Blog entries tagged Illusion

Criss Angel Walking Through Metal Door Revealed

yasmin — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +0100

The Effect:

Criss angel covered a metal door with some newspaper and walked through it.

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siZ1TyDZ08U]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siZ1TyDZ08U

The Secret:

This trick is very complicated and it requires some expensive equipment. The door is gimmicked and can be moved when its being covered by the newspaper. Criss probaly used some advanced techniques when he performeRead More...

Derren Brown Broken Glass Stunt Revealed

yasmin — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100

The Effect:

Derren Brown stopped his heartbeat and walked over broken glass he then lied down in the glass and asked someone to jump on him. At the end of the trick he was fine and had no cuts on him.

The Secret

The secret to this trick is really simple and not dangerous really but i dont recommend trying it. To stop your pulse put a small ball or a crumpled up piece of paper under your armpit. Ask someone to feel your pulse press against the baRead More...

Handkerchief Through Crystals Tutorial

Zisco — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:56:53 +0100

The Effect

You hand to audience for examination, three silk handkerchiefs; one red, one white, and one blue. Next you show the two crystal cylinders, such as is used on gas jets. Have someone in audience to tie the corners of blue and white handkerchiefs together and roll them into a ball, which you place in one of the cylinders, and give to someone to hold.

You next take the red handkerchief and place it in the other cylinder, and hold one hand over each end of cylinder, anRead More...

Fishbowl Production Revealed

John Franklin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:08:58 +0100

For a number of years this fishbowl Production was used as the opening effect in my stage shows. It is quick and very astonishing because a very large howl is used and the production is made on an undraped table so far down stage that it is almost against the footlights. The trick is completely mystifying to the lay audience and to magicians as well. Although I believe that it is wrong to design shows to fool other magicians, it is rather satisfying to find a trick which they don't catch and Read More...

Criss Angel Teaches Magic

Presco Uzbekis — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:39:43 +0100

Enjoy a few tricks performed and revealed by Criss Angel itself. Tricks that he taught: card thought, aces anytime, lipstick, four aces, into the mind, levitating roll, double card prediction, linked, bill tear and restored, penny or dime, mugs up, houdini favorite trick, floating cup, floating coin, color blind, coin from roll, card thought, blow out.

Card Thought:

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-qMNRUbzBU]

Aces Anytime:

[videoRead More...

David Copperfield - The Flight of Icarus Revealed

Momo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Oh to fly. This ambition is and will continue to be humanity's greatest quest. Siegfied and Roy have had this trick as part of their Las Vegas show-off and on -over the last couple of years.

The effect:

The lights focus on the performer, who, without any effort at all, lifts up off the stage. Back and forth, across the stage, the performer can be seen to fly. Rolling, floating, hovering above the stage. Whether the "flyer" is flying through hoops, into boxes oRead More...

David Blaine Thread Magic Revealed

Presco Uzbekis — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Effect:
This trick was performed very well by David Blaine . The magician is seen to roll some thread into a ball in his fingers . The thread is then placed in his mouth and he appears to swallow it. The magician appears to be in pain , when he bares his stomach and visibly pulls the thread out from it .

Items :
Thread , you will need two pieces of the same coloured thread .
"New skin" latex clear paint for covering cuts and grazes or other brand of Read More...

Razor Blade Illusion?

Houdinii — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I've searched everywhere! I can't find a tutorial or figuer out how it's done! Could someone please tell me how the magician "swallows" the blades and string and pulls the string out with the blades attached? I'm willing to trade if needed...

David Copperfield - Snow Dream Revealed

Chung San — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Less of a magic trick and more of a theatrical production, Snow in the theatre is an "Inside" trick.

The lights go down and the performer stands in the center of the stage. It becomes windy on stage, while the lights have been turned off and replaced with a spotlight on the performer's hands. As the performer rubs their hands together, a snow like substance appears from the performer's hands. Then, magically, the theatre begins to be bombarded with snow blowing out from the stage aRead More...

How do you make the illusion real?

RHMAGIC — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0100

To me magic is doing something extraordinary with a borrowed object. It's making the impossible possible. Doing the unexpected. Magic is creating the illusions using your imagination.

How do you make the illusion real?

Well, we tell a stories and make the spectator's mind wonder.

