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"I NEED HELP WITH DAVID BLAINE AND HIS "LEVITATING" TRICK."

I've been having a massive argument with my friend about David Blaine. he claims that he can really levitate whilst I (being fairly rational) don't believe it in any way or form. I think he's nothing but a cheap charlatan. Can someone please supply me with facts and/or evidence to back me up?

I'm referring to the trick he performs on a street when he seemingly hovers a few inches off the ground in front of disbelieving spectators.

HalloHowArtThou wrote:
> for the shots when he's REALLY high up. I think he has a double on a
> crane. That bit is done for the camera...

Yeah, it's a TV trick.
The first bit you see is genuine, when he is inches of the ground on one foot.

But then, when he is higher, the camera shot is from the side of the spectators.

However, the second set of spectators are doubles wearing the same clothes as the original spectators.

It then cuts back to the origianls faces to see their reaction to the initial "few inches of the ground" levitation bit.

Follow me?

I have a David Blaine video and in it he shows you how he does it :-)

Oh i saw how they do that they keep one foot on the street pushing up and from the angle the camera is at it loks real it was on one of those channel 5 thingys.

MoJoJoJo wrote:
> [blah, blah, blah]... Simple.

Thats competelty right, but I still dont know how my favourite trick is done. The one where he eats a live snake but it then appears unharmed. Do you know the one?

He does the trick with his feet, they film the reaction of the witnesses, then later re-film him doing the trick, but using wires (you could see them up close, but not on TV) so he gets a lot higher. They get fake shemps, dressed as the witnesses, to stand and watch, and the camerman films from behind the fake witnesses. All we see is the backs or legs of the "witnesses", and we assume it's them. They show that, then cut back to the real witnesses going "Oh my God! How did he do that?!"

Trick fooled them, and it fools us since we see him go really high, and think that's what the people on the street saw.

Simple.

Raven-ous wrote:

he actually summons leviathan to help him levitate.

Duh.
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This is the most thought-out and rational response I have seen yet.

for the shots when he's REALLY high up. I think he has a double on a crane. That bit is done for the camera...

Unbeliever wrote:
> I'm referring to the trick he performs on a street when he seemingly
> hovers a few inches off the ground in front of disbelieving
> spectators.

Beans.

I just found proof on the net and sent it to my mate - his silence speaks volumes.

he actually summons leviathan to help him levitate.

Duh.