Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-22 Thread Peter
--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 6/21/06 11:45 PM, Peter at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Unfortunately this is all done through post > production > > editing. Notice that the woman who walks over to > lie > > down is not the same woman who scoots away without > her > > legs

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-22 Thread Peter
--- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I found David Blaine's levitation illusion on the > > internet and practiced it for a few minutes in > front > > of a mirror. I then showed it to my wife who > > compl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found David Blaine's levitation illusion on the > internet and practiced it for a few minutes in front > of a mirror. I then showed it to my wife who > completely flipped out. Then I showed it to my > psychology class and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman on 6/21/06 11:45 PM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately this is all done through post production editing. Notice that the woman who walks over to lie down is not the same woman who scoots away without her legs. The facial structure is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread Peter
--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 6/21/06 11:27 PM, Peter at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I found David Blaine's levitation illusion on the > > internet and practiced it for a few minutes in > front > > of a mirror. I then showed it to my wife who > > completely flipped out.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread Peter
Unfortunately this is all done through post production editing. Notice that the woman who walks over to lie down is not the same woman who scoots away without her legs. The facial structure is very different. They do this stuff with David Blaine too. The illusion is for the tv viewer, not for the p

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman on 6/21/06 11:27 PM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found David Blaine's levitation illusion on the internet and practiced it for a few minutes in front of a mirror. I then showed it to my wife who completely flipped out. Then I showed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread Peter
I found David Blaine's levitation illusion on the internet and practiced it for a few minutes in front of a mirror. I then showed it to my wife who completely flipped out. Then I showed it to my psychology class and they flipped-out too. It looks like you float up in the air about four to five inch

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman on 6/21/06 6:41 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone figure out how he does this? Is it two contortionists?: > http://tinyurl.com/jd

[FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > > > > > First of all, it's one of the best magic tricks I've ever seen, if > > not the best. > > Why do you assume it was magic? Can't you trust yo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone figure out how he does this? Is it two contortionists?: > http://tinyurl.com/jdq3k > Not sure of the whole thing but there's something odd about the half that crawls away, and definitely something odd abo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > First of all, it's one of the best magic tricks I've ever seen, if > not the best. Why do you assume it was magic? Can't you trust your own experience? I saw it with my own eyes. The lady was cut in half. I don'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone figure out how he does this? Is it two contortionists?: > http://tinyurl.com/jdq3k > First of all, it's one of the best magic tricks I've ever seen, if not the best. Obviously, the woman he chose is part

[FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone figure out how he does this? Is it two contortionists?: > http://tinyurl.com/jdq3k Very Andy Kaufman-like. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Check out the new

[FairfieldLife] Re: Half a Woman

2006-06-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
I spent some time with this myself. Here is how I see it. Start with all dupes. No genuine wittinesses is the standard in large scale TV magic and infomercials. Notice that you don't see the person's face clearly that he picks second as she walks to the table( picking her after the first perso