How does copperfield do it

That is the premise we hear at all magician shows. The more mysterious a trick is, the more fun and appealing it is to the public. David Copperfield is the best in the business, holding 11 Guinness World Records for magic tricks.

He became a magician at the young age of He was the youngest member of the Society of American Magicians, and soon after was discovered by television producers, sky-rocketing a career with magic, storytelling, and unique performances. Disclaimer : the secret of the tricks has never been publicly explained.

However, there are ways to explain how he does the tricks. Only one of his acts has been publicly explained, and that is because a participant in the trick sued Copperfield. But we will get to that. One of his most famous tricks is walking through the Great Wall of China. While nobody will believe that Copperfield actually went through the wall, the trick is still awesome and puzzling.

So, how did he do it? Fairly easy it seems. The trick happens when Copperfield steps behind the sheets, and then a switch happens. The audience sees a shadow, but the shadow belongs to his assistant, who at the moment before the trick happens is hidden in the unexposed corner. The moment David enters the box, the assistant steps into the light. The assistant continues the trick by penetrating the wall, and later disappearing in it.

In reality, all that the assistant does is moving back into an area that is unexposed. The trick is actually a light effect. While this is happening, Copperfield opens a secret door, positioned in the floor of the box, and then climbs down the stairs.

The stairs, and the platform on which the assistant does his trick are hollow. The moment David enters the cage, the stairs are removed. The magician then opens the secret door in the box, and can get easily into the stairs. The moment he is in the stairs, they are removed and transported to the other side of the wall. At this point, the stairs are used once again, and David only has to get out of the stairs and into the box.

This is a Houdini classic, and Copperfield tweaks it to make it even more stunning and unbelievable. The famous magician is tied, and then lifted above the stage.

At all time, his female assistant is on the stage, lifts a sheet in front of her, and then Copperfield appears behind the sheet, while his assistant is tied above the stage. So, how does he do it? For starters, David is never above the stage. The explanation is that he unties himself at the second he is covered by sheets from the assistant. He then jumps off the platform, and thanks to mirrors that are hidden under the platform, he remains unseen.

The moment his assistant comes near, he waits for her to raise the sheet, and climbs onto the platform between her legs. For the next setting, they can only see the black of night, which has been secretly painted onto the stage netting. The tarmac is also black so it appears that when the plane has disappeared, you see only the ground where the plane once was. When the plane reappears, the stage netting is dropped to the ground while the lights are off.

Turning the lights back on, the plane has reappeared. The circumstances of the trick will determine the positioning of the netting. If the audience is only standing in the front, simply mask the part of the plane that they can view. Use more netting to create more angles, even surrounding the entire plane if necessary. When the proper lighting is used, neither the camera nor the naked eye can see through the netting. David Copperfield is a master of illusion with a keen sense of timing, so pulling off a trick of this magnitude is quite achievable for such a talented magician.

The same type of stage netting is used as the one to make the jumbo jet vanish. Years ago, when the statue was under construction, scaffolding and platforms completely surrounded her, hiding her from view. These are tools most likely used by Copperfield to attach netting and to pull off such an elaborate illusion. The audience sees two towers on a stage that are supporting an arch to hold massive curtains that will be used to conceal the statue.

The statue is only visible to the television cameras and live audience through the arch. The curtains close, while Copperfield talks poetically to the crowd to avert their attention and, unknown to the audience, the stage is very slowly turned. When the curtains are opened, the statue is actually hidden behind one of the towers but the audience sees only black space out in the water.

The Statue of Liberty has vanished. Copperfield also sets up two halos of light, one that he places around the statue and the other one in an undisclosed area that only he knows. When the trick occurs, his people simply turn off the lights that are focused on the statue and turn on the other set so the helicopters can circle and show that Lady Liberty has indeed disappeared.

David Copperfield is not only known for his elaborate stage productions but his intimate card tricks. The Moon Card Trick is an older trick that he and many other magicians started doing to amaze an audience.

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