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@@GardenArcher7625 Hey! I have explained the entire trick in detail in this video 👉Time Stamp :: 42:45 👉ua-cam.com/video/rj_PeXjC9NU/v-deo.htmlsi=vSntIrdG4peU6E6_
Exactly 💯. When magicians like Copperfield tells us he's going to walk through The Great Wall of China, or make The Statue of Liberty disappear... I KNOW he's going to show us that he flawlessly. did it. I don't think for A SECOND that he really may have. So to me, I would pay more to see the genuis behind it rather than the actual show itself. Some people enjoy being amazed. I enjoy the science and logistics of it.
@saxoncrow2500 ummm🙋🏽♂️🙋🏽♂️ pro magician here and honestly I agree with the original comment. 🤷🏽♂️ Actually the MAJORITY of stage Illusions are created and built by someone other than the magician performing them. I am primarily a consultant and know that ALL big name magicians keep a team of creators/consultants on the payroll. It is VERY rare that a big name came up with, or created a large scale effect. They are more the FACE of a large team. The more $$ they have to invest on the team size etc., the better the effects and bigger they may become. 🤷🏽♂️
Looks like he had to go to Africa to find a gullible audience. A plastic bucket provides an especially unglamorous context. Maybe they are used locally in fishing.
After watching the explanation for the portal trick. You realize how all the timing has to be spot on for everything to work. So many things have to go right when only just one needs to go wrong. The amount of preparation and practice that must go into this trick is crazy.
The throwing of them to the underside of the stage was so dangerous. I figured out the trick by just thinking about it and looking at the "sheet" flying, but that part looked way too dangerous. They could have hit their heads on the sides or something. I suspect he was using top notch engineers to be safe.
Even with expert rigging, shit can happen, and shit did happen: a participant sued Copperfield after being injured while performing either the same or a similar illusion.
I saw the Portal trick live. He "reappeared" behind me. Of course, he was brought out in a disguise and sat there with an assistant the whole time the "live feed" was playing. It's still pretty impressive despite the majority of the trick being video editing. The cable pulling them back across the platform is so fast, I'm amazed he hasn't been injured all these years.
The Portal illusion was so well-conceived that Copperfield really deserves all the accolades he gets for his productions. The story-line in the setup of the illusion was a bit too on-the-nose in its appeal to the emotions of the audience perhaps, but the impact of the performance was persuasive and unique. As a set-piece, it is a real masterwork. Kudos to the performers!
I don't agree. It was completely obvious that it was a stooge and a greenscreen/pre recorded video. The illusion offered no challenge. Maybe soppy yanks bought that sob story nonsense from the stooge? Sure it wasn't all completely clear how he did every detail from first glance, but it's no brain buster. I think his wire suit is the best and had me scratching my head.
I don't know, man, I feel like stooges, camera tricks and image editions wouldn't qualify for an illusionism masterwork. And D. Copperfield and Chris Angels rely way too much on those for their "best" tricks.
i been to several of his shows, and this illusion always baffled me... i was part of the audience and this was well done and believable,,,,,,i still like all his illusions, they are all great,,, and incredible,,, even if they are illusions/fake
Totally agree. The crowd changes from one scene to the next. E.g., The little girl with hands folded on her left thigh is not present when close up shots are shown from the same camera angle.
That Copperfield trick is amazing; It's one of the best thought out tricks I have ever seen. I never would have guessed that it was anything other than video editing. thoroughly impressive!
@@irehman7 Quick question. For the Copperfield illusion; Is it possible that at feet level there is a black slip they pull over themselves that stretches' the entire length runway behind them. I'm not sure but it looks like there at the back of the platform is a spring panel that let's them take the necessary step down to the runway, This is when they enter under the black slip cover. I think a key frame during the illusion is seen under the platform right after they disappear, it's black for a second and then returns to normal .
What is so amazing/impressive about video editing? Even if it’s not, the mere fact that it looks like video editing makes it a video editing-like trick, same thing imo.
@@abcd9032 its the cleverness and skill of it - that fact that if people DO go for video editing stuff, they go for the wrong thing that easily proven wrong.
Should have been asleep an hour ago. Had to watch this first. I saw that Portal trick once in Dallas years ago and had no idea how it was done. Hats off to you for the explanation!
@ Yo; that’s the very one! Small world, huh? You walked away with a cool story that night! (Having said that, I don’t suppose you know how he did that trick with his Grandpa’s car and the lotto numbers?)
@@LL-bl8hd My mind is probably playing tricks on me but I want to say it was not Michael and his father… but was still a father/son storyline when I saw this act.
David was one of the first televised illusionists but there have been other manipulators much more popular than him long before him. He's just a product of your generation is all. The history of real magick vs illusionists and tricksters will either set you free or completely break your reality.
I am always skeptical of "illusions" where multiple camera angles and cuts are used. It is not hard to stich together a "trick" in post to make it look like it was all one continuous stunt.
I am SO happy this was randomly recommended to me - I has a smile, ear to ear, the whole time, like I was watching Copperfield as a kid. Nowadays, I get better joys out of the explanation and wondering at the craft and ingenuity of it all. Thank you.
thats easy to explain. transition surgery bro. just like messiah trump pointed out last month. you send your son in the morning to watch a fish trick. he come home in the evening and he is now a she. no magic here. just demoncrats.
The whole performance took some time, to go through (at least) 4 buckets. The audience was quite young and animated and would normally run around in excitement. The edits cover time gaps.
street magic is always done that way It's several footage, from several different performances, The people reacts to something that is not necessarily what is shown on screen.
also, you can see that the boottom of the bucked never moves (from the side view) it is fixed in heigt while he is shakin it. this is impossible to do if it isnt resting on something. Said something isnt seen in the Video, so i call video trickery is at play here.
this is like making / listening to music. a very famous group can make a beautiful song with simple notes. the same notes you could have played, but you didn't have the idea to make a song with them. after the group plays it you know how to play it too, but before it you could never make something similar because it simply didn't existed before you hear it!
Thank you for covering David Copperfield's Portal trick. Your explanation of the green screen and prerecorded beach scene is very clear and easy to understand. Your reveal of the platform escape made me so happy, with including the G-force math and examples of how that pulley system has been used in other special effects. That really helped me wrap my mind around how fast that escape happens.
all the editing could be done months in advance as well. with only the texture maps for the initials and the polaroid changed for the final render shown on the screen. you don't need to track the hand in realtime or track the polariod image in real time if the beach was filmed months before and there's only marker bits on it. basically if he just put his hand in a scanner with the skin flat on it to get the texture(glue some marker lines on the flatbed scanner itself to get the hand in same position every time) , it would go into the already prepared script that would replace the texture map and run a render of the video. the actual render part of the video doesn't need much cpu even if its a bespoke script/program that does that part, easily* doable on those resolutions even on a 2002 computer. I say easily but I mean for like a competent realtime multimedia programmer, don't need to be a john carmack to do it - all the heavy work calculations can be done in advance.
Agreed. I saw this trick live and I just couldn't believe my eyes. In another trick, he was on essentially what looked like a high dive that protruded somewhat over the crowd and a sheet came down over him and fell away to the floor and he was gone. In maybe 2 seconds.
Indeed. And after I understood how it's done, I'm actually impressed with this trick and the ingenuity it took to come up with it, while also still being relatively simple. But the real trick is to have "three times less" of something and then not ending up with twice the negative of what you started with :p That will never not annoy me 🤣I want a mathematician explain to me how that works and if I am just wrong about it and three times less does end with 1/3rd, because in my physics minded head it can't 🤣I understand that it's a "normal" thing to say, just like saying the sun comes up every morning, which it doesn't, but that at least makes some sense communicatively, but "three times less" is just never dividing something by three and really grinds my gears 🤣I can accept calling purple a colour and a sunset a sunset, but I will never accept that "three times less" is 1/3rd 🤣And a half is two times less and an equal amount is one times less? How? 🤣 Anyway, three times less than 9G is -18G and I will die on that hill! 🤣
Awesome vids. I hadn’t worked out several of them. Funny part is, knowing the secret doesn’t spoil the trick for me. In fact it makes it even more impressive because it takes a lot of skill to do these tricks and wonderful imagination to think them up.
