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easyeboy easyeboy
 
M$1 May 17, 2009 08:07 AM

How does Criss Angel walk on water?

How does he do this?
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interzone interzone
 
 May 17, 2009 10:20 AM
It's disappointingly simple - not even a proper magician illusionist trick, but mainly camera work & editing. Also, the people in the swimming pool are not casual onlookers who happened to be there, they are part of the gimmick, too.

There was a link to shot-by-shot breakdown of the trick here:

http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/25/criss-angel-trick-exposed

but it got replaced by an Amazon add... I guess it was Criss who wanished it out-of-existence... or, perhaps, it was his PR team.
p.s.
don't shoot the messenger ;)

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easyeboy easyeboy
 
May 17, 2009 02:57 PM
So, he's walking on glass tubes blindfolded? This isn't a trick any magician can do, right?

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interzone interzone
 
May 17, 2009 03:56 PM
It sure requires some genuine skill!

He's walking on the tops of palls which are about half a meter apart, and not necessarily as broad as the ones in my sketch. It would still be a fine balancing act, even if these palls were not submerged under water.

The key to understanding this video, I believe, is in my comment to Mamakin's answer.

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mamakin mamakin
 
May 17, 2009 02:20 PM
Plexiglas walkways.

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interzone interzone
 
May 17, 2009 02:23 PM
Yes, it's something of that nature.

What I think is important here, is to understand that this is a viral promotion video, and not a documentary footage of a genuine (trick) performance.

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drmatt drmatt
 
May 17, 2009 03:35 PM
Angel typically uses multiple techniques for these kinds of illusions. Other answers tip some of them... and Angel uses quite a bit of post-production editing...

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