LEAR JET DISAPPEAR...HOW???
James
Some time ago I saw David Copperfield make a Lear Jet
disapear, and then recently watched a magician on TV
make the space shuttle disappear while it was a all
tied down and anchored tight to the ground, Then he made it
reappear.
The question is: HOW did they do this with such large objects?
Len
James <Write2_...@wired2.net> wrote in article
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Probably the same way that T.V. producers from the sixties were able to
make things disappear and reappear on "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Bewitched."
I think that the process involved stopping the camera and then either
adding, or deleting the object from the field of view of the camera. Then,
you restart the camera and voila, magic!
Magic WSM
>Probably the same way that T.V. producers from the sixties were able to
>make things disappear and reappear on "I Dream of Jeannie"
( Nice try but guess again)
Mark Rawlings
"Len" <Len@nospam_sprintmail.com> wrote:
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>James <Write2_...@wired2.net> wrote in article
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>> Some time ago I saw David Copperfield make a Lear Jet
>> disapear, and then recently watched a magician on TV
>> make the space shuttle disappear while it was a all
>> tied down and anchored tight to the ground, Then he made it
>> reappear.
>>
>> The question is: HOW did they do this with such large objects?
>
>Probably the same way that T.V. producers from the sixties were able to
>make things disappear and reappear on "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Bewitched."
> I think that the process involved stopping the camera and then either
>adding, or deleting the object from the field of view of the camera. Then,
>you restart the camera and voila, magic!
>
This one is easy. The Lear Jet is made of metal, right? They just use
the same magnets that are used in his flying trick to quickly lift the
jet out of sight! :)
Mark
George
The aircraft was covered with a hugh "folard", which was then whisked
away and the jet was gone! I know that some airports have elevators on
the parking ramp, to bring planes in and out of maintenance and/or
storage. Hmm.
The shuttle was probably tougher. A set designer thought it had been
handled by erecting fake scenery, quickly, in front of the shuttle while
the audience's view was briefly blocked by a curtain. He was also
impressed by the way people moving on a scaffold were handle but didn't
say why.
This explanation may sound implausible, but I have seen some remarkable
theatrical flats, real "foolers" at a distance, done with modern
materials. Further, as a photographer I could tell that the segment was
shot far back of the audience (and, of course, over their heads) with a
telescopic lens. This made the shuttle and the, apparently, empty
desert look, on TV, a lot closer to the audience than they would have
looked to the audience themselves. This foreshortening is well known to
any photo bug who has used a telephoto lens.
Just guessing, of course. (Maybe they REALLY disappeared!) What
counts is that the two stunts were beautifully executed. And if I am
only half-right, the engineering and the coordination of the
cast-members was feat of high order.
A simpler explanation, of course, is that the narrator was simply lying
when he told the television audience that no trick photography was
involved and that we were seeing it just as it happened. But I am
assuming we are all adults.
Magic WSM
>Lear Jet
>>> disapear, and then recently watched a magician on TV
>>> make the space shuttle disappear
The two were not done the same way.
Tilman Hausherr
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From: til...@berlin.snafu.de (Tilman Hausherr)
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Subject: Orient-express & Lear-Jet
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 18:36:28 GMT
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Lear-Jet:
It's quite dark there. The people (shadows) you see when the light is
turned on could as well be cardboards. It is not possible to see
anything behind the place where the plane was, so the plane could as
well be rolled behind and covered with a black cloth.
Tilman
From: wizo...@randomc.com (Greg McMahan)
Newsgroups: alt.magic.secrets
Subject: Old DC illusion: Jet Vanish
Date: 3 Dec 1995 18:17:32 GMT
When watching the video of DC's jet vanish, pay close attention when the
"cloth" is brought up to cover the jet and the spectators surrounding
it. Watch the spectators closely in the back of the jet (I think it's
the upper left corner of the scaffolding).
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Greg McMahan - Atlanta, GA, USA
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From: til...@berlin.snafu.de (Tilman Hausherr)
Newsgroups: alt.magic.secrets
Subject: Learjet
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 06:50:28 GMT
It's quite dark there. The people (shadows) you see when the light is
turned on could as well be cardboards. It is not possible to see
anything behind the place where the plane was, so the plane could as
well be rolled behind and covered with a black cloth.
A person sent me a similar e-mail:
The back spectators are plants, as DC runs the 10 miles to the
light switch theybreak apart and the plane is pulled though the
back way (yes it is possible to pull a learjet, when the brake
is off it will move easly) once it's back there a black screen
is raised around it, thats why it is done at night... The plane
you see siloeted is just a thick spot on the canvas, and the
lights are at such an angle you can only see the front
spectators.
Tilman
Hghlndr149
I saw something in that space shuttle thing that might be fishy, but I
haven't seen it in awhile and memory fades some what.
The thing is the clouds. A long time ago I was sure they just moved the
whole stage and the people were also staged because of the clouds that
seemed to be different in each scene, but now that I think back I'm no
quite sure.
What was funny was the girl saying, " It was there and then totally not
there!" That was stupid.
Just thoughts
bill page
> Some time ago I saw David Copperfield make a Lear Jet
> tied down and anchored tight to the ground, Then he made it
> reappear.
>
> The question is: HOW did they do this with such large objects?
bill page
> Some time ago I saw David Copperfield make a Lear Jet
> disapear, and then recently watched a magician on TV
> make the space shuttle disappear while it was a all
> tied down and anchored tight to the ground, Then he made it
> reappear.
>
> The question is: HOW did they do this with such large objects?
geaf...@gmail.com
No one can understand your gibberish posts, fix them… they are very very badly written.
You seem to be English language, so what is the problem?
bill page
> Some time ago I saw David Copperfield make a Lear Jet
> disapear, and then recently watched a magician on TV
> make the space shuttle disappear while it was a all
> tied down and anchored tight to the ground, Then he made it
> reappear.
>
> The question is: HOW did they do this with such large objects?
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bill page
> Some time ago I saw David Copperfield make a Lear Jet
> tied down and anchored tight to the ground, Then he made it
> reappear.
>
> The question is: HOW did they do this with such large objects?