I completely agree! When I saw the Masked Magician in the 1990s, the amount of required work behind the scenes, choreography, timing, movements that need to be precisely calculated... absolutely blew me away!
You just watched a video that proves that you should not take things at face value. Yet, you believe that the guy just showed a lot of food and left without doing anything else, because that's what the video shows.
I absolutely love your videos, I have learned a lot from them, for which I thank you. Ref: 49:20 During the 90's and 2000's I performed fire 'tricks' including escapology with explosives and body burning with fire sticks and what was basically fire lighter fluid, I never had any professional fire suits like in these type of performances, I did do it for real though and have the scars to prove it, even did it live on TV (nice burn on my leg made people squeal a bit lol) and taught someone to eat fire (not blow) backstage and they performed with me for the end of the show and she really was a volunteer from the audience and bloody lovely she was too 🙂. I also put fire shows together with up to 60 performers for some big raves around the UK, with tower lorries, flame throwers, lots of pyros, fire pits and so on, so loved those times, now live on my boat on a nice quiet canal in Yorkshire, UK. Oh Yeah, I also ate fire for the then Queen Liz and our now King Charles for his 50th Birthday at Buckingham Palace, he had seen me at an event (no not a rave, was at the Royal Albert Hall) and got me booked for his Birthday.
How much uncertainty there is in the interpretation of his tricks, even after more than 20 years and in the age of the internet and swarm intelligence, proves how brilliant this man actually is. A genius at what he does.
I saw David Copperfield in person once and I will admit, it was amazing. He fooled me every trick. And I was near stage. He didn’t do the transportation to the beach trick, but he did disappear on stage and reappeared behind me. It was cool. I’m sure it was a double, but I couldn’t tell. Was a fun show.
I Literally saw his show in Vegas 7 days ago, same as when you made this comment. He did this trick while my just-wed wife, still in her wedding dress, was called on stage to watch it happen
The trick with the Italy is even easier. No assistants backstage are needed. There is actually an app that allows you to place the forced word into the right position in a long list. Magician who knows the selected number “types in” that number with several taps, so as soon as the list is opened the forced word (Italy in this case) is already in the right spot
there was def plenty of time to adjust the player to whatever file they needed between the time she said "97" and the time of the actual trick. also, simon *did* write the S -- you can see it very clearly in the video, but it cuts right after that. maybe the guy stopped him and asked him to rethink it. which would detract from their performance live, but when cut out of the broadcast would look a lot better.
Disappearance from the platform still remains a mystery to me. In the original recording, we can see earlier that people are sitting behind the platform, we can see their heads and at the end of platform there are two vertical metal pillars, that are quite close to each other. We need to keep in mind that there are two heavy adult men, and if they were pulled in, they would have to fit together between the pillars without hitting them to land behind the platform in a place where we can see the audience. There would have to be an airbag in the hole to eliminate the fall. People sitting on the side would clearly see them underneth the curtain and falling with the impact to the hole. This is the best explanation we have so far, but I think there is still some mystery left unsolved.
If there were more videos on UA-cam of David performing Portal on different stages, it would help pinpoint the exact method. For now, this is the most logical and safest way to perform it, based on practical methods used in stunts, aligned with the footage evidence.
@@irehman7 This illusion is a part of XVII: Tornado of Fire ( ua-cam.com/video/yjY0eSsH81Q/v-deo.html ). At 28:35 we can see the other trick with two disappearing girls. We can only see the front, but looks like the back must be visible to the audience sitting there. So maybe the whole part of this theater is filled up with fake audience, which would explain invisibility of the illusion with the portal later?
@@irehman7 My concern is that their combined weight being lifted from the platform made it only move slightly, I don’t understand how it didn’t send it bouncing up and down. I know that the video is low resolution because I don’t think he has ever put this out in DVD, but it seems incredibly dangerous for them both to be pulled away at that speed, their mass together doesn’t seem like it matches what it should look like if they are strapped together being pulled through the air horizontally. It’s incredibly confusing as to how it is done. I wish I could have been in the audience. I bet all the people sitting on the sides are in on it, I think the camera’s view is the only place he wants people watching.
It would be too dangerous to perform without some form of protection but David would have had the resources to potentially have inflatable body protection that would have made it a lot safer. Its impossible to know how much the platform should have moved without their body weight without knowing exactly how it was constructed but we know they were there and we know they were hone and we can set the net movement and it isn't much.
The entire audience is probably fake. Several productions that appear to be in front of a live audience actually hire people to sit and react as if they were very impressed and enthusiastic. There isn't a continuous shot from when the two men get on the platform and when the camera is panned to the other side where we see the light moving inside. The light could have been controlled on a wire. We see it swinging after the curtain is pulled away. These are all different sequences filmed and cut together. The platform is very thin, the curtain pull away is too violent, the smoke and light don't obscure enough, and there isn't a place for mirrors or a hidden chute under the platform. Reasonable deduction says it was staged and the audience was paid after signing a NDA.
Check out 03:57 and look at the bottom of the bucket. See how ABSOLUTELY STILL it is whilst it is being shaken. Almost as if it's pivoting off something. Also see how he looks to his left to check something.
I love that statement by David Copperfield- "They say it's not real don't insult my intelligence. It has nothing to do with reality, it is illusion." Penn Gillette and Chris Angel have expressed similar sentiments. Chris was on Penn's podcast and the expressed sentiment was along the line of "Real magic is boring because if it existed that would just be how the world worked. What's far more interesting, for both the audience and the magician, is creating the appearance of real magic through a well crafted illusion."
I live in Hawaii my entire life and have visted all islands. Also went to nearly every beach, especially white sand beaches. That "beach" was not in Hawaii
Here is my thing with the portal. The people on the stage just seemed too comfortable. They did not seem nervous and the little kid, if he were truly picked, would be so nervous and didn't need anything further explained. For instance, there is a good chance the kid would say "You want me to draw here, or would have drawn too small or would have been giggling, maybe wouldn't have stood in the right spot. When taking the video, if you have ever tried to take a picture of a group of people, no one can figure out where to stand, how to stand, etc... These people didn't need directions, just stood perfect. They all just seemed too comfortable and just did not seem random. Also, when the guy signed on the arm, the letters looked too perfect. When you draw on skin, the marker would not have been so perfect looking. It would have faded a little at the ends. Especially on skin. If you take a marker and draw on someone's arm the way he did, it doesn't even come close to looking like that. Now, I'm not saying I have it figured out, those are just my observations. Another fantastic job though with the video. Top notch!
You could be right, but you also make a lot of assumptions. Like, assuming how the kid wold react and ask a clarifying question. It reminds me of the body language "experts" who watch those interrogation videos, and claim to know so much based on posture and movement. But it's all pseudoscience with not real-world predictability. Check out all the commenters who say, "Gee, i do those things all the time."
@@trekkiejunk they are liars and charlatans - I think Houdini would have had a field day with the modern internet and its pathetic how basically no one around today has risen to THAT challenge. Houdini was a genius, and partially because of the things he did when not performing illusions or stunts.
Say what you want about Copperfield, he's the best. I went to his show and caught one of the randomly thrown things, to be chosen as trick participant. They placed us under some pillars, then covered with cloth, then dropped a whole Lincoln car onto the pillars, right above my head, and then the car disappeared. We were sitting under that car, people watched the stage from their seats... I still don't know how he could have done it and where that massive thing went.. I was very impressed.
I saw David Copperfield perform twice. This is what I witnessed... I was also an aspiring magician/illusionaist at the time, so I did know how most of his tricks worked
The first time, I was a few rows from the front, sitting more on the side. The seat next to me was empty the entire night. About half way through the show, the person sat in. I found it odd. Then he went on to do a prediction where he would eventually teleport to an island with an audience member - 10:38. The whole platform then swung over me. It was pretty cool. But no, they were not pulled by a cable with the cloth. This one is incorrect. The thing you didn't mention is how the cloth is thin when it flies and it lands on the ground. Secondly, the platform is constantly shaking as if they are moving from within. Its funny how the video of where they teleported, was pretty much the same.
