Derren Brown - outdone himself this time?

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mr.sly said:

This guy managed it pretty easily on his own the very next day. So I'm sure Channel 4 could master it.
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Which means ANYONE could do it... So what's so clever about it...

Camera trickery is basically cheating... It would actually dent his image...
 
NeilFawcett said:
Which means ANYONE could do it... So what's so clever about it...

Camera trickery is basically cheating... It would actually dent his image...
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I'm not saying that's how it was done, but it's a very possible solution. And he did say he was going to show the public how they can do it.
 
I'm looking forward to the people who've said 'Camera tricks, blatantly, obviously, SIMPLESSS' (delete as appropriate) being proved wrong tonight. Or having a gigantic egg on my face, whichever it may be.
 
the other thing i find a little odd is that the movement of the main camera goes from being very shakey and dynamic to pretty still with only small, jerky movement (servo driven maybe?)

The second camera, at the back of the studio isn't used at all during the main even so i guess thats going to show us the reveal.

I'm still of the opinion that the balls were tampered with, probably not with CG though...

mr.sly said:
Now if only that simply to read the other 400 people who had pointed that out in this thread. :p
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yer, probably should have read all that... oh well
 
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Siliconslave said:
the other thing i find a little odd is that the movement of the main camera goes from being very shakey and dynamic to pretty still with only small, jerky movement (servo driven maybe?)

The second camera, at the back of the studio isn't used at all during the main even so i guess thats going to show us the reveal.

I'm still of the opinion that the balls were tampered with, probably not with CG though...
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Yes, maybe a mirror or sheet of glass to give the same result...
 
fus said:
I'm looking forward to the people who've said 'Camera tricks, blatantly, obviously, SIMPLESSS' (delete as appropriate) being proved wrong tonight. Or having a gigantic egg on my face, whichever it may be.
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and I can't wait to see the people who can't admit the left hand side doesn't freeze. :):):) gonna be a good night :)
 
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Since he will have had time to see what theories people had come up with during the event, and the recording of tonights show which was done yesterday, if he doesn't specifically address the issue with the rising left ball during the show tonight and come up with a realistic explanation then that's his credibility out the window as far as I'm concerned.
 
TriedandTested said:
Well, something has caught his eye and caused him to stop..perhaps the numbers hadn't quite been finished.

Considering this is all about the numbers on those balls I would suggest this is quite relevant.
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Yes... But you're just stating the obvious.

Not one person here believes we've witness magic. We all understand some illusion or trickery is involved. We can all see the possible hesitation... And we've all talked it around in circles for two days... Welcome (back) to the beginning of the circle... :)
 
skippi90 said:
Secondly, it would take extreme precision to line the cameras up for a split screen trick. Something I'm certain would be near on impossible whist simply holding it as the cameraman was. Even if he put it on a stand, there would firstly be a lot of image shaking as it's set on the stand and it would still require a lot of aligning to get everything lined up.
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He's had all day to line it up while the camera's on a stand. They cut to the rear camera, which could easily be a pre-recorded 2 seconds, and then back to the handheld. Not beyond the realms of possibility that it's a third camera.

Doesn't really require much lining up anyway, as the bloke who made one straight off proved. It's just 1 camera and a computer.

If (and only IF) they'd wanted to do it this way, it would've been extremely simple.
 
NeilFawcett said:
Yes... But you're just stating the obvious.

Not one person here believes we've witness magic. We all understand some illusion or trickery is involved. We can all see the possible hesitation... And we've all talked it around in circles for two days... Welcome (back) to the beginning of the circle... :)
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Oh. Haven't read the whole thread.:(:D
 
I think someone has said this before, but I think the split screen is part of the misdirection. It wouldn't take a year for him to work out the split screen theory and there wouldn't be a challenge for him either which is what he enjoys.

Can't wait tonights show, don't post too much because then I'll have too much to read tomorrow when I get back. :p
 
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