Re: Fri. 5/9 'Will it Float?' Sorcery

Crash Bandicoot wrote:
> 
> You don't have to really worry about misdirecting the home audience
> when the camera is in a tight close-up on a billiard ball...
> you could bring an elephant on the stage!
> There are some do's and don'ts when photographing magic,
> and most of the "don'ts" were violated this week :(

That's what I found most disappointing about this week's acts. The
magicians 
didn't seem to take the TV cameras into account. I suppose if a magician
is 
putting together a magic special, he has weeks to plan his tricks and he
can 
work with a director to make sure that the cameras are in their proper
places 
and which action they'll record. Since there's not that much time, a
smaller 
stage, and a live audience as well as the TV cameras, the magicians had to
do a 
careful job of selecting and staging their tricks and they all failed.

I thought the guy on Tuesday and P&T did the best just by keeping a pace
going.

Tom W