness it's just one window.)
I think you can technically film with some light coming in, but it requires very strong set lighting, which is something that doesn't work for me so well since I usually light minimally (on Bill Carney's Body, I had to put up a card to block the light coming into my eyes so I could actually see the set itself). Still, it's a useful trick if you're doing something like THAC.
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