Camera man = secret going bye bye

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Camera man = secret going bye bye

Postby MiniMindFreak » Apr 26th, '06, 20:33



so after alot of people told me I know how you did that tricks and this tricks blabla bla
I found out that my camera man is giving away my secrets :|
so I was wondering
what should I do
how to make a video that needs movement with out a camera man ?
help me

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Postby Sym » Apr 26th, '06, 20:47

Find a new camera man, or practice the tricks until you're fooling him, too?

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Postby Mahoney » Apr 26th, '06, 20:49

Get a tripod.



But yeah as Symtal said, how is he finding out?!

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Postby magicdiscoman » Apr 26th, '06, 21:12

make him sign a non disclosure agreement or get sacked.

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Postby Durto » Apr 26th, '06, 21:34

Chose someone you really really trust, that's the only way. Self filming (tripod, webcam...) is great but if you want to take the filming further, it is necesary to have someone on whom you can rely. Find someone trustworthy enough, at best, find someone who really want to learn magic, teach it to him and get him to film you. A magician would understand why we aren't suppose to keep the secret (because there are a much better explanation than the classical "Because magician are selfish geeks who don't share the fun" (I've heard it :roll: )

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Postby MiniMindFreak » Apr 26th, '06, 21:43

ok first whats a tripod (I thought its something from scary movie 4)
second I thought I can trust him
and now I don't!!
so back to low quality movies :|
:(

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Postby bitsnpieces » Apr 26th, '06, 22:47

Tripod is a stand where you can place your camera/recorder onto to provide stable view.

Or it's a group of 3 guys who do comedy sketches together. :)

You could have asked a friend or met another magician and ask if he wanted to help you. Unless it's just a magician who's learning so that he can show off and then tell others how it's done and such and such.

But otherwise, getting a camera man isn't always an easy job.

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