Criss Angel exposes psychics on A&E

I wouldn't class a camera angle as a camera trick.Editing or deliberate re-takes is camera trickery.

Im dissapointed to see Derren Brown straying into edits nowadays.See his live shows and then his TV shows.Notice the difference.
 
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Camera angles? No problem. A great many effects are angle sensitive and these have to be controlled by the magician whatever the situation. I don't see why taping it should be any different to live.

Tricks (such as many performed by Angel) however where the entire effect is almost completely dependant on post production rather than any "magical" ability by the performer suck.
 
Camera angles? I saw a magician/bartender at a club in Milwaukee once. He did some pretty amazing things to keep people lined up at the bar and earned some good tips in the process. There was a second story balcony above the bar. For some of his tricks he would ask people up there to come down because he didn't want them to see the tricks from up there. We all know they are tricks. If he only wants them seen from one direction, indulge him.

I saw Chris Angel demonstrate the levitation trick, and reveal the secret, on TV. It became obvious why the trick can only be viewed from one direction. Still, from that direction it was pretty impressive.
 
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