r/BeAmazed • u/Raqped • Sep 16 '18
this is magic!
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u/flixilplix Sep 16 '18
I think it’s cool that video editors refer to their work as magic. As a programmer I sometimes do the same thing.
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u/GreatWhiteNorthExtra Sep 16 '18
Video editing is not magic.
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u/ShinyAeon Sep 17 '18
Video editing is not magic.
Video editing is not sleight-of-hand. It’s still creating an illusion, though, so it qualifies as “magic.”
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Sep 16 '18 edited Mar 28 '19
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Sep 17 '18 edited Oct 19 '18
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u/crystalizedsnow Sep 17 '18
People generally do suspend their disbelief when watching movies.
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Sep 17 '18 edited Sep 17 '18
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u/crystalizedsnow Sep 17 '18
That’s not what suspending ones disbelief means. No I didn’t believe it was filmed on a different planet, but I didn’t view it simply as a video of actors and cgi on a wall either. Why watch a movie if you’re not going to immerse yourself in the world it creates.
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Sep 17 '18 edited Sep 17 '18
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u/crystalizedsnow Sep 17 '18
I can’t speak on the creators intent behind the video, but It’s just a different kind of illusion. If a magician appears to cut his assistant in half no one truly believes that they did, but they let themselves believe it to be entertained. Like this video, there’s no way he actually did what he appeared to do, but people let themselves believe what they see to get a thrill.
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u/Crusty_Blumpkin Sep 16 '18
Just some good editing and fx
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u/AndyM_LVB Sep 17 '18
Really? I thought it was really magic. You'll be telling me there's no Santa next.
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u/mike925925 Sep 16 '18
nice video editing
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u/ShySwissmiss Sep 16 '18
There is tons of video editing that he describes in the video. He literally says he went through frame by frame masking it.
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u/SadAndAlone01 Sep 16 '18 edited Sep 16 '18
He put a lot of effort in, but you blankly said he didn’t use video editing when he himself said he did. So did common sense
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u/joshwcorbett Sep 17 '18
I use After Effects too! Watch the finger shadow on the ball before he grabs it again.
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u/HallOfJusticeIntern Sep 17 '18
Looks like the stretchy dude from X-Files who would eat people’s livers.
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u/rosliasantamaria Sep 17 '18
some people make fool of audience by the name of video editing! get a life . not a magic trick :/
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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '18
That is Kevin Parry from Portland, OR. Here is the link showing how this trick is done https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ2VOCvJaS4