Remember when you were little and your mom or teacher would read a book to you? Remember using your imagination to create pictures in your head to make it real?

That's whatRead More...

David Copperfield Laser Illusion Revealed

Chung San — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Did you ever want to be David Copperfield and cut yourself in half and walk down the street and scare people? Well, now you can at a fraction of the cost. (And time to build the illusion) Give someone a laser pen and ask if they saw the Copperfield special. You did? I can do that. Pick up a board "for protection" and hand someone a laser pen and turn it on. Ask them to slice you across the waist to be careful not to hit anyone else. The laser cuts through you and the board and the audience slRead More...

David Copperfield - Jet Vanish - Revealed

Petter — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100

The vanish of a jet while it rests on the tarmac has become one of the most significant vanishes of all time. On many occasions this illusion has been performed before a live television audience, while a crowd of onlookers keep an eye on the real thing.
It is not an illusion most magicians can afford to perform, still I will explain the most common way of performing this trick.
The audience will see the jet as it taxis onto an area at the landing strip. The crew will park the planRead More...

Heart Ripper - Performed by Criss Angel Revealed

Momo — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Effect:

The magician stands behind his assistant and proceeds to shove his hand through the assistant’s stomach, jerking out the assistants organs in the process.

The magician then pulls his hand out of the assistant’s stomach, revealing it with no wounds or marks of any kind.

Preparation:

Find an assistant who is wearing a button up shirt, and, preferably, a jacket over top of it. Un-tuck the back of the spectator’s shirt, and unbuttoRead More...

Real Voodoo Trick

Zisco — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100

***WARNING*** THIS EFFECT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! DO NOT PERFORM IT! IF YOU DO, WE CAN, IN NO WAY, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES THAT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF IT!

THE MAGICIAN DEMONSTRATES VOODOO BY DRAWING THE OUTLINE OF A HAND ON A PIECE OF PAPER. HE THEN ASKS THE SPECTATOR TO DRAW FIRE ON ANY OF THE FINGERS OF THE HAND. AFTER THIS IS DONE, THE MAGICIANS HAND BEGINS TO FEEL AS IF IT’S ON FIRE, AND HE THEN TURNS HIS HAND OVER TO SHOW A BLISTER ON THE EXACT SAME FINGER THRead More...

David Copperfield Flying Rose Revealed

Star David — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

The Effect:

So, in this trick David did his best and proved to be a real man. He chose the most beautiful girl from the audience. She was simply gorgeous wearing tight shorts. The only thing that was fishy about her was that nice modest smile which stayed on her face till the end of the trick, and a very strange cold look in her eyes. She kept senselessly staring into the emptiness behind the cameras.

However, the trick turned out to be a blast! David took his handkerchief (facRead More...

David Copperfield Floating Table Revealed

Star David — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

The Effect:

David invites 8 spectators to come up on the stage. They make a circle around a round wooden table. David asks them to put their hands on the table their hands and slowly rise from their knees to lift the table. To surprise of all spectators it happens. 8 people begin to rise from their knees, touching a surface of the table only with the tips of their fingers, and the table rises behind them in air. Then David asks to lift one hand, then another, and then both. But the tabRead More...

Criss Angel Screwdriver Thru Neck Revealed

Star David — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

!!!WARNING!!! THIS EFFECT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! DO NOT PERFORM IT! IF YOU DO, I CAN, IN NO WAY, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES THAT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF IT!

PREPARATION:

TO PREPARE FOR THIS EFFECT, YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND BUY SOME RUBBER CEMENT. MAKE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT IT IS RUBBER CEMENT, AND NOT SOME OTHER KIND OF CEMENT, OR YOU COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED! AFTER YOU HAVE THE RUBBER CEMENT, LIGHTLY RUB A SQUARE OF IT (ABOUT 2 INCHES LONG, AND 2 INCHES WIDRead More...

David Blaine Fly Resurrection Revealed

Star David — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

THE EFFECT

You are walking down the street and casually pick any spectator, you ask them to come with you to a nearby car and pick a dead fly off the windscreen. You hold it in your hand do a few passes with the other hand and appear to be really concentrating and the fly slowly comes back to life to the surprise of the spectator.

THE PREPARATION

Freeze the fly

THE METHOD

You need to catch a fly and freeze it, which puts it in a temporarRead More...