The same night I had the worst luck. They bounced 13 balls. And I caught one. I went up to the stage, but because I was under 18 at the time, I was not allowed to go up on stage :/ So, they gave it to someone else. The random person sitting next to me on the other side.
The second time I saw him I was early for my show, and there was an earlier show that night. I was handing around the theater and then randomly saw a group of people running through the hallway with flashlights. They were all running from backstage to the back of the audience to make an appearance.
So you're mostly right about the dynamo bucket of fish trick. I'll give you a hint as to the actual method: Look at how stationary the bottom edge of the bucket is when dumping out the large number of fish and how its perfectly stabilized while the rest of the bucket pivots around it. Also in the footage you can see his body covers that corner for several of the shots but when it doesn't there's clearly some video masking that's poorly done.
Came here to say this. It's obviously pivoting and masked in post. Not even worth considering as a magic trick, just a load of poor editing to try and look like a magic trick, which even then fails. Takes some real effort to fail even with all those attempts to cover it up!
I think I remember seeing the portal trick in TV. This is probably the best explanation and especially the little details like the overlay from the live feed vanishing. Copperfield is a master of misdirection.
31:14 Keep looking *underneath* the platform when the curtain is pulled down, you can clearly see what looks like two humans in body-bags fall to the back and down below the stage out of sight. It fits with the timing, the gravity, and the shape of the men covered by shrouds. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
I still can't quite believe that old man Copperfield and that stocky young man are yanked back 40 feet in about a second and then somehow unroll, get up and run under the stage to a cameraman and then run back up to the back of the stadium for David's reappearance. It seems too crazy. No wonder he brings rain from Hawaii back with him... to cover up his flop sweat!
One of the craziest card tricks david blaine does is from his old street magic videos. Its the one where he throws the deck of cards at a restaurant window from the outside and the chosen card seemingly flies on the inside of the window. Its amazing!!!
i saw copperfield do the transportation trick live in new jersey, at the tweeter center, it was amazing. i had even seen it already on TV and still blew me away but DID make it obvious the "fther" had to be an actor
It really doesn't matter if your explanations are 100% right. You show how it COULD be done, and what genius it takes to come up with such great illusions!
For the Italy trick they don't need someone backstage. Notice how the number 97 is revealed, the the magician manipulates the phone screen and italy pops up as a result. I guess the magician entered number 97 and the list was generated on demand. No matter what number you pick, it will always correspond to Italy.
Daaamn... i'm actually more amazed about the portal trick now that i know how it worked than before. So much for "magic tricks become boring once you know how they work".
Yeah, that Dynamo trick (and David Blaine's "invisible touch" trick shown later) both reminded me a bit of the "card in orange" trick that Blaine did with Harrison Ford (that basically relies on cutting a couple of words from the start of the video to make it appear a lot more impressive to viewers than it was when performed for Harrison). There's still a trick being done live, it's just not the same trick people think they're seeing on TV.
You forgot to say that you're making this video from an undisclosed warehouse and you'll get in trouble with the magicians for Breaking The Magician's Code™ 😉
From time to time I watch some theory/explenation videos behind tricks, cause its fun, but here. Here I can absolutely get behind the final explanations given for each trick, they just make sense given the time, circumstances and all the conditions. Great work and great video! (I am especially talking about the main part with David Copperfield and Hawaii)
1:10:07 "Yes they chose a relatively thinner male as the assistant" That's not a random assistant, that's his brother. They are Oscar and Renzo Kazan, sons of Dutch magician Hans Kazan. And the girl is Maartje van Olst, they always performed as a team under the name Magic Unlimited. The animations you added to this video are superb by the way. Hats off.
I can’t believe how “old-timey” it’s starting to look. Like obviously fashion changes over time, but it’s hard for me to realize just _how_ _much_ it’s changed until I watch something like this
@@irehman7Yes, well done. I love it when you expose these smug magicians using camera tricks. They pretend they are so clever but it's all in the editing.
I don't know about the other illusionist, but I was front row at the Fox in Atlanta in the late 90s with my brother/wife who got the tickets from their Fox boss. David came down and had my brother test two rubber bands, then pushed them through each other so they tugged on each other as he pulled on them. I watched very closely one seat away. He looked at us and said, okay one more time. He did it again. I don't know about a lot of his illusions when I'm far away, but that convinced me. He made a deal with devil.
It's all part of the show. He's one of the best illusionists so he learned a lot of close up illusions over the years. Those help to convince you he is a real magician and help suspend disbelief on his "big" tricks.
Regarding Copperfield/Beach trick, why in the world would the pre-recorded footage "reveal" under the curtain not just be done using very simple start/stop camera trickery? Stop filming, they enter the curtain. Start filming, wow magic they're inside!
Kudos to Copperfield. Wow. Seeing it explained somehow makes it even more impressive. A genuinely smart illusion and not just camera trickery (although camera trickery was involved, of course). So clever.
Love the video! My favorite trick was wearing leather pants and matching jacket. I would soak them in water for 24 hours and let the outside dry a bit. Then I would wear clothing soaked in fire gel. I'd be performing basic card tricks in a public place, someone would run up, dose me with some gasoline (only on the leather) and light me up. Everyone would be freaking out and after about ten seconds I'd say OUT! Clap my hands and the fire would go out. It was the water in the leather being activated by motion. People really thought I had control over fire lol!
The Dynamo bucket trick I think has an even simpler explanation-- computer effects. How could you not spot that the bottom/front edge of the bucket (lower-left corner as viewing the video) is _stationary?_ More than simply a false bottom to allow a couple fish out, but a slide of some type is used to feed the fish in through the false bottom & then digitally edited out afterward. And yes, the audience is in on it. I hate it when people refer to video effects as magician's illusions.
This was exactly what I was thinking too, it's basically locked in place so it's clear they just keyed whatever tube was feeding fish out, and the bucket bottom is just like a pet door flap to allow fish to be pushed through.
Exactly what I thought the first couple of seconds into the video. Why didn't the OP see this?! I can't be bothered to watch the rest of the video now if OP couldn't even see that obvious trick!
If you would like a simpler explanation, we can assume all the tricks are "computer tricks" and not bother watching any reveal video ever again. You missed the point of the video. Having been in this field for over a decade, I know magicians don't just jump to "computer effects", they love their craft. A layman would always jump to this "explanation", just because they find it the easiest way out. Dynamo used both a prop and camera trickery, but nothing was "computer effects". If "computer effects" are used its only to polish the videos and hide flaws, not have the entire method be CGI otherwise there is no point of being a magician. Remember Dynamo like many other TV magicians are performing for a camera and things that slip unnoticed in a live performance show up in a recording. Dynamo tries to make sure the integrity of the reactions is there by not faking the reactions.
Props to you man.. I agree with you, magic show in the end is arts. And(Hopefully) you want arts to be genuine whatever the tricks you use. @@irehman7
Way back in the day (80's) I remember that the tv weather forecasters used blue screens, If I remember right, somewhere in the 90's there was a switch to green.
In the final explanation, you missed to explain if the choice of hearts by the drummer was forced else if not, what if the drummer had chosen a different suit. Barring that, these are some of the best reveals of impossible-looking magic tricks I have seen on UA-cam.
Knowing how David did stuffs didn't make it less impressive, I think it is more impressive as most of his tricks are practical effects done flawlessly.
Portal is easily explained. Parts when the dude runs into the water were pre recorded. Parts with David are live but on fake stage when they went after disappearing. Those shots are mixed together and aired to the audience. There is no streamline shot when the guy runs to the water or the father. Just simple cut.
the image on the screen is definitely super-imposed in post. it might have been the same one people in the audience saw, but there's no real knowing what they saw exactly. he also says something interesting at one point "we threw a ball a number of times until you were satisfied" when talking about the process to select "ts". if you have mostly audience members with a few shills, you just have them keep throwing the ball until it lands with somebody you planted. i mean, if it's an indeterminate number of throws the game keeps playing until he wins. fwiw, i worked in a post facility in the early 90's and they worked on some copperfield's tv specials. they had to sign nda's, but even without saying what they were doing, the suites they were using were clearly for things like wire removal and paint work.
