David's Blaine Levitation

PointBlue SG

View the effect here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ULAQ5Rmgc8

David Blaine's Balducci

I'll start of with the easiest and the most asked trick, the Balducci Levitation. First described by Ed Balducci, this levitation is often the easiest to do because it is an impromptu trick, hence it does not require any gimmicks or preparation. This makes it great for street magic and various forms of 'close audience' tricks.

Trick temporarily removed. Awaiting approval from performer/professional/magician.

Rejected SG

ehh, cool man. Very Happy

Rejected SG

i think i saw my friend did this trick once. cool.

PointBlue SG

this is the easiest and most often performed one by street magicians. the next trick i'll reveal maybe less popular but more impressive.

Oh, and if anyone asks to take this down, I will do it instantly to avoid spoiling this trick for professional magicians.

Rejected SG

Originally posted by PointBlue:
this is the easiest and most often performed one by street magicians. the next trick i'll reveal maybe less popular but more impressive.

[b]Oh, and if anyone asks to take this down, I will do it instantly to avoid spoiling this trick for professional magicians.[/b]

next one please! Very Happy

hatemeifuwantto SG

erm..theres a website abt all david blaines magic la . anyway he did this trick on the streets where many ppl walk pass lo..n then the camera view was behind with both feet being lifted.theres no way he could tip toe without ppl knowing..

PointBlue SG

that particular scene is confirmed as a wire suspension. david blaine performed the balducci levitation first, then he showed the same audience, telling them how magicians do it with wire suspensions. with some clever editing of sequence, we think he levitated without the tiptoe.

oh, and that's why i said it is the most popular one. laymen who never heard of it do not know how it works.

gLc SG

hmm den explain dis..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4af84Dvb4jw

Rolling Eyes

PointBlue SG

Be patient. I'm still trying to type out the explanation of this: http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=217355

Don't treat me as the enemy. I'm here to help you all kickstart your interest in magic. Laughing

gLc SG

quick!! im anxious!! Mr. Green

PointBlue SG

the reveal to the cigarette one is up now, i'll do more trick reveals tomorrow. typing and uploading images is tiring. Mr. Green

weeie SG

wols....

there are already many vidz about the levitation... criss angel has already explained/demonstrated how is it done...

all are made up to bluff the audiences haha

weeie SG

i think cyril takayama is much better.

PointBlue SG

yup you are right, all magic is made up to bluff the audience. but some kinds of magic are really effective at doing that.

there are many many variations of the balducci levitation. this one is very easy to do and explain, that's why its the first of the many reveals that i'm going to do. furthermore, it's impromptu, and hence does not need any preparation.

maybe i'll do other kinds of tricks other than levitation tomorrow. card tricks? body tricks? psychic? Mr. Green

weeie SG

balducci is common sense to many people. the one angel explained showed how the higher levitation is done.

PointBlue SG

yes the chair levitation and building levitation, those he made famous. i've seen them and how they work.

maybe you'll like to share some of the other kind of tricks too and help me type less? Mr. Green

you seem to know a lot Surprised

weeie SG

Most of the david and angel's tricks are already explained/demonstrated/revealed on many websites/forums/video sharing sites.

Actually it's better to look at Cyril's tricks instead. I think he's much better and also humorous as well.

PointBlue SG

So you're saying that I should stop posting these "dude, everyone knows it already" threads? Because I'll be glad to without typing all these.

And have you seen this? http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=217355

My bet is you're going to say yes since you're a know-it-all. Then, you can redirect us to your said forums/websites/videos and we'll all learn together.

Congrats, your ego just got bigger. Mr. Green

weeie SG

Did i say i know it all? LOL

Read again, i said Most of ...blah blah revealed...

And what has all this got to do with ego when i'm just saying you are posting something that can be easily found on net. Am i hurting your ego? Now it really makes me wonder why the start of this "magic" thread. Are you trying to prove that you know a lot and since i happened to be the guy whom you think is spoiling your plan, you are asking me to prove 'something' like you?

Laughing

PointBlue SG

Originally posted by weeie:
Did i say i know it all? LOL

Read again, i said [b]Most of ...blah blah revealed...

And what has all this got to do with ego when i'm just saying you are posting something that can be easily found on net. Am i hurting your ego? Now it really makes me wonder why the start of this "magic" thread. Are you trying to prove that you know a lot and since i happened to be the guy whom you think is spoiling your plan, you are asking me to prove 'something' like you?

Laughing [/b]

Alright, I'm not one to participate on online quarrels, so I'm going to apologise for a misunderstanding here.

Truth is, I didn't cut and paste anything, I typed everything out, so it's quite a lot of effort. When I saw your post, it seemed to be undermining my effort to let people know about magic. The Internet works in distorted ways so I couldn't identify your helpful tone, and I got angry at nothing.

I'm sorry, we're all not trying to prove anything, just to inform. You were trying to inform the readers just as I was trying to inform others. I apologise for my misguided attempt to insult you.

ps: there is no sarcasm above. i mean what i say

Very Happy peace!