EZRecovery Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 (edited) Criss Angel attempts to cause a moving object to vanish in front of a real live audience on top of a parking garage in Las Vegas. He speeds along the parking lot in a go-kart towards men with fire extinguishers. They discharge the CO2 creating a cloud of smoke into which Criss vanishes. Pretty impressive, however due to a mistake in a camera angle, and the wonderful technology of cable TV recording devices, slow motion reveals his secret. First, watch the stunt for yourselves: http://members.cox.net/thinkcrazy576/Criss%20Angel.htm /EZ edit: I must be blind because I do not see the mistake he did according to the article. Edited June 25, 2007 by creamhackered Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Damn, the pictures on the site doesnt load. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 whos the idiot that hosted from photobucket, cuase now we cant see the images. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted June 25, 2007 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2007 http://staff.neowin.net/creamhackered/Ange...iss%20Angel.htm :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 http://staff.neowin.net/creamhackered/Ange...iss%20Angel.htm:) Thank you :) and I can see how that would work, easy trick, nice find Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Man, what a lame trick, even without the camera angle goof. That's all it takes to 'impress' people? That's sad.... He would have to pay me to even be in the audience. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubaine Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Interesting application of a 500 year old theatre trick. Line of site tricks were a lot easier when there were no cameras and you knew where the audience would be... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hav2enjoyit Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I don't know much about magic, nor TV, but when I first saw the video, without the pics, I knew that was the only logical explanation for the stunt... Too bad!! now I won't sleep tonite!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samboini Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 http://staff.neowin.net/creamhackered/Ange...iss%20Angel.htm:) Thanks. So simple yet so effective, although i'm sure most people would be able to figure it out sooner or later. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Chaz Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 wow that is amazing, the dude who wrote that lectured a usabilty module at my unit. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroday Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 What a lame stunt :no: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooSH Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 i saw it without any of the images. my eye caught a shift in the steer and that was the only logical explaniation, however it seemed too obvious...but hey its cris angel! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted June 25, 2007 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2007 I clicked the original link before Cream posted it (without the pictures) and it looked like he went to the lower level of the parking without the camera angle. Radish? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierce28 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I can't believe people still fall for these things. Cool Go-Kart though. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted June 25, 2007 Global Moderator Share Posted June 25, 2007 also, pause the click with 54 seconds left, and you'll see a guy with a fire extinguisher in a black coat, and blue jeans, beside a trash can, you can really notice the underground parking garage Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
webeagle12 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 man how lame :pinch: so much bs this days Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noroom Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Kinda obvious, and I'm sure many will agree with me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisinCain Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Could've found this over at Digg 19 1/2 hours ago. :no: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfWar Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Come on - everyone knows magic tricks are nothing more than "Illusions", but that doesn't make the magic tricks any less difficult. Think about the "laying on a bed of nails" trick... nothing to that illusion except having the proper ratio of nails to body weight spaced proportionally to hold the magician. Sure, you can add a more dangerous element to the trick by having an object sit on top of you, but once again that's a simple tweak of the mathematics. Often times the simplest answer is the right answer... this is the way magic has always been and will stay... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/569623-camera-angle-mistake-reveals-criss-angels-secret-picture-st/#findComment-588652898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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