@@miles6910 Yeah, what the audience saw on the night, is not what was broadcasted. The Hawaii footage has been super imposed in post. Probably filmed the next day as to use the initials drawn on his arm as quickly as possible without it fading too much. What the audience saw on the night was probably a pre-recording, but definitely not the Hawaii footage we saw. The audience probably won't notice the initials not matching on the night, but as a broadcast, you need to make sure they match in order to keep the illusion when watched on repeat.
I saw the Blaine portal trick live when I was a kid and I remember being amazed by the craftsmanship of it all. That was more amazing to me than the idea of someone actually teleporting haha.
Love your videos but I think using the flying apparatus for David's ONE appearance is much too complex to be used as the solution. I've see this live on multiple occasions and the platform and hanging cloth are visible for quite some time before the show starts and they even have audience members come up to inspect it. I think it's much simpler than using the flying mechanism. If you look closely at the assistants lifting the platform, the ones on the left purposefully lean into the support cones, while the assistants on the right are a standing away from the cones. My theory is that the assistants on the left are standing close the cones to block the view behind them. When the curtain cloth comes down, Copperfield is able to climb up on the platform, behind the left-back assistant where he is hidden from view. In the live version, it looked to me that he was using BA to get in position behind his assistants. I couldn't see him get into position, but the stage was lit exactly as I would expect for BA use.
The "telepathy" trick doesn't actually require an off-stage assistant or any Bluetooth communications, and the bone conduction speaker only needs one audio file (saying "Italy"). That's because the "telepath" asked Amanda for the number _before_ showing her the phone. In other words, whatever number she said, she could have quickly typed into an app, and it would immediately display "Italy" with that number.
The special app will need a number keyboard the at top of the screen, as she was holding and pressing something near the top before handing over to Amanda. The whole list is then generated instantly with Italy always being the number typed in
@@clanOT actually a keypad would look suspicious, it may just be a scroll wheel, or rather two, one for ones digit and one for tens digit (including 10 for 100). She would just look like she's scrolling to a place in the list as she did while in reality she was inputting the number.
@ true, that’s a better idea, but I think we see her tapping twice on the top of the screen before handing the phone over to Amanda, so either is possible.
What I learned is that the producers are even more sneaky than the magicians. They keep editing out important bits from the live performance to make it look impossible.
the teleport i think they went to a studio backstage as the escape , the footage of the assistant in the water was prerecorded as were all the footage that didn't include the polaroid or the initials . pretty easy to do
If I had seen the mentalist trick I would have known immediately how it was done. I cannot believe so-called mentalists are still relying on the code-word/phrase that I first read about 40 years ago, in a book written 15-20 years before, that took place in the 1800s. I thought it was neat when I read about it but thought more people would have known how this was done by now.
Dynamo is a camera magician. Most of his stuff is special effects or staged. 1:15:42 Corinne actually began her answer with "You", as in "You pushed me on my shoulder", but quickly changed the sentence's structure, because she knew only David could've touched her.
Thank you for the video. For me, magic tricks that use camera cuts are not magic tricks but cheating. I might as well watch The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. The camera technique in Copperfield's trick is something different, it's still live, but I don't like tricks like the pile of fish out of the bucket or the teleported lemon.
Dynamo trick i think has to do more with video editing. If you pay attention to the motion the bucket is actually doing while hes shaking it , it seems to be attached to something at the bottom. Could be something like a wide tube coming from the other side behind him . When you shake a bucket like that even if empty , theres plenty of chance the whole bucket is gonna move up and down , his bucket only moves up and down on the rim, the bottom aint moving at all . Almost like resting on the edge o something. This could be confirmed by the ppls reaction there, really fake reactions needless to say. Since theres couple cuts and edited for continuity.. like you say, then is pretty obvious here gonna a cut before he starts pouring and right after hes done .
I love to figure out how the illusions are made. That's why I hate "magicians" that use camera, editing or bought audience tricks. Respect for all the real magicians that use dexterity and props to amaze us.
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@@billw623 bruhhhhh
How does the "apparatus" work, when Copperfield is inside that glas-box? Do you know?
Good video btw.
@@GardenArcher7625 Hey! I have explained the entire trick in detail in this video
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Great video thanks. Is this channel somehow related to a channel called ACE? Because they are posting the same reveals in the exact same style
TBH the way they do the tricks is more impressive to me than the illusions themselves!
Exactly 💯. When magicians like Copperfield tells us he's going to walk through The Great Wall of China, or make The Statue of Liberty disappear... I KNOW he's going to show us that he flawlessly. did it.
I don't think for A SECOND that he really may have. So to me, I would pay more to see the genuis behind it rather than the actual show itself.
Some people enjoy being amazed. I enjoy the science and logistics of it.
he sure is a creep!
@@StockDoc2k Thats why Penn & Teller are great. They'll show you how they did it which is often way more impressive than the trick itself.
Exactly. An incredible amount of skill and attention to detail. Many magicians are criminals as well because the skills transfer.
@@_droid >Many magicians are criminals as well
much like david copperfield
Dynamo is a HACK. He does no real impressive illusions, they are all done by camera tricks. Lame...
It’s still fun though and entertaining
You have NO idea how much work a magician does.
@saxoncrow2500 ummm🙋🏽♂️🙋🏽♂️ pro magician here and honestly I agree with the original comment. 🤷🏽♂️ Actually the MAJORITY of stage Illusions are created and built by someone other than the magician performing them. I am primarily a consultant and know that ALL big name magicians keep a team of creators/consultants on the payroll. It is VERY rare that a big name came up with, or created a large scale effect. They are more the FACE of a large team. The more $$ they have to invest on the team size etc., the better the effects and bigger they may become. 🤷🏽♂️
Looks like he had to go to Africa to find a gullible audience. A plastic bucket provides an especially unglamorous context. Maybe they are used locally in fishing.
@@saxoncrow2500 Not as much as their editing and CGI teams do apparantly 🤣
After watching the explanation for the portal trick. You realize how all the timing has to be spot on for everything to work. So many things have to go right when only just one needs to go wrong. The amount of preparation and practice that must go into this trick is crazy.
The throwing of them to the underside of the stage was so dangerous. I figured out the trick by just thinking about it and looking at the "sheet" flying, but that part looked way too dangerous. They could have hit their heads on the sides or something. I suspect he was using top notch engineers to be safe.
Even with expert rigging, shit can happen, and shit did happen: a participant sued Copperfield after being injured while performing either the same or a similar illusion.
I saw the Portal trick live. He "reappeared" behind me. Of course, he was brought out in a disguise and sat there with an assistant the whole time the "live feed" was playing. It's still pretty impressive despite the majority of the trick being video editing. The cable pulling them back across the platform is so fast, I'm amazed he hasn't been injured all these years.
The Portal illusion was so well-conceived that Copperfield really deserves all the accolades he gets for his productions. The story-line in the setup of the illusion was a bit too on-the-nose in its appeal to the emotions of the audience perhaps, but the impact of the performance was persuasive and unique. As a set-piece, it is a real masterwork. Kudos to the performers!
I don't agree. It was completely obvious that it was a stooge and a greenscreen/pre recorded video. The illusion offered no challenge. Maybe soppy yanks bought that sob story nonsense from the stooge?
Sure it wasn't all completely clear how he did every detail from first glance, but it's no brain buster. I think his wire suit is the best and had me scratching my head.
Meh
The shit that goes into making these gags seem like magic is more amazing than magic itself.
I don't know, man, I feel like stooges, camera tricks and image editions wouldn't qualify for an illusionism masterwork. And D. Copperfield and Chris Angels rely way too much on those for their "best" tricks.
i been to several of his shows, and this illusion always baffled me... i was part of the audience and this was well done and believable,,,,,,i still like all his illusions, they are all great,,, and incredible,,, even if they are illusions/fake
DYNAMO is a terrible unskilled hack who just has fake crowds and edits videos!
Fortunately no stooges were used in these 2 Dynamo tricks I covered, but on the other hand.....
That lemon trick is just ridiculous 🤦🏻♂️
I would call him an editor rather than a magician, but I doubt he's even the guy who does the editing!
Totally agree. The crowd changes from one scene to the next. E.g., The little girl with hands folded on her left thigh is not present when close up shots are shown from the same camera angle.
Seriously. Literally anyone can do what he does with just cameras.
