Comments on: Umbrella Magic – HOW?

By: Russell Wagner

Russell Wagner — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:23:32 +0000

wow this is definently fake…You can tell how it was handed to him as he held it up to the camera for awhile.

By: Carl Pei

Carl Pei — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:45:18 +0000

I found a video he made explaining how he did it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxWjo-KW0Gg

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:04:35 +0000

Haha now I feel really stupid. Yeah of course, he was handed a different umbrella. DUH. Not sure why I didn’t think about that haha.

By: Andy Coates

Andy Coates — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:15:27 +0000

Wonderfully executed! Yeah its just a simple switch notice how you never see the floor when he gives back the tiny umbrella because that’s where the large one has been dropped. Very nice effect and original!

Andy

By: Stephen Welton

Stephen Welton — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:30:29 +0000

Mission objective achieved though. We all watched it and discussed it. It’s pretty amazing how you can create a simple video and it spreads so quick!

I agree though with the switch! Can’t fool us

By: Steven Fergus

Steven Fergus — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:43:53 +0000

We all know it’s not “Real”, we’re just not entirely sure how it’s done. It looks like a set-up to me; why does she have an umbrella? From what I can see, it’s a nice sunny day.

By: Scot Smith

Scot Smith — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:32:05 +0000

I know how it’s done.
When the umbrella goes off the screen for the 2nd time, he’s handed a smaller umbrella and uses the camera’s perspective to make it look big for 1 second and pulls it back.

So is he lying about there being no editing? No. It is set up, though

By: Carl Pei

Carl Pei — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:13:14 +0000

So you mean that the person was lying?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:36:59 +0000

lmao. You have to be kidding me. Of course he edited it. Umm, hello? That isn’t real. Freaking cool video lol but of course its not real. Mr. Pei, you had better not seriously believe that it could possibly be real, but its okay I forgive you.

By: Steven Fergus

Steven Fergus — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:46:33 +0000

Not sure how that’s done. I’ve seen another video of the same person, doing a magic trick with an iphone – they’re pretty good. Without editing, I don’t know how he would’ve done it.