Can someone please give me a reasonable explanation for how he does this?
Seriously.
My mind is warped every time I see it...
Seriously.
My mind is warped every time I see it...
Levitation (David Blaine)
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Blaines levitation secret was exposed by the masked magician. He stands at an angle, and stands two and tippy toes on one foot which makes him look like he is levitating for a few seconds. What they showed on tv where he goes up two foot in the air is bullshit camera trick with stand in doubles as the people watching. It's better done at night since the shadows and darkness helps the illusion more. I did it for my mom and she freaked by when I told her how it's done, she's like "Oh, that was easy!!!"
Everything he does, I'm sure is just illusions, it's just that we don't know how he does everything. The masked magician exposed a lot of his other magic tricks, too. David blaine is human like everyone, but he's a professional at what he does.
Everything he does, I'm sure is just illusions, it's just that we don't know how he does everything. The masked magician exposed a lot of his other magic tricks, too. David blaine is human like everyone, but he's a professional at what he does.
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what about the people on the streets watching him do it? Are they all at an angle? Doubt it.
Is this camera at an angle? I seriously doubt he would be fooling anyone if he were standing on his toe. You can only get off of the ground so much. When he does it, he gets atleast 12 inches from the ground.
Is this camera at an angle? I seriously doubt he would be fooling anyone if he were standing on his toe. You can only get off of the ground so much. When he does it, he gets atleast 12 inches from the ground.
Yeah and I also saw ET ride a bike through the sky! 
I understand magic is an illusion. That means it's trickery. That means it's not real. That means you find a way to make something look different than what it really is. My point is that I'm not buying the "camera at an angle" bit. Nor do I think he's amazing everyone by lifting himself with his toe. I think people would be able to tell the difference. The picture I posted is obviously not at an angle and is low to the ground, so I think there is something else to the trick besides the angling of a camera. What about the live audiences he has. Are they all placed at an angle too? No.
The card tricks are impossible to figure out. Reading people's minds? Yeah - that could be faked with conspirators - but if it is then some of the best actors in the world are walking around the streets dressed like you and me.
The fun of the tricks is trying to figure it out - because you know it's a trick but you don't know why. Probably not something you could just pick up yourself.
I understand magic is an illusion. That means it's trickery. That means it's not real. That means you find a way to make something look different than what it really is. My point is that I'm not buying the "camera at an angle" bit. Nor do I think he's amazing everyone by lifting himself with his toe. I think people would be able to tell the difference. The picture I posted is obviously not at an angle and is low to the ground, so I think there is something else to the trick besides the angling of a camera. What about the live audiences he has. Are they all placed at an angle too? No.
The card tricks are impossible to figure out. Reading people's minds? Yeah - that could be faked with conspirators - but if it is then some of the best actors in the world are walking around the streets dressed like you and me.
The fun of the tricks is trying to figure it out - because you know it's a trick but you don't know why. Probably not something you could just pick up yourself.
"For the television special, Blaine performed the Balducci levitation in front of several different groups of people, and the camera was there to catch their reaction. The method he used for this is the Balducci method, described below. While videotaping these various performances, the producers keyed in on the audience members with the most visual reaction. After the Balducci levitation, the producers of the show had these same people stand by for another taping of the illusion - this time the camera would shoot from behind the audience members to get a
clear view of Blaine in action. The audience members were told that this second performance was to show them how magicians could use wires to levitate. And this is exactly what happened. A small harness and rig (just out of camera view) was set up and Blaine performed a standard wire-suspension.
What Blaine did was a camera trick - known as a post-production edit. The audience at home watched the second (wire suspension) levitation performance, with the audience reaction of the real levitation edited in. It was said, in the television special, that no strings or wires were used to perform Blaine's levitation. This is true, no wires or strings are required. Unfortunately, we never got to see Blaine's real levitation - we saw a wire-suspension."
clear view of Blaine in action. The audience members were told that this second performance was to show them how magicians could use wires to levitate. And this is exactly what happened. A small harness and rig (just out of camera view) was set up and Blaine performed a standard wire-suspension.
What Blaine did was a camera trick - known as a post-production edit. The audience at home watched the second (wire suspension) levitation performance, with the audience reaction of the real levitation edited in. It was said, in the television special, that no strings or wires were used to perform Blaine's levitation. This is true, no wires or strings are required. Unfortunately, we never got to see Blaine's real levitation - we saw a wire-suspension."
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nostromo is right, that's how they did it. U see David levitating 2 or 3 feet in the air, the same way you see spiderman and jackie chan doing amazing stunts, and the reactions from the crowd is super imposed or acted out by actors wearing the same clothing. As you notice, the people close to blaine watching him, you only see their back side, you never see their faces and blaine being raised 3 feet in the air at the same time, then a second later, the camera shows you those real people's faces reacting to what happened, then cam gets shifted back on david, but like I said, never would you see him up that high and the crowds faces at the same time, only the backside of the crowd, in which doubles can be used. Again, the masked magician special on tv already showed us how David was able to lift 3 feet in the air like in that pic and other magic he did. David used this intricate mini pulley constructed in the card deck to raise the card from the deck, he uses a strong magnet block under the sleeve of his jacket to make the match dance on his arm, the match has this little metal inside the head part. David can't read minds, what they don't show you is that he is wrong a lot of the times, but just like gambling, eventually you will get some right, and they ONLY show the ones he gets right on tv and the ones he gets wrong, it ends up on the cutting room floor. Like I said, let him do that to you in person, he doesn't always pulls it off, but if you watch it on tv, they can edit things and only show the ones he gets right, making him look like a genius or someone inhuman.
Breakaleg,
The Masked Magician had a tv special last year that gave away many secrets of David Blaine's street magic.
The Masked Magician had a tv special last year that gave away many secrets of David Blaine's street magic.
