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Pimientito -> RE: Japanese magic (Mar. 16 2008 9:03:40)
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Ok...heres what i think. Firstly his presentation and sleight of hand is 1st rate.
The trick starts with a plain orange T shirt planted in the shop with a magentic
crocodile logo on it. The first manipulation simple moves the crocodile around with his hand. Notice he places the sunglasses close to the logo. The sunglasses could be magnetised or have a small current running through them which would make the logo move freely, and stick when they are taken away.
The second manipulation moves the magnetic crocodile toward the phone (which is also a powerful electromagnet)
and traps it in a compartment on or inside the cover. Theres a nice bit of computor programming to enlarge the crocodile.
Then a very nice manual manipulation to place a larger magnetic crocodile on the shirt.
(you can see the middle finger wobble as he palms the new logo). All very straight forward until now.
Now the clever bit is changing the logo to a real crocodile. Notice he appears to fail the first time and then tries a second time to make it work.
Think its an accident? ...No way, its a clever distraction. The last thing he wants is for you to be looking away from that magazine on the tshirt.
Having fooled you that its gone wrong he has already bought a moment to put the baby croc either in his right sleeve or under the magazine.
At this point you cant even be sure its the same magazine. The magazine also has a magnetic page or cover. Its not ordinary!
I am going to try to figure that bit out BUT...... the distraction is ****ing VITAL.
The prestige is a work of genius. Making the croc dissappear on a glass table top and manipulating the log in place again...hmmmm... Im guessing the croc ends in his sleeve or his pocket...and the tail might just be a rubber tail...he could have got rid it before then.....Very clever!
Marco
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