That Copperfield trick is amazing; It's one of the best thought out tricks I have ever seen. I never would have guessed that it was anything other than video editing. thoroughly impressive!
Indeed!
@@irehman7 Quick question. For the Copperfield illusion; Is it possible that at feet level there is a black slip they pull over themselves that stretches' the entire length runway behind them. I'm not sure but it looks like there at the back of the platform is a spring panel that let's them take the necessary step down to the runway, This is when they enter under the black slip cover. I think a key frame during the illusion is seen under the platform right after they disappear, it's black for a second and then returns to normal .
What is so amazing/impressive about video editing? Even if it’s not, the mere fact that it looks like video editing makes it a video editing-like trick, same thing imo.
@@abcd9032 its the cleverness and skill of it - that fact that if people DO go for video editing stuff, they go for the wrong thing that easily proven wrong.
What one….
Should have been asleep an hour ago. Had to watch this first.
I saw that Portal trick once in Dallas years ago and had no idea how it was done. Hats off to you for the explanation!
My pleasure man! Thanks for staying for my video 😂
If that show was at the Majestic Theater then I was there too. I was part of "The Thirteen" illusion at that performance.
@ Yo; that’s the very one! Small world, huh? You walked away with a cool story that night!
(Having said that, I don’t suppose you know how he did that trick with his Grandpa’s car and the lotto numbers?)
Was it the same story and video footage ("Michael" and Hawaii) or a different setup?
@@LL-bl8hd My mind is probably playing tricks on me but I want to say it was not Michael and his father… but was still a father/son storyline when I saw this act.
Still love David Copperfield after all this time. Doing this stuff long before others. On live TV. And its still hard to figure out.
David was one of the first televised illusionists but there have been other manipulators much more popular than him long before him. He's just a product of your generation is all. The history of real magick vs illusionists and tricksters will either set you free or completely break your reality.
Yes, these illusionists are not frauds, they're just talented tricksters. I love watching them.
I am always skeptical of "illusions" where multiple camera angles and cuts are used. It is not hard to stich together a "trick" in post to make it look like it was all one continuous stunt.
Chris angel does it for everything
ha yes indeed. the illusion is that the illusionist is actually an illusionist.
I am SO happy this was randomly recommended to me - I has a smile, ear to ear, the whole time, like I was watching Copperfield as a kid. Nowadays, I get better joys out of the explanation and wondering at the craft and ingenuity of it all. Thank you.
The dynamo fish trick in the first view there is a kid with a bandaged foot. In the later ones hes not there and its a girl in pink.
thats easy to explain. transition surgery bro. just like messiah trump pointed out last month.
you send your son in the morning to watch a fish trick. he come home in the evening and he is now a she.
no magic here. just demoncrats.
The whole performance took some time, to go through (at least) 4 buckets. The audience was quite young and animated and would normally run around in excitement. The edits cover time gaps.
street magic is always done that way
It's several footage, from several different performances,
The people reacts to something that is not necessarily what is shown on screen.
also, you can see that the boottom of the bucked never moves (from the side view) it is fixed in heigt while he is shakin it. this is impossible to do if it isnt resting on something. Said something isnt seen in the Video, so i call video trickery is at play here.
@@thorstenbohmer9250 I agree, the bucket is probably attached to something and they green screened it out. The audience are accomplices.
I LOVE THESE THINGS BECAUSE
for my part, they don't detract from the artistry and skill involved in actually pulling these illusions _OFF!!!_
There's such incredible acting involved, really. It's not that it would be so hard to do, but to do these things exactly right each and every time...
Are you super stoked about people who entertain you through lies, deception, and manipulation just to make money for themselves?
this is like making / listening to music. a very famous group can make a beautiful song with simple notes. the same notes you could have played, but you didn't have the idea to make a song with them. after the group plays it you know how to play it too, but before it you could never make something similar because it simply didn't existed before you hear it!
Thank you for covering David Copperfield's Portal trick. Your explanation of the green screen and prerecorded beach scene is very clear and easy to understand. Your reveal of the platform escape made me so happy, with including the G-force math and examples of how that pulley system has been used in other special effects. That really helped me wrap my mind around how fast that escape happens.
Glad you enjoyed it!
all the editing could be done months in advance as well. with only the texture maps for the initials and the polaroid changed for the final render shown on the screen. you don't need to track the hand in realtime or track the polariod image in real time if the beach was filmed months before and there's only marker bits on it. basically if he just put his hand in a scanner with the skin flat on it to get the texture(glue some marker lines on the flatbed scanner itself to get the hand in same position every time) , it would go into the already prepared script that would replace the texture map and run a render of the video. the actual render part of the video doesn't need much cpu even if its a bespoke script/program that does that part, easily* doable on those resolutions even on a 2002 computer.
I say easily but I mean for like a competent realtime multimedia programmer, don't need to be a john carmack to do it - all the heavy work calculations can be done in advance.
Agreed. I saw this trick live and I just couldn't believe my eyes. In another trick, he was on essentially what looked like a high dive that protruded somewhat over the crowd and a sheet came down over him and fell away to the floor and he was gone. In maybe 2 seconds.
Indeed. And after I understood how it's done, I'm actually impressed with this trick and the ingenuity it took to come up with it, while also still being relatively simple.
But the real trick is to have "three times less" of something and then not ending up with twice the negative of what you started with :p That will never not annoy me 🤣I want a mathematician explain to me how that works and if I am just wrong about it and three times less does end with 1/3rd, because in my physics minded head it can't 🤣I understand that it's a "normal" thing to say, just like saying the sun comes up every morning, which it doesn't, but that at least makes some sense communicatively, but "three times less" is just never dividing something by three and really grinds my gears 🤣I can accept calling purple a colour and a sunset a sunset, but I will never accept that "three times less" is 1/3rd 🤣And a half is two times less and an equal amount is one times less? How? 🤣
Anyway, three times less than 9G is -18G and I will die on that hill! 🤣
@@lasskinn474 Um no that would not be doable on a 2002 computer in real time and make it look that good with the skin stretch.
Never underestimate the power of mirrors, black curtains, forced perspective and distraction.
Awesome vids. I hadn’t worked out several of them. Funny part is, knowing the secret doesn’t spoil the trick for me. In fact it makes it even more impressive because it takes a lot of skill to do these tricks and wonderful imagination to think them up.
Eggzaktly 👍🏻
I completely agree! When I saw the Masked Magician in the 1990s, the amount of required work behind the scenes, choreography, timing, movements that need to be precisely calculated... absolutely blew me away!
The whole video is so great with complete explanation, thanks for the time and effort you put to make these videos🙏👍
My pleasure mate!
@@irehman7 someone said they saw a little girl go with david seth kotkin copperfield in the portal stage illusion
What kind of person goes to a poor village, shows off his "bucket of endless food", and then leaves?
😂 so true… especially considering those poor places are easily persuaded by the idea of “witchcraft”
You just watched a video that proves that you should not take things at face value. Yet, you believe that the guy just showed a lot of food and left without doing anything else, because that's what the video shows.
You COULD give a man a fish but its much better to show them how to make fish appear magically from an endless fish bucket. Duh!
And throw the food on the ground like trash.
The guy who makes "magic".
I absolutely love your videos, I have learned a lot from them, for which I thank you.
Ref: 49:20 During the 90's and 2000's I performed fire 'tricks' including escapology with explosives and body burning with fire sticks and what was basically fire lighter fluid, I never had any professional fire suits like in these type of performances, I did do it for real though and have the scars to prove it, even did it live on TV (nice burn on my leg made people squeal a bit lol) and taught someone to eat fire (not blow) backstage and they performed with me for the end of the show and she really was a volunteer from the audience and bloody lovely she was too 🙂.
I also put fire shows together with up to 60 performers for some big raves around the UK, with tower lorries, flame throwers, lots of pyros, fire pits and so on, so loved those times, now live on my boat on a nice quiet canal in Yorkshire, UK.
Oh Yeah, I also ate fire for the then Queen Liz and our now King Charles for his 50th Birthday at Buckingham Palace, he had seen me at an event (no not a rave, was at the Royal Albert Hall) and got me booked for his Birthday.
