They said there would be zero camera tricks, but it sure looks like they simply cut away to make any trick work.
Also, I get the feeling the audience is full of actors. They are very easily amused and far too attractive to be average people.
Am I right, or am I just an *beep*
your right imho :P
but it's a common thing for the audience to be 'thick as pig *beep*
also cos there is a guy/gal with an applause sign just off stage.
some tricks are so old and lame, sponge balls are like magic 101 palm it in the other hand and you're done.
as for ' box ' that looks full and something appears underneath it, it's just a 'cover' that folds up as you lift it.
but i'd also say these people if real are chosen for their low iq/ how naive they are lol
After last night's episode, I have deleted the series from my scheduled DVR recordings. There were spots where there is no way camera work wasn't involved. For example, the salt shaker that was full of salt dropped out of camera range. Moments later, it was full of chess pieces, uncovered, in full view of the live audience . . . but not the television viewers.
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I've been studying magic for 4 years.
derekjager is right about there being no camera tricks and his explanation for the cuts.
I think by "tricks" he means EDITING. The fact is, the camera shots conveniently switch locations during crucial points. And yes, most of that audience is as fake as a 3 dollar bill.
I can recall, in just one show alone where the magician holds a tiny seashell with a guy's initials on it asking "is this yours?" Without even squinting his eyes the guy immediately confirms that it is indeed his initials. The same with a tiny wedding ring, that without close inspection, looks just like any blank ring on the planet.
I'm not saying these guys don't have talent...on the contrary, their slight of hand is far better than the average person. But many of the tricks are blatantly helped with a view from a different camera.
To be honest, the only tricks that amaze me are the up close tricks with guys who aren't wearing sleeves and still manage to make things disappear or change shape. So far David Blaine is the only one that is convincing.
The first time I saw him was on Conan O Brien in the 90's, before he was famous. He did a trick with cards, the camera focused up close to his hands. Without flaw he made the cards switch and it was one continuous shot. I was baffled and still can't explain it to this day. Conan called him a demon and it was funny, but at the same time made you wonder.
he salt shaker that was full of salt dropped out of camera range. Moments later, it was full of chess pieces
I do think this show uses plants though.
> Nothing they've done on the show would require a plant (actually it's called a stooge) by magicians.
Not always a plant, specifically. But, rather, audience members that will play along just to get a little face time on TV.
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I noticed some really choppy editing in the "Fire and Mice" episode.
At the very beginning there's a shot of the host on stage, taken from the back of the room. We can clearly see that all of the Wizard's thrones on the right side of the screen are empty. A shot or two later, and the host is introducing us to the Wizards who could not have gotten on stage and into those chairs in the amount of time between the shots.
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Everyone here realizes that this is a show about illusions, right?
Sure, there might be any number of camera tricks or whatever... but I am not watching this show for things like "truth" or "politics" or "realism". I watch this show to be entertained, and if any of the magicians entertain me then the show has achieved it's objective.
None of these people are sorcerers or telekinetics. They are illusionists, as in they are in the art/career of creating the illusion of something happening.
To complain about this show being fake is like complaining about wrestling being fake. As long as it is convincing enough to entertain me (much like a science fiction movie with models and blue screens), I am fairly pleased.
i was thinking the audience is amature magicians. they dress too good for average public audience members
sharewell most ppl don't even wanna b on tv, it's no surprise they prolly are mostly young art students, stars wannabe with a lot of time on their hands to make cheap vintage clothes look like the prince/ss outfit ur moms were too cheap or suburbian to buy you even on halloween, but i disagree with one poster, some can't b explained wizout stooges (peer pressure?), this just part of the act anw.
an astronomist judge on a magic show, haha, she'z most prolly Penn's fav stripper, dun hav time to backgroundcheck everything that's on tv, but yea, take it for what it is, valuable entertainment, or don't, see if i care.