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How is this magic done???

It's not a matter of blue or green screen behind which he is hiding right? because it's in front of a live audience.
On the other hand, how can you guys be sure there was a live audience there? just because you heard them? The camera never shows them...AHA...maybe I'm on to something...

Regards,
Yair
 
Bob Klase said:
There may have been a suspicious looking camera cut, but Kevin does that in his live shows. The cut was not required and I'm sure it was an editing decision by the director or editor and not dictated by the trick.
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I wasn't trying to suggest he couldn't do it live; I just thought it fair to admit the cut exists.
 
DJM said:
Yair, it's also possible to do it on the street in front of people.

Here you can see an Israeli magician stealing that act in video 5.. is the crowd fake there too?

http://www.reshet.tv/content_page.as...ic_page_id=322

In fact most of his acts are Copperfield rip offs, while Nimrod sometimes takes stuff from Derren Brown. We can be very proud..
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That's exactly the same as Copperfield!!

But very nicely done also.

I'm speechless...I have no speech.

Clue anyone?

Regards,
Yair
 
DJM said:
Yair, it's also possible to do it on the street in front of people.

Here you can see an Israeli magician stealing that act in video 5.. is the crowd fake there too?

http://www.reshet.tv/content_page.as...ic_page_id=322

In fact most of his acts are Copperfield rip offs, while Nimrod sometimes takes stuff from Derren Brown. We can be very proud..
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He has some other very nice magic tricks. Very nice!!

Regards,
Yair
 
Steve Fearson was indeed the one who created this effect.. no one had done it before him. At least not this way.
 
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Bob Klase said:
I think the need for boxes and cabinets was dictated more by the methods available than anything else. Richiardi was pretty gruesome with his buzz-saw cutting in 1/2- I know he was doing that in the early 70's, but don't know about the 60's.
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I should perhaps clarify. When magic got popularized by television, television was pretty squeamish about what could be shown. Before the advent of TV, some stage performers depicted graphic beheadings or other mutilations in their acts. (You can see some of these bizarre effects depicted in old conjuring texts.) Some of the methods were primitive by today's standards, and some methods (e.g., "black art") appeared to show the gruesomeness in sickening detail. Some performers used copious fake blood and brandished severed heads and all that, causing ladies of gentle disposition to swoon.

This sort of shock was not deemed suitable fare for TV. Mark Wilson's brand of illusion was more to TV's liking, and although he put his wife through all sorts of harrowing apparatus, she smiled sweetly as if to reassure the audience that there was no real harm was going on. (That is not to say that all of Wilson's illusions were harmless. Wilson himself has since acknowledged that some of them were indeed pretty dangerous, although not in the way the audience may have perceived.)
 
I think he has his pants cut in the back and along the sleeves of the pants right? so his feet stay in the pants all the time but only at the bottom of his legs and inside the shoes. But then, his upper body goes in one direction and his lower body in the other direction and the only part where the two overlap is in a small area not big enough to get the rest of the body (the mid section) in.

Am I getting closer?
(or is it a midget? :p )

Regards,
Yair
 
Ok, here is the secret and I hope the mods won't ban me.


SPOILERS SPOILERS

























It's a real laser.
 
DJM said:
It's a real laser.
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So where's all the blood? And how did he get himself in one piece again after that?
I don't think it was a real laser. Well it was a laser but not a powerful one to cut up a person.

Regards,
Yair
 
Well obviously it's the special laser that Fearson created.. it can cut you without actually hurting you. Why do you think the laser is there, just for the presentation? ;)

But seriously, you should be thankful that you don't know the secret, because that way you will still be amazed every time that you see it. Secrets always ruin the whole illusion.

Sometimes I wish I could forget all I know about magic and be amazed again with things like that.
 
I'm certainly no magician nor do I play one on TV, but if you think of the physics of what SHOULD happen during the effect then the trick becomes trivially obvious. So I'd like to see him touch his toes after the trick is over but before going offstage. ;)
 
DJM said:
Well obviously it's the special laser that Fearson created.. it can cut you without actually hurting you. Why do you think the laser is there, just for the presentation? ;)

But seriously, you should be thankful that you don't know the secret, because that way you will still be amazed every time that you see it. Secrets always ruin the whole illusion.

Sometimes I wish I could forget all I know about magic and be amazed again with things like that.
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No you don't. Compared to most folks, my magic knowledge is encyclopedic. Compared to many on here, I'm still a rank amateur.

When I see this kind of thing, it amazes me, but only partly in an enjoyable way. Mostly it's a I-know-so-much-but-these-people-keep-showing-how-little-I-really-know-I-have-GOT-to-find-out-how-that's-done! way.

Aagh.
 
yairhol said:
On the other hand, how can you guys be sure there was a live audience there? just because you heard them? The camera never shows them...AHA...maybe I'm on to something...
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I can be sure because I've been in a live audience when he's done it.
 
yairhol said:
I think he has his pants cut in the back and along the sleeves of the pants right?
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Personally I never answer questions like that where it turns into a game of 20 questions. You make a guess and someone (or everyone) says "wrong". Then you keep making guess and people keep saying "wrong". And eventually you get something right and the people that have been saying "wrong" either have to lie or they have to give up the secret.
 
Bob Klase said:
Personally I never answer questions like that where it turns into a game of 20 questions. You make a guess and someone (or everyone) says "wrong". Then you keep making guess and people keep saying "wrong". And eventually you get something right and the people that have been saying "wrong" either have to lie or they have to give up the secret.
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That's the whole point :cool:
And if two wrongs make a right, then after the first two wrongs I know I'm on the right track.

Regards,
Yair (the starting magician)

Yes, I've become obssesed with magic and I'm gonna buy a book about it. Any recommendations for a beginner like me?
 
yairhol said:
That's the whole point :cool:
And if two wrongs make a right, then after the first two wrongs I know I'm on the right track.

Regards,
Yair (the starting magician)

Yes, I've become obssesed with magic and I'm gonna buy a book about it. Any recommendations for a beginner like me?
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Nope. None. No one here has ever thought about it or answered the question a hundred times before in this very sub-forum...;)

That said, you will get several recommendations, but the top few will include these:

Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic

Magic for Dummies.


I appear to be the only one to recommend Harry Lorayne's The Magic Book, but I recommend it very strongly, even above Mark Wilson's book which I also highly recommend. It is more accessible. More of an actual read, and helps you begin to know how to narrow down your focus.
 
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