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ok... I know what the prop is, but where did Jimmy put the ruddy birds?


This clip has fooled me, and i dont mind admitting it.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=37059

Incidently... just spend a vew years looking at the related clips at the bottom of the page.

Mandrake, and Alen you two are going to LOVE this lot!

Ok... that's a lot more than the old Night Club Dove Box...

If that's not a "fixed" bit of footage I'm totally baffled... none of the methods I'm familiar with seem to apply... Oops! There is one that might... it just crept up on me. I'll have to watch that clip again.

You do know I hate you for this, right?

i think he loads them in a black bag, and steels it on the front of his trousers.. but its a serious fooler.

and no, no camera tricks

There is one other method that crept into my mind, something Percy Abbott and Kirkham came up with years ago. I can't really say more than it let's things look really flat and clean from either side but it's not as innocent as it appears. But as I watch that bit, it's so dang clean...

Funny you'd suggest that method, Dante used something very similar back in his day for the Aerial Bird Catching... then again, Harbin & Billy McComb used a similar idea for the girl in Cannon

daleshrimpton wrote:Mandrake, and Alen you two are going to LOVE this lot!

Somehow missed this when first posted - utterly brilliant!

Thats a great video.

Their is a definate cut in the video.
Though its old footage magicians would definately use this for to their advantage.

Yes I hate to think it too.

Lets hope their isn't and enjoy the magic.

Joel.

Oooooh, did you ever...

JoelDickinson wrote:Thats a great video.

Their is a definate cut in the video.
Though its old footage magicians would definately use this for to their advantage.

Yes I hate to think it too.

Lets hope their isn't and enjoy the magic.

Joel.

Joel, There is no cut. Since posting the video, ive been told exactly what happens, and my original thoughts have been proven correct. The man was just doing the effect really well.

It's a very simple example of an early 20th century split screen using a protoytpe steadicam.

If you look really carefully, you can see that the rings on the legs of the birds are engraved with next week's lottery numbers.

Lovely. Such great magic, so many years ago.


Thanks for sharing.

That's great then.

It's got me!

Im a bit late on this thread, but only just spotted it, so forgive a late reply.

Great video, truly baffling at first, but I think if you look carefully at how he presents certain parts of the box as he dismantles it some he freely shows, others... not so fair. But definately look at how he shows each piece of the box as it is dismantled, theres just one bit thats a little fishy (birdy?). Wont say any more (because I may be well off and will look daft) and because that would be naughty.

But mostly because I dont want to look silly if I am wrong.

Great video though, very entertaining. I do love how he has to keep switching his damn cigar away from the birds, makes me chuckle for some reason.
Thanks for posting it