IS11. Magic on the Streets of New York

Дата публикации: Oct 09, 2015 3:38:7 PM

Transcript

Hi, I'm Marco Tempest this is the one of my videos where I show you my magic using my camcorder.

Watch very closely.

Let me put down the camera. Perfect. All right.

I brought an index card, a sharpener and a pencil.

Okay, let me write down something for you right here. Perfect. Now.

[Did you see it grow?]

Did you?

Did you see it grow?

I show you what I mean.

It's the pencil.

Watch. I get the camera.

I'll see you again next time. Thanks for watching.

I'm Marco Tempest and I'm a professional magician.

When my spare time I create camera-phone magic po...

These are little magic .. which I shoot with my camera-phone.

I don't use any post production or video editing.

So everything you see it's exactly that what my camera-phone seeing.

You job is to figure out how I did it.

Hi there, I'm Marco Tempest.

Let me show you some magic with nothing but my camera-phone.

It's abcolutely no editing or post production.

... I want to show you how it's possible to bend space and time. It's very very easy, I'll show you.

All right, ready? And ...

Okay. Let's try this one more time.

It does't look as ... yet

Now let's ramdomize it just a little bit more.

I .. mean a pen.

All right. Let's get somebody

M: What's you name?

S: My name is Jack.

M: Okay Jack, could you write your name on my hand? That's excellent, perfect. Thank you very match. Here is Jack's signature right here.

Let's try one more time. Ready?

I can show it one more time.

And ... one - two

Thanks for watching.

And this is how we did it.

Space-time was shooting in front of a green background and finished in post production. Not really.

We're here out on Union Square location.

Here is a setup: a .., a camcorder, two Marcos, two signatures, go off hander . and the pledge.

[I want to show you how it's possible to bend space and time]

The pledge.

[All right. Ready? Okay Let's try this one more time.]

The glove switch.

[Okay, ...]

[M: What's you name?

S: My name is Jack.

M: Okay Jack, could you write your name on my hand?]

The fake signature.

[That's excellent, perfect. Thank you very match. Here is Jack's signature right here. Let's try one more time.]

The switch.

[Let's try one more time. Ready?

I can show it one more time.]

And finaly - the prestige.

[Thanks for watching. I'll see you again next time.]

Vocabulary

Camcorder BrE /ˈkæmkɔːdə(r)/ ; NAmE /ˈkæmkɔːrdər/ - a type of camera that records pictures and sound on VIDEOTAPE

Index card - a small card for writing on, used especially in an INDEX

Sharpener BrE /ˈʃɑːpnə(r)/ ; NAmE /ˈʃɑːrpnər/ - a tool or machine for sharpening pencils, knives etc

Magician BrE /məˈdʒɪʃn/ ; NAmE /məˈdʒɪʃn/ - 1 a man in stories who can use magic [= sorcerer BrE /ˈsɔːsərə(r)/ , wizard BrE /ˈwɪzəd/ ]

2 an entertainer who performs magic tricks[= conjurer BrE /ˈkʌndʒərə(r)/ ; NAmE /ˈkʌndʒərər/]

Post production - part of filmmaking and the video production process

To bend - to push or press something so that it is no longer flat or straight

To randomize BrE /ˈrændəmaɪz/ ; NAmE /ˈrændəmaɪz/ - to choose things in a way that is not carefully controlled or planned in order to do a scientific test

Pledge BrE /pledʒ/ ; NAmE /pledʒ/ - formal a serious promise or agreement, especially one made publicly or officially

Switch - a complete change from one thing to another

Fake - made to look like a real material or object in order to deceive people

Prestige BrE /preˈstiːʒ/ ; NAmE /preˈstiːʒ/ - the respect and admiration that someone or something gets because of their success or important position in society

Comprehension Check

1. What did Marco Tempest bring with himself? What does he want to show?

2. What did he write down on a piece of paper? What was his trick about?

3. What does Marco do? (What’s his profession?)

4. How did Marco manage to do it?

5. How is it possible to bend space and time (according to Marco)?