ok ok how exactly do people do the levitation trick like david blaine?

Question

c'mon whats up with that? I watch it over and over and cant figure out how anyone does it? does anyone know and willing to spill the secret?

Answer 1

they just jump! plain and simple..

Answer 2

David Blaine Levitation Trick

Answer 3

The performer stands so as to be viewed from the side. Under cover, the performer's foot is slipped out and positioned at a right angle to that shoe, with the heel of the foot placed against the side of the shoe. After the obstruction is removed, the front of the performer's body can be seen. From the spectator's perspective it is impossible to tell that the performer's foot is out, because it is hidden by the leg closest to the viewers. The performer's weight is shifted to the leg, and the empty shoe is pinched between the angled foot and the shoe closet to the audience. The performer stands on the tip of the foot. Again, the foot remains hidden behind the shoes, which are both physically in the air, creating the genuine levitation. To end the effect the process is simply reversed.

The key to this illusion is that the spectators assume that there is a foot inside of the shoe, which is only natural. When both shoes are seen above the ground, it is then assumed that both feet are above the ground, and the performer is levitating.

Note that an obstruction is generally used to hide the performer's action of removing, and replacing the foot in its shoe. It is possible however to perform the effect without ever covering the legs, by using misdirection.

Answer 4

Well, for the 1-2 inches one off the ground it's done by keeping your feet close together and standing at an angle and using the toes of your furthest foot to lift you up. You keep your other foot perfectly level so it appears you are still standing square.

The other ones him and Chris Angel do where they are standing in front of an object required a fake leg. They slip their real leg out and onto the ledge or whatever is in front of them and lift themselves up. There's actually a video out there of Angel showing how this is done.

If your watching the Blaine tv show where it shows his feet lifting off the ground a good 2-3 feet, that was produced for the show only and is fake. If you notice, they never show that big one while others are looking at him. What they are really watching is the little 1-2 inch one and they insert the fake footage for the TV.

Answer 5

I saw a special on this and they say its an illusion/camera work done like this. The street magician stands at an specific angle to the audiance so they can not see something he is propped on. Now when we see it on TV we get a much better view and think there obviously is nothing there. Well, according to this special they go back later and shoot these revealing angles while he's suspended. The special says they go as far as to put actors in the same attire as the street audiance they had that day and when they go back and shoot these great revealing angles they make sure to shoot from behind the actors(audiance stand ins) while wearing the same attire so you as a viewer will be prone to less suspicion of this.

Answer 6

You slide off your shoe that is away from the person you doing the trick for, and press it against your other shoe between your foot and the other shoe that is on your foot. Raise you bare foot while lifting the shoe between the bare foot and the shoe with the foot on it. Download a clip called street magic or david blaine on limewire and it tells how to do all of the tricks.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

By faith. Once you have faith and believe you can do something, heck you'll be able to do it.It is not just religious faith but faith in anything under the sun. If Blaine simply uses his toe, angle and camera-tricks, how comes we do not see many people doing that! He believes and has strong faith. Faith can do wonders. Well, they say Jesus also walked on water without sinking because of faith. There are no tricks with respect to David's performance. It is like trying to fathom and explain telepathic communication.

Answer 9

How Do People Levitate

Answer 10

It's call the art of illusion and requires a lot of practice to do it well. People like David Blaine won't tell you how's its done since they'd be giving away trade secrets.

Answer 11

in one of star world's specials, david blaine revealed his magic tricks, and note, those are all just tricks, nothing is real.

He said that when he levitates, he is being pulled by a wire at his back, done by an accomplice who pulls him at the top of a building or at a higher ground.

He also revealed some of his tricks like when he kills a dove by making its head disappear and then back again, he is just making the dove's head hide in its neck coz doves' head are some sort of elastic. And he pulls it up again and the audience would see the dove coming back to life.

THose are just tricks and i dont believe that there are some sort of black magic involved, as some would say it.