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How much uncertainty there is in the interpretation of his tricks, even after more than 20 years and in the age of the internet and swarm intelligence, proves how brilliant this man actually is.
A genius at what he does.
The uncertainty is mainly due to lack of available footage to analyse of his different performances of this same illusion.
Trickbusters got me into all this, some 15 years ago.
Good old days
Nice
I saw David Copperfield in person once and I will admit, it was amazing. He fooled me every trick. And I was near stage. He didn’t do the transportation to the beach trick, but he did disappear on stage and reappeared behind me. It was cool. I’m sure it was a double, but I couldn’t tell. Was a fun show.
I Literally saw his show in Vegas 7 days ago, same as when you made this comment. He did this trick while my just-wed wife, still in her wedding dress, was called on stage to watch it happen
The trick with the Italy is even easier. No assistants backstage are needed. There is actually an app that allows you to place the forced word into the right position in a long list. Magician who knows the selected number “types in” that number with several taps, so as soon as the list is opened the forced word (Italy in this case) is already in the right spot
there was def plenty of time to adjust the player to whatever file they needed between the time she said "97" and the time of the actual trick. also, simon *did* write the S -- you can see it very clearly in the video, but it cuts right after that. maybe the guy stopped him and asked him to rethink it. which would detract from their performance live, but when cut out of the broadcast would look a lot better.
Disappearance from the platform still remains a mystery to me. In the original recording, we can see earlier that people are sitting behind the platform, we can see their heads and at the end of platform there are two vertical metal pillars, that are quite close to each other. We need to keep in mind that there are two heavy adult men, and if they were pulled in, they would have to fit together between the pillars without hitting them to land behind the platform in a place where we can see the audience. There would have to be an airbag in the hole to eliminate the fall. People sitting on the side would clearly see them underneth the curtain and falling with the impact to the hole. This is the best explanation we have so far, but I think there is still some mystery left unsolved.
If there were more videos on UA-cam of David performing Portal on different stages, it would help pinpoint the exact method. For now, this is the most logical and safest way to perform it, based on practical methods used in stunts, aligned with the footage evidence.
@@irehman7 This illusion is a part of XVII: Tornado of Fire ( ua-cam.com/video/yjY0eSsH81Q/v-deo.html ). At 28:35 we can see the other trick with two disappearing girls. We can only see the front, but looks like the back must be visible to the audience sitting there. So maybe the whole part of this theater is filled up with fake audience, which would explain invisibility of the illusion with the portal later?
@@irehman7 My concern is that their combined weight being lifted from the platform made it only move slightly, I don’t understand how it didn’t send it bouncing up and down. I know that the video is low resolution because I don’t think he has ever put this out in DVD, but it seems incredibly dangerous for them both to be pulled away at that speed, their mass together doesn’t seem like it matches what it should look like if they are strapped together being pulled through the air horizontally. It’s incredibly confusing as to how it is done. I wish I could have been in the audience. I bet all the people sitting on the sides are in on it, I think the camera’s view is the only place he wants people watching.
It would be too dangerous to perform without some form of protection but David would have had the resources to potentially have inflatable body protection that would have made it a lot safer. Its impossible to know how much the platform should have moved without their body weight without knowing exactly how it was constructed but we know they were there and we know they were hone and we can set the net movement and it isn't much.
The entire audience is probably fake. Several productions that appear to be in front of a live audience actually hire people to sit and react as if they were very impressed and enthusiastic. There isn't a continuous shot from when the two men get on the platform and when the camera is panned to the other side where we see the light moving inside. The light could have been controlled on a wire. We see it swinging after the curtain is pulled away. These are all different sequences filmed and cut together.
The platform is very thin, the curtain pull away is too violent, the smoke and light don't obscure enough, and there isn't a place for mirrors or a hidden chute under the platform. Reasonable deduction says it was staged and the audience was paid after signing a NDA.
Check out 03:57 and look at the bottom of the bucket. See how ABSOLUTELY STILL it is whilst it is being shaken. Almost as if it's pivoting off something. Also see how he looks to his left to check something.
That's what I came to say too. Wonder why no one mentions it.
THE AUDIENCE IS LIST TO SCRIPT . THE TRICK IS TOW VIDEO AND SPLIT TO OVERLAY
Really enjoyed watching, thank you for all the time and work involved in creating these videos.
Happy to hear!
I love that statement by David Copperfield- "They say it's not real don't insult my intelligence. It has nothing to do with reality, it is illusion."
Penn Gillette and Chris Angel have expressed similar sentiments. Chris was on Penn's podcast and the expressed sentiment was along the line of "Real magic is boring because if it existed that would just be how the world worked. What's far more interesting, for both the audience and the magician, is creating the appearance of real magic through a well crafted illusion."
Excellent explanations! Dynapoo and Chris mindfake are nothing without camera cuts and edits.
Thanks!
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@@casparhughey5651 freAk. mind freAk with an A lol. *Whispers* Are you ready?
Convincing Claudia Schiffer and Chloe Gosselin that he wasn't a weird nerd were probably his most spellbinding illusions.
The beach for the David Copperfield trick was oddly framed by a couple of palm trees that seemed out of place.
I live in Hawaii my entire life and have visted all islands. Also went to nearly every beach, especially white sand beaches. That "beach" was not in Hawaii
Here is my thing with the portal. The people on the stage just seemed too comfortable. They did not seem nervous and the little kid, if he were truly picked, would be so nervous and didn't need anything further explained. For instance, there is a good chance the kid would say "You want me to draw here, or would have drawn too small or would have been giggling, maybe wouldn't have stood in the right spot. When taking the video, if you have ever tried to take a picture of a group of people, no one can figure out where to stand, how to stand, etc... These people didn't need directions, just stood perfect. They all just seemed too comfortable and just did not seem random. Also, when the guy signed on the arm, the letters looked too perfect. When you draw on skin, the marker would not have been so perfect looking. It would have faded a little at the ends. Especially on skin. If you take a marker and draw on someone's arm the way he did, it doesn't even come close to looking like that. Now, I'm not saying I have it figured out, those are just my observations. Another fantastic job though with the video. Top notch!
I also found it odd that the first pic was good yet with today's standards we still fail to take good group pics
Furthermore a grown man running into water fully dressed also did seem off
You could be right, but you also make a lot of assumptions. Like, assuming how the kid wold react and ask a clarifying question. It reminds me of the body language "experts" who watch those interrogation videos, and claim to know so much based on posture and movement. But it's all pseudoscience with not real-world predictability. Check out all the commenters who say, "Gee, i do those things all the time."
@@trekkiejunk they are liars and charlatans - I think Houdini would have had a field day with the modern internet and its pathetic how basically no one around today has risen to THAT challenge. Houdini was a genius, and partially because of the things he did when not performing illusions or stunts.
@@xBINARYGODx the Amazing Randi , RIP
Say what you want about Copperfield, he's the best. I went to his show and caught one of the randomly thrown things, to be chosen as trick participant. They placed us under some pillars, then covered with cloth, then dropped a whole Lincoln car onto the pillars, right above my head, and then the car disappeared. We were sitting under that car, people watched the stage from their seats... I still don't know how he could have done it and where that massive thing went.. I was very impressed.
I saw David Copperfield perform twice. This is what I witnessed...
I was also an aspiring magician/illusionaist at the time, so I did know how most of his tricks worked
The first time, I was a few rows from the front, sitting more on the side.
The seat next to me was empty the entire night. About half way through the show, the person sat in. I found it odd.
Then he went on to do a prediction where he would eventually teleport to an island with an audience member - 10:38.
The whole platform then swung over me. It was pretty cool.
But no, they were not pulled by a cable with the cloth. This one is incorrect.
The thing you didn't mention is how the cloth is thin when it flies and it lands on the ground.
Secondly, the platform is constantly shaking as if they are moving from within.
Its funny how the video of where they teleported, was pretty much the same.
The same night I had the worst luck.
They bounced 13 balls. And I caught one. I went up to the stage, but because I was under 18 at the time, I was not allowed to go up on stage :/
So, they gave it to someone else. The random person sitting next to me on the other side.
