What I learnt from the first filming session with Radek was that someone who is into the illusions and sleight of hands perceives things completely different. I put together quite nice looking clip of his performance and in a message back I got a list of all the moments that would have to be cut out. "Why" I asked.
"Because all of these explain how I actually did the trick".
The key to a magicians performance is making sure that the eyes of the audience follow exactly where he wants them to be. Again this was quite difficult - after several sessions I could get a grasp of what actually happens in front of the camera, but still while filming I had to pretend I am just an ordinary viewer who does not have a clue.
What I got out of the theory 11 channel was that a trick looks best if it is filmed from several angles (best simultaneously, but since I am a "one man's army" I had to film the same trick several times and hoping that one attempt would be as succesful as the next one: the key to putting this sort of footage together is to get the sequences as similar as possible.
What I had to make sure of was that whatever is happening in front of the camera it has to stay in the frame: if even for a brief moment Radek's hand would disappear from the frame someone could accuse him of "forgery" which would completely ruin his reputation (at least among the illusionists).
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