How Magician David Copperfield Made the Statue of Liberty Disappear (1983)

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In April, 1983, 50 mil­lion tele­vi­sion view­ers watched the illu­sion­ist David Cop­per­subject make the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty dis­ap­pear, straight into skinny air. Should you’re north of fifty, you per­haps remem­ber the spec­ta­cle. How did he do it? 40 years lat­er, the YouTube chan­nel Thoughts Blown Magazine­ic Illu­sion demys­ti­fies the large-scale magazine­ic trick, clarify­ing how Cop­per­subject…

How Filmmakers Make Cameras Disappear: Mirrors in Films

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In case you’ve nev­er tried your hand at movie­mak­ing, you would possibly assume that its onerous­est visu­al chal­lenges are the cre­ation of effects-laden spec­ta­cles: star­ships duk­ing it out in area, mon­sters stomp­ing by way of main cities, ani­mals communicate­ing and danc­ing like Broad­manner stars, that form of factor. However con­sid­er the chal­lenge posed by sim­ply…