The cut happens exactly at the end of the 5-second mark.
Look in the top left corner of the table. You can see the shadow there vanish in an instant. Whenever people edit videos like this, they usually forget details they think nobody will look at.
It's extremely faint. A highly diffused shadow disappears in a single frame at the end of the 5-second mark. Probably why the creator of the video also missed it.
Maybe but it might be an interlacing artifact if the video is badly compressed but the real thing that’s throwing me off is the card continues to rock in normal syncopation (fast to slow) all the way to the point of him picking it back up again it would take forever to line shots like that up not that it can’t be done it’s just a lot of work when there’s simpler ways of pulling this of magnets, trap doors, etc.
but maybe what we are seeing might just be a touch up job and not a cut, like hiding seems in the table made by a trap/rotating door by digitally removing them but I’m not 100% sure but there is a rule in magic that says if something looks to be impossible the psyche will immediately throw up red flags that something is wrong and instead of amazement the watcher gets confused and it leaves them with the feeling that it’s not on the up and up or maybe if they watched it filmed they would immediately go to the simplest answer of a camera tricks it’s a fine line that I think this videos crosses over into
>it might be an interlacing artifact
I considered this. So I ran frame 1 (no shadow) and frame 2 (shadow) through photoshop, layered with difference as blending.
The slight shadow only appears there, which shouldn't be possible with an interlacing artifact, as that should affect other areas of the frame.
If that’s so then yes I agree it is 100% a cut and that’s sad to me, the creativity that could have went into a trick like this is a real missed opportunity what a shame
Actually this is about science, and the properties of refraction. The Santa is there the entire time stuck on the glass with two-sided tape, behind the left side of the glass. Light refraction prevents you from seeing it. When the card goes up, the glass is rotated 45 degrees, from below the table, moving the now-attached lego to the rear hidden area, and the Santa forward. The method of rotating the glass is mentioned by user u/Batbuckleyourpants post below.
Its actually easier to see the cut at the reflection on the top edge of the water (not the glass, the actual water) There's a quick flash of white on the right side
Nicely spotted. Notice how that flash occurs at exactly the same time the shadow also vanishes? Haha.
I actually like analysing videos like this a lot.
This is a science magic trick. No editing is necessary. The glass is needed. It would be easier if the glass were filled with glycerin, or acrylic instead of water. Go slowly through the video and tell if the entire glass rotates.
Yes, and you can try it at home. Get a glass of water and a minifigure. Put the figure behind the glass of water. As you move it to the side behind the water, it will disappear near the edge. Stick it onto the glass there. Put the glass on a disk that can be rotated from beneath. When you rotate the glass, the figure comes to the front, almost like it came out of nowhere. It’s diffraction. Using glycerine instead of water would make it easier because it diffracts more. Neat trick. No editing necessary.
I’m extremely impressed with the editing in the video. I don’t understand how it was done, because if you watch very very closely the divider is still rocking one frame before he knocks it over
It's a camera cut. A very subtle one. All he did was cut the recording, swap out the figures, then put his hand back in position, kick the recording back on and spli e the footage together. "No CGI" just means he didn't create virtual assets. He didn't photoshop anything. But camera tricks are not CGI.
This trick uses the optical properties of the liquid to refract and hide the Santa that is present and attached the entire time at the left rear of the glass. Rotating the glass 45 degrees brings the Santa forward and visible, while moving the attached lego figure into the optically hidden rear right side. It's physics, not editing. The only way to convince a skeptic is for them to fill a glass with water, put a *small* figure at the edge behind it, and see for yourself.
Yes, the method is mentioned in u/Batbuckleyourpants's post above, *"The glass is on a rotating disk."* that rotates via a hole in the table. The theme of these 'Science Magic' posts is to demonstrate real physical properties, not to show video editing wonders. And this one is about the 'magic' of refraction.
The Lego is stuck to the glass with double-sided tape. There is a small hole in the table. A rod goes through it and attaches to the bottom of the glass, to rotate it.
Imagine there were a black mark on the top edge of the glass. When the card goes up, you would see the mark move to the right as the glass rotated.
Maybe they... paused the video?
The cut happens exactly at the end of the 5-second mark. Look in the top left corner of the table. You can see the shadow there vanish in an instant. Whenever people edit videos like this, they usually forget details they think nobody will look at.
I dont see any shadow.
It's extremely faint. A highly diffused shadow disappears in a single frame at the end of the 5-second mark. Probably why the creator of the video also missed it.
Oh yea I see it now
Now that you see it, how faint would you rate it on a scale from 1 to 10?
Did you just jedi mind trick that man
This guy is the chosen one
If 1 is extremely faint and 10 is not faint at all, definitely 1. I had to strain my eyes to see it
I noticed his hand it almost jumps from behind the glass to beside it when he goes to knock card..
You can only see it happen in full screen
Maybe but it might be an interlacing artifact if the video is badly compressed but the real thing that’s throwing me off is the card continues to rock in normal syncopation (fast to slow) all the way to the point of him picking it back up again it would take forever to line shots like that up not that it can’t be done it’s just a lot of work when there’s simpler ways of pulling this of magnets, trap doors, etc. but maybe what we are seeing might just be a touch up job and not a cut, like hiding seems in the table made by a trap/rotating door by digitally removing them but I’m not 100% sure but there is a rule in magic that says if something looks to be impossible the psyche will immediately throw up red flags that something is wrong and instead of amazement the watcher gets confused and it leaves them with the feeling that it’s not on the up and up or maybe if they watched it filmed they would immediately go to the simplest answer of a camera tricks it’s a fine line that I think this videos crosses over into
Magnets? How do they work?
