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The Mighty Fool Inner circle I feel like a big-top tent having 2140 Posts |
I've been browsing some of the various lev effects which involve putting a jacket or like object in front of you. I was just wondering, can the audience look under your feet & see all the way under your feet? In the videos, it's done from an angle where the performer & magish are on the same level, but would it work if you were on a higher level than the specs? That is, if you were on a stage?
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Alex Bentley New user 6 Posts |
Well, from directly underneath I guess they could, But not from like the side or anything. if you were to try to look underneath the shoes, you would also end up seeing behind the shoes, thus reavealing the secret.
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One for the Money New user 46 Posts |
If you are planning on doing them on a stage then the answer is no, these types of levitations will not be effective.
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The Mighty Fool Inner circle I feel like a big-top tent having 2140 Posts |
Thanks Alex & Money.....even though those are definetly NOT the answers I wanted to hear, at least I wont waste my money now.
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Frank Russell Regular user Atlanta Georgia 128 Posts |
Mighty Fool, I agree with these guys. To my knowledge, there currently is not an impromptu levitation effect where the viewers can look under your feet to make sure you are not hiding anything. I taught a lady how to do Wild Levitation with a split back long skirt. I imagine that might be the only way to look underneath and possibly not see the secret.
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DavidKenney Inner circle 2178 Posts |
Jacket levs are for street or walk around magic - even King Rising is a jacket lev, even thought it is not sold that way.
For stage you need something like Fearson's (you can look under his feet) |
babyjoe Regular user Essex, England 113 Posts |
What about E2 ?
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semo Loyal user San Jose, CA 300 Posts |
I've done Wild Levitation for years. There is a method to do this onstage where the audience is at eye level with your feet. I have done this on stage. But it is best if the audience is on the same level with the performer.
Basically, instead of "rising" 4-6 inches, you tilt to one side. So your feet appear to float to the left and your torso tilts to the right. You need a larger cloth than a jacket for this effect. As you tilt, your feet slide along the bottom of the cloth and up, but part of the cloth still rests on the ground. For those of you who have the effect, you should be able to understand the idea. I don't know if I am the first to come up with this handling. I've been doing if for some time and I have not seen anyone else perform it this way. Who knows, it could be original. It's very tough to have an original thought without someone else, independently, coming up with the same thing. Either way, try it and enjoy.
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babyjoe Regular user Essex, England 113 Posts |
It kinda becomes Fearson's Fantastic Floatation when you do it that way
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semo Loyal user San Jose, CA 300 Posts |
Kind of. But FFF typically floats like you are facing downward (unless modified like Jaxon's). This is more like you are the hands of a clock and you are facing the audience. Your feet are at 4 o'clock and your head is at 10 o'clock.
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On 2005-03-14 06:11, The Mighty Fool wrote: I thought the performer and the magish were one and the same.
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KidCrenshaw Special user USA 537 Posts |
David, I wish more people were aware of the King's Rising weak spot. If you watch a preview of the effect, you know the one they show you so you will buy it, he is standing on a lone pier and just floats. No cover, nothing.
That is so misleading it is ridiculous. It's a neat levitation, but I don't like the jacket thing. There have been some really good ideas of misdirection brought up to cover this without a jacket that do work, however the situation must be near perfect. If anyone has this effect, and would like to know a few pointers for not using a jaket, shoot me a PM, and I'll help in any way I can. There is no levitation on the market that will allow people to look under your feet. Think about it, if you could look under someones feet, that would be real magic!
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FADE Regular user Los Angeles,CA 135 Posts |
I perform King's Rising and have been very successful in performing it without a jacket. This effect works best through misdirection and when spectators don't know what you are going to do. I normally fall to the ground and take my shoes off as if the "afterburners" below my shoes were getting hot - sounds familiar? check out David Blaine in the Fearless DVD (where he performs this to a guy in the middle of the street).
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