r/blackmagicfuckery 1d ago

His Eyes

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u/FlameShadow0 1d ago

Cool. That’s explains literally nothing

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u/Skullclownlol 1d ago

Cool. That’s explains literally nothing

Little gold ball uses hard to see string attached to other body parts (best guess is forehead?) to "levitate", hands push the string to move it in any direction. The "spinning around the ball to show it's not attached" is fake, the rotation isn't complete, there are gaps.

Clear orb is simpler, he's just holding it, it just looks like he isn't because of the distortion.

Contact lenses were under the eyelids, placed beforehand.

The sticks I'm not sure - first stick maybe weighted heavily at the bottom, e.g. empty out the bottom and fill it with some concrete? Second stick I don't know.

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u/round-earth-theory 1d ago

Something to know, there's some really neat sticky tack that magicians use to quickly attach/detach the string from what they're manipulating. You can't see it because they use sleight of hand to keep the tack hidden and they only use a tiny amount. That's how he's able to take the gold ball in and out of "suspension" so easily. Also these objects are often a lot lighter than you'd expect.

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u/FluidFrog 1d ago

IIRC it's just dental wax.