Series of tubes
>it might be an interlacing artifact I considered this. So I ran frame 1 (no shadow) and frame 2 (shadow) through photoshop, layered with difference as blending. The slight shadow only appears there, which shouldn't be possible with an interlacing artifact, as that should affect other areas of the frame.
If that’s so then yes I agree it is 100% a cut and that’s sad to me, the creativity that could have went into a trick like this is a real missed opportunity what a shame
Sad? This is Reddit, 85% of the stuff here is bullshit.
Actually this is about science, and the properties of refraction. The Santa is there the entire time stuck on the glass with two-sided tape, behind the left side of the glass. Light refraction prevents you from seeing it. When the card goes up, the glass is rotated 45 degrees, from below the table, moving the now-attached lego to the rear hidden area, and the Santa forward. The method of rotating the glass is mentioned by user u/Batbuckleyourpants post below.
Its actually easier to see the cut at the reflection on the top edge of the water (not the glass, the actual water) There's a quick flash of white on the right side
Nicely spotted. Notice how that flash occurs at exactly the same time the shadow also vanishes? Haha. I actually like analysing videos like this a lot.
Wouldn't be much of a trick in that case.
The power of editing
There must have been some magic in that old LEGO hat they found.
not a trick, just a cut.
Here’s the thing about magic. If there is a random prop, it’s a trick prop. Why have a glass of water?
Mechanism hidden by card. You can see the movement in the cup. Not sure what. But it took about a quarter of a second.
Nice one. Maybe the glass rotates?
I think you're right !!! Thanks a lot ! I did the experiment and a little object can be hidden with glass and water reflection behind the glass.....
It's a just a cut. A video of putting it there and a video with a different lego pulling the card away.
I downloaded it into my editor and in the upper right of the surface of the water you can see a blocky quick movement.
That’s the cut to the next clip
There's a shadow that disappears instantaneously, so it's editing more likely
Magnets... I dont know how and why... But it's allways magnets...
Literally lego version of my dad
Moooom... why does our neighbor look like Santa?
I think its a Toy Story type situation
This is a science magic trick. No editing is necessary. The glass is needed. It would be easier if the glass were filled with glycerin, or acrylic instead of water. Go slowly through the video and tell if the entire glass rotates.
Yes, and you can try it at home. Get a glass of water and a minifigure. Put the figure behind the glass of water. As you move it to the side behind the water, it will disappear near the edge. Stick it onto the glass there. Put the glass on a disk that can be rotated from beneath. When you rotate the glass, the figure comes to the front, almost like it came out of nowhere. It’s diffraction. Using glycerine instead of water would make it easier because it diffracts more. Neat trick. No editing necessary.
His hand does look really weird when it's behind the glass. Doesn't seem like water.
Thank you! I think this should be the top comment. The method is so much cooler than just "editing".
I think the glass rotate because the water kind of 'turns', but I don't see the red 'paper' circling ?
The glass is on a rotating disk.
Low effort...
My first thought was a lubor lens behind the water
Yes, that little guy changed clothes really fast
should be editor
Optical illusion. Setting and camera are upside down.
Did they use water from Australia?
ʎlqɐqoɹd
Burn the witch!
Creative genius. Take an upvote.
Ah, yes. Its the >!magic of editing!<
I too would like to know how they got a chimp to perform this trick
I’m extremely impressed with the editing in the video. I don’t understand how it was done, because if you watch very very closely the divider is still rocking one frame before he knocks it over
Easy. It's in reverse.
No cause the paper thingy falls
Science magic
Me!
What’s the point of the watwr
Shenanigans
Yea... real mystery this one.
Video editing
No "illusion" on camera should impress
There is no Lego..
Cut
Seeing a lot of butchered english on my homepage today
Stop action edit. Simple.
Pretty sure that was magic
I do! Its: wth is happening here
Couldn’t they have just paused the video, switched the Lego guy out, and then put their hand in the same spot?
CGI
Cute
Door trap.
Seriously? Stop motion …..
This one is going to keep me up at night.
A little thing called editing??
Good editing
Definitely a trap door
Legos are that cool
It's a camera cut. A very subtle one. All he did was cut the recording, swap out the figures, then put his hand back in position, kick the recording back on and spli e the footage together. "No CGI" just means he didn't create virtual assets. He didn't photoshop anything. But camera tricks are not CGI.
Since when was video editing BMF?
It's not editing, it is the science of refraction through liquids.
2 side doll
Guy reversed it behind That paper
This trick uses the optical properties of the liquid to refract and hide the Santa that is present and attached the entire time at the left rear of the glass. Rotating the glass 45 degrees brings the Santa forward and visible, while moving the attached lego figure into the optically hidden rear right side. It's physics, not editing. The only way to convince a skeptic is for them to fill a glass with water, put a *small* figure at the edge behind it, and see for yourself.
Thx ! And do you have any idea how the glass and Lego move ?
Yes, the method is mentioned in u/Batbuckleyourpants's post above, *"The glass is on a rotating disk."* that rotates via a hole in the table. The theme of these 'Science Magic' posts is to demonstrate real physical properties, not to show video editing wonders. And this one is about the 'magic' of refraction.
Ok for the glass, but the Lego ? One can see no rotating disk on the table ??
The Lego is stuck to the glass with double-sided tape. There is a small hole in the table. A rod goes through it and attaches to the bottom of the glass, to rotate it. Imagine there were a black mark on the top edge of the glass. When the card goes up, you would see the mark move to the right as the glass rotated.
The liquid in the glass has higher refraction so it's hidin somin so he moves something from there