David Blaine has to be the best magician I’ve ever seen. He’s scary. I know there has to be logical explanations behind his Street Magic but, I don’t know what they are. Do you?
get inside someone’s mind to tell them the exact card they are thinking about?!
How does he put something in someone’s pocket that he never made any physical contact with?
I’m sure someone will come along with exact cites, but the levitation “trick” is just that, a “trick”. Notice how the camera never gets too close and you don’t get to see all sides of him. Most of the people he performs with are planted there by him before he starts his “show.”
For the most part, Blaine is an overrated hack (IMHO).
I must say, I’m glad you’re finally showing a little back bone. You can get offended by what I said in your job question post but, the fact is, I used to be you. Let me tell you about you…you want everyone to like you, you want everyone to think you’re a sweetie pie, you don’t want anyone to think badly of you so, you pretend, pretend, pretend, to be someone that you think everyone will approve of. Hell, the name SUZY Q says it all. Not to mention the expression friggen .
You don’t like change? I know tha because you like everything to be all hunky dorey in your little world. And if those other girls are being secretive about something, you don’t like that because you’re on the outside. It sounds like you like your job but, worry about the people aspect of it and let that side cloud your logic. I guess only growing into your own with time is the only answer.
Short answer: some basic magic tricks and the ability to do post-production tricks in a TV studio.
Long answer: The Balducci Levitation is a simple trick that can be done by anyone, do a search on the web. It’s useful for doing in front of a small group where you can control the angle they are watching you, and you only appear to rise a few inches. This is what DB does first and gets the crowd reaction shots.
Then, he tells folks he wants to show them something else, brings in a crane, is hoisted up in the air and films this as well. In the studio, he splices the two together to make it look like he’s levitating high off the ground and you see the reaction shots to the Balducci Levitation trick.
You can do a lot when you get to use a film studio.
neisha, your comments to SuziQ were completely uncalled for. Personal attacks belong in the BBQ Pit and nowhere else. Consider this a formal warning. If you do that again, you will be banned.
SuziQ, saying “Do some F-ing research before you post!!!” is not the best way to win friends and influence people. Just a suggestion, but a firm suggestion.
To keep this thread from getting even further out of hand, I will close it.