David Blane (Spelling?)

**gretzy** · February 11th, 2004 02:03 PM

galing ng street magic! nuong bvata pa ko si david copperfield pinapanuod ko

**hens** · February 11th, 2004 07:25 PM

Originally posted by kimpOy
He may be alone on TV, but believe me, he's got LOTS of assistants
his levitation exposed
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/St.../balducci.html

sinubukan ko kanina sa mga bulilits ko...Nabuking ako!! palpak!!..LOL

**nmtin** · February 12th, 2004 12:29 AM

in my point of view, parang mababaw yung illusions niya eh. His illusions trick people by using the camera as a tool. I am not as impressed like the others who don't need the camera

JV · February 12th, 2004 02:27 AM

ahhh nice thread

about the levitation thing....david blaine is using the balducci technique, yung sa TV special nga lang nya e inedit na nila sa studio yun. hehe! kaya pinakita from the back pero di pinakita ang face ng audience, its a really good technique kaso angle prone sya, dapat sakto ang angle mo or else buking ka, downside of this technique is u cant see both feet rise up the ground. but its pretty effective lalo na pag mga bata ang audience mo.

there is another method sa levitation...developed by COREY KING, called the KING'S RISING levitation. imho, i prefer this over the balducci coz u can see both feet actually float in thin air. aabot pa ng mga 5 to 6 inches ang lulutang mo.

check this link guys.

http://www.ellusionist.com/order/king.htm

**pissword** · February 12th, 2004 02:27 AM

pero at least he does it without yung cuts... ehehe angle ng camera lang.

sometimes astig, sometimes alam mong kalokohan

JV · February 12th, 2004 02:50 AM

"moving things using ur mind" or animating things is also possible with the M5 kit.

http://www.ellusionist.com/order/M5.htm

its a cool item but its a bit expensive. someone is selling me the kit before for 7k.

**nmtin** · February 12th, 2004 10:13 PM

he does use cuts... When you see him flying 6 inches of the ground, he has a harness na and the audience is changed na from the original one

**kiper** · February 13th, 2004 01:42 AM

ang gusto ko makita mag-magic, si otep..!! galing nyan..!!

**afrasay** · February 13th, 2004 01:50 AM

pinanood ko kanina yun levitation ni blane. nasa likod yun kuha hindi 45 degs. both feet niya nakaangat.

JV · February 13th, 2004 02:01 AM

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 above. 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.

Other than a few camera edits, Blaine did a wonderful job with his first television special. This is one magic special worth owning on videotape.