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

On May 10, 10:52=A0am, Tom W <blee...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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
magicia=
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> didn't seem to take the TV cameras into account. I suppose if a magician
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> putting together a magic special, he has weeks to plan his tricks and he
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an
> work with a director to make sure that the cameras are in their proper
pla=
ces
> and which action they'll record. Since there's not that much time, a
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> stage, and a live audience as well as the TV cameras, the magicians had
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 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
g=
oing.

Last year Craig Ferguson had a Magic Week, and I thought the acts were
well presented by the cameras. As I recall, a lot of letting the
camera stay put and let the act play out in full view.

--James