The second time I saw him I was early for my show, and there was an earlier show that night. I was handing around the theater and then randomly saw a group of people running through the hallway with flashlights. They were all running from backstage to the back of the audience to make an appearance.
Great explanations as always
Thanks!
24:46 Is David Copperfield hiding in _your curtains?_ *Better go and check!!*
😂
So you're mostly right about the dynamo bucket of fish trick. I'll give you a hint as to the actual method: Look at how stationary the bottom edge of the bucket is when dumping out the large number of fish and how its perfectly stabilized while the rest of the bucket pivots around it. Also in the footage you can see his body covers that corner for several of the shots but when it doesn't there's clearly some video masking that's poorly done.
Yes I was thinking the same thing immediately. I hate this trick with a passion. It's so fake, lol
NOBODY can hold a bucket like this with 2 fingers when its that heavy, so fish has to be inserted from the bottom side !
Came here to say this. It's obviously pivoting and masked in post. Not even worth considering as a magic trick, just a load of poor editing to try and look like a magic trick, which even then fails. Takes some real effort to fail even with all those attempts to cover it up!
I think I remember seeing the portal trick in TV. This is probably the best explanation and especially the little details like the overlay from the live feed vanishing.
Copperfield is a master of misdirection.
Having a joke like Dynamo in the same vid a Copperfield is an insult
dynamo is a great magician
Loved this - I appreciate the amount of time and thought that went into this well done
31:14 Keep looking *underneath* the platform when the curtain is pulled down, you can clearly see what looks like two humans in body-bags fall to the back and down below the stage out of sight. It fits with the timing, the gravity, and the shape of the men covered by shrouds. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Good eye!!
I still can't quite believe that old man Copperfield and that stocky young man are yanked back 40 feet in about a second and then somehow unroll, get up and run under the stage to a cameraman and then run back up to the back of the stadium for David's reappearance. It seems too crazy. No wonder he brings rain from Hawaii back with him... to cover up his flop sweat!
that's not them. You can clearly see the one on the left land and stay on the stage
I saw those the first time but didn't realize they are falling way too quickly for those being just curtains. Good catch.
This is it! They are like two ghosts in white sheets, falling either side of the platform. Is that right?
So glad to have a new video from you. Thanks for the awesome content.
One of the craziest card tricks david blaine does is from his old street magic videos. Its the one where he throws the deck of cards at a restaurant window from the outside and the chosen card seemingly flies on the inside of the window. Its amazing!!!
That was explained on the masked magician tv show, someone in the restaurant stuck it on the glass
i saw copperfield do the transportation trick live in new jersey, at the tweeter center, it was amazing. i had even seen it already on TV and still blew me away but DID make it obvious the "fther" had to be an actor
it was deff a diffrent man though and kid tht reunited from the ones i saw on tv
It really doesn't matter if your explanations are 100% right. You show how it COULD be done, and what genius it takes to come up with such great illusions!
I totally appreciate the hard work u put into making these AMAZING videos.
THANK YOU!!!
For the Italy trick they don't need someone backstage. Notice how the number 97 is revealed, the the magician manipulates the phone screen and italy pops up as a result. I guess the magician entered number 97 and the list was generated on demand. No matter what number you pick, it will always correspond to Italy.
I thought the same, it also eliminates the risk of poor connection. Much safer.
Aw I wrote nearly the same thing. My theory was she could one tap paste into the list. Your method is a lot more foolproof.
good call. you're right, it's always Italy.
Daaamn... i'm actually more amazed about the portal trick now that i know how it worked than before.
So much for "magic tricks become boring once you know how they work".
I had seen Coperfield perform this stunt and I was amazed!
The legend returns!
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@@irehman7brilliant video, very good detective work. I'm subscribed!
This is what your mother said to me when I was coming with her!
Great work as usual!
Thx for the upload!
Thanks again!
Yeah, that Dynamo trick (and David Blaine's "invisible touch" trick shown later) both reminded me a bit of the "card in orange" trick that Blaine did with Harrison Ford (that basically relies on cutting a couple of words from the start of the video to make it appear a lot more impressive to viewers than it was when performed for Harrison). There's still a trick being done live, it's just not the same trick people think they're seeing on TV.
You forgot to say that you're making this video from an undisclosed warehouse and you'll get in trouble with the magicians for Breaking The Magician's Code™ 😉
30:28… “Only if they were toddlers”, and the accompanying graphic, classic.
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@@irehman7 yeah the toddlers were hilarious
From time to time I watch some theory/explenation videos behind tricks, cause its fun, but here. Here I can absolutely get behind the final explanations given for each trick, they just make sense given the time, circumstances and all the conditions. Great work and great video! (I am especially talking about the main part with David Copperfield and Hawaii)
Glad to hear this! Thanks!
The sawblade trick is actually genius. Simple, effective and safe
I have no idea how many passes there were, but I immediately thought "lol, what's the gorilla doing there?"
Great video. The sound is perfect ;)
Great! Finally glad not getting much complains about this voice over
1:10:07 "Yes they chose a relatively thinner male as the assistant" That's not a random assistant, that's his brother. They are Oscar and Renzo Kazan, sons of Dutch magician Hans Kazan. And the girl is Maartje van Olst, they always performed as a team under the name Magic Unlimited. The animations you added to this video are superb by the way. Hats off.
Early 2000s tv and pop culture was WILD
I can’t believe how “old-timey” it’s starting to look. Like obviously fashion changes over time, but it’s hard for me to realize just _how_ _much_ it’s changed until I watch something like this
- (holds a pair of boxers) Marina, what am I holding?
- I can almost taste it...
CUT THE CAMERA OFF!
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Huge amount of work to produce this video 👏👏👏👏
Yep! Glad you appreciate it!!
@@irehman7Yes, well done. I love it when you expose these smug magicians using camera tricks. They pretend they are so clever but it's all in the editing.
It's pretty amazing how they do all these tricks. And the lengths these magician go through to make it happen is just impressive in on it self!
Yeah thanks for this new vidéo, always a pleasure 👌
My pleasure!
I don't know about the other illusionist, but I was front row at the Fox in Atlanta in the late 90s with my brother/wife who got the tickets from their Fox boss. David came down and had my brother test two rubber bands, then pushed them through each other so they tugged on each other as he pulled on them. I watched very closely one seat away. He looked at us and said, okay one more time. He did it again. I don't know about a lot of his illusions when I'm far away, but that convinced me. He made a deal with devil.
It's all part of the show. He's one of the best illusionists so he learned a lot of close up illusions over the years. Those help to convince you he is a real magician and help suspend disbelief on his "big" tricks.
Regarding Copperfield/Beach trick, why in the world would the pre-recorded footage "reveal" under the curtain not just be done using very simple start/stop camera trickery? Stop filming, they enter the curtain. Start filming, wow magic they're inside!
Way too easy. He doesn't get paid multiple millions of dollars a year for easy. But you're talking about Chris Angel
Because you'll see the footage cut
Very detailed and well researched!
The brilliance of illusionists and joke writers always amazed me.
Kudos to Copperfield. Wow. Seeing it explained somehow makes it even more impressive. A genuinely smart illusion and not just camera trickery (although camera trickery was involved, of course). So clever.
Great vid!
Can you breakdown Carbonaro's tricks?
Especially the one where he appears in the drs office. Lol
you are talking to an AI LOL
@@KennytheHedgehog619 Only the voice over is AI, mate.
@MirageUchiha Carbonaro uses gen-jutsu
Always love your uploads!!
Thanks Tom!
So tired of Dynamo. He's not a magician...he's a hack.
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Dude... They all are.
Love the video! My favorite trick was wearing leather pants and matching jacket. I would soak them in water for 24 hours and let the outside dry a bit. Then I would wear clothing soaked in fire gel. I'd be performing basic card tricks in a public place, someone would run up, dose me with some gasoline (only on the leather) and light me up. Everyone would be freaking out and after about ten seconds I'd say OUT! Clap my hands and the fire would go out. It was the water in the leather being activated by motion. People really thought I had control over fire lol!
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The Dynamo bucket trick I think has an even simpler explanation-- computer effects. How could you not spot that the bottom/front edge of the bucket (lower-left corner as viewing the video) is _stationary?_ More than simply a false bottom to allow a couple fish out, but a slide of some type is used to feed the fish in through the false bottom & then digitally edited out afterward. And yes, the audience is in on it. I hate it when people refer to video effects as magician's illusions.
This was exactly what I was thinking too, it's basically locked in place so it's clear they just keyed whatever tube was feeding fish out, and the bucket bottom is just like a pet door flap to allow fish to be pushed through.
Exactly what I thought the first couple of seconds into the video. Why didn't the OP see this?! I can't be bothered to watch the rest of the video now if OP couldn't even see that obvious trick!
If you would like a simpler explanation, we can assume all the tricks are "computer tricks" and not bother watching any reveal video ever again. You missed the point of the video. Having been in this field for over a decade, I know magicians don't just jump to "computer effects", they love their craft. A layman would always jump to this "explanation", just because they find it the easiest way out. Dynamo used both a prop and camera trickery, but nothing was "computer effects". If "computer effects" are used its only to polish the videos and hide flaws, not have the entire method be CGI otherwise there is no point of being a magician. Remember Dynamo like many other TV magicians are performing for a camera and things that slip unnoticed in a live performance show up in a recording. Dynamo tries to make sure the integrity of the reactions is there by not faking the reactions.
Yeah, it is. I think one is identifying falsities beside the obvious.
Props to you man.. I agree with you, magic show in the end is arts. And(Hopefully) you want arts to be genuine whatever the tricks you use. @@irehman7
I appreciate you telling me we will figure these things out together, but I'm to stupid. That's why I'm here.
Way back in the day (80's) I remember that the tv weather forecasters used blue screens, If I remember right, somewhere in the 90's there was a switch to green.
This one would probably be green since he's wearing a light blue shirt.
In the final explanation, you missed to explain if the choice of hearts by the drummer was forced else if not, what if the drummer had chosen a different suit. Barring that, these are some of the best reveals of impossible-looking magic tricks I have seen on UA-cam.
Wow, masterpiece of Copperfield and masterpiece of you as a detective! 👏🏻
Thanks Carlos!
Knowing how David did stuffs didn't make it less impressive, I think it is more impressive as most of his tricks are practical effects done flawlessly.
Wahoo! Man thanks for these videos!
Been a while since the last public upload. Hope this makes up for it!
@@irehman7wish I had the extra money to watch everything. But all the public videos are definitely appreciated!
Copperfield's attention to detail is incredible. Literally would of taken years to perfect that trick.
Portal is easily explained. Parts when the dude runs into the water were pre recorded. Parts with David are live but on fake stage when they went after disappearing. Those shots are mixed together and aired to the audience. There is no streamline shot when the guy runs to the water or the father. Just simple cut.
Yep. It's obvious. It even looks green screened based on the lighting.
the image on the screen is definitely super-imposed in post. it might have been the same one people in the audience saw, but there's no real knowing what they saw exactly.
he also says something interesting at one point "we threw a ball a number of times until you were satisfied" when talking about the process to select "ts". if you have mostly audience members with a few shills, you just have them keep throwing the ball until it lands with somebody you planted. i mean, if it's an indeterminate number of throws the game keeps playing until he wins.
fwiw, i worked in a post facility in the early 90's and they worked on some copperfield's tv specials. they had to sign nda's, but even without saying what they were doing, the suites they were using were clearly for things like wire removal and paint work.
Maybe the solution is “simple, but not easy.” (Prestige. Great movie, btw). Copperfield is a twin.
@@miles6910 Yeah, what the audience saw on the night, is not what was broadcasted. The Hawaii footage has been super imposed in post. Probably filmed the next day as to use the initials drawn on his arm as quickly as possible without it fading too much. What the audience saw on the night was probably a pre-recording, but definitely not the Hawaii footage we saw. The audience probably won't notice the initials not matching on the night, but as a broadcast, you need to make sure they match in order to keep the illusion when watched on repeat.
I saw the Blaine portal trick live when I was a kid and I remember being amazed by the craftsmanship of it all. That was more amazing to me than the idea of someone actually teleporting haha.
Even when revealing, I am still impressed.
you got to take your hat off to Copperfield for the planning and technique. it's as amazing as teh "magic"
Love your videos but I think using the flying apparatus for David's ONE appearance is much too complex to be used as the solution. I've see this live on multiple occasions and the platform and hanging cloth are visible for quite some time before the show starts and they even have audience members come up to inspect it. I think it's much simpler than using the flying mechanism. If you look closely at the assistants lifting the platform, the ones on the left purposefully lean into the support cones, while the assistants on the right are a standing away from the cones. My theory is that the assistants on the left are standing close the cones to block the view behind them. When the curtain cloth comes down, Copperfield is able to climb up on the platform, behind the left-back assistant where he is hidden from view. In the live version, it looked to me that he was using BA to get in position behind his assistants. I couldn't see him get into position, but the stage was lit exactly as I would expect for BA use.
CGI and video editing: *exist*
Dynamo: "It's free real estate."
The "telepathy" trick doesn't actually require an off-stage assistant or any Bluetooth communications, and the bone conduction speaker only needs one audio file (saying "Italy"). That's because the "telepath" asked Amanda for the number _before_ showing her the phone. In other words, whatever number she said, she could have quickly typed into an app, and it would immediately display "Italy" with that number.
The special app will need a number keyboard the at top of the screen, as she was holding and pressing something near the top before handing over to Amanda. The whole list is then generated instantly with Italy always being the number typed in
@@clanOT actually a keypad would look suspicious, it may just be a scroll wheel, or rather two, one for ones digit and one for tens digit (including 10 for 100). She would just look like she's scrolling to a place in the list as she did while in reality she was inputting the number.
@ true, that’s a better idea, but I think we see her tapping twice on the top of the screen before handing the phone over to Amanda, so either is possible.
What I learned is that the producers are even more sneaky than the magicians. They keep editing out important bits from the live performance to make it look impossible.
I used to love the Trick Buster videos!!
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You're so good at figuring this stuff out!
Wow, best explanation of the Portal after all these years.
Thanks!!
the teleport i think they went to a studio backstage as the escape , the footage of the assistant in the water was prerecorded as were all the footage that didn't include the polaroid or the initials . pretty easy to do
If I had seen the mentalist trick I would have known immediately how it was done. I cannot believe so-called mentalists are still relying on the code-word/phrase that I first read about 40 years ago, in a book written 15-20 years before, that took place in the 1800s. I thought it was neat when I read about it but thought more people would have known how this was done by now.
Dynamo is a camera magician. Most of his stuff is special effects or staged.
1:15:42 Corinne actually began her answer with "You", as in "You pushed me on my shoulder", but quickly changed the sentence's structure, because she knew only David could've touched her.
57:34 Kinda lucky she didn't pull out something completely random though? What if she kept a random memento from childhood or something? lol
They either had a code word for childhood memento or he would have found a reason to reject that item.
@EdgarRoock 🤷 I would have given them the X if they decided to not accept something I chose or didnt tell me exactley what it was.
Im am loving these exposures.👍
Thank you for the video.
For me, magic tricks that use camera cuts are not magic tricks but cheating. I might as well watch The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.
The camera technique in Copperfield's trick is something different, it's still live, but I don't like tricks like the pile of fish out of the bucket or the teleported lemon.
Pretty amazing, but I think they were both pulled up to the top of the cage at the flash.
33:28 - you can pretty clearly see both bodies
Dynamo trick i think has to do more with video editing. If you pay attention to the motion the bucket is actually doing while hes shaking it , it seems to be attached to something at the bottom. Could be something like a wide tube coming from the other side behind him . When you shake a bucket like that even if empty , theres plenty of chance the whole bucket is gonna move up and down , his bucket only moves up and down on the rim, the bottom aint moving at all . Almost like resting on the edge o something. This could be confirmed by the ppls reaction there, really fake reactions needless to say. Since theres couple cuts and edited for continuity.. like you say, then is pretty obvious here gonna a cut before he starts pouring and right after hes done .
I love to figure out how the illusions are made. That's why I hate "magicians" that use camera, editing or bought audience tricks. Respect for all the real magicians that use dexterity and props to amaze us.
Damn, a lot of work went into that clip. Thank you.
My pleasure!