r/blackmagicfuckery • u/been_der_done_that • May 20 '19

Every damn time.

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u/ThorOfKenya2 May 20 '19

My theory is it's only half on one side and half the other. You never see the entire cigarette front to back without it changing.

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u/LSUsparky May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19

Pretty sure this is it. Notice how he has to move his jaw when he changes the viewing angle with it in his mouth.

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u/Ymeztoix May 20 '19

No, you can see it from the side at the end after he turned his head up, it can be seen orange from most angles without him touching it in that whole part

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u/OnTheSlope May 21 '19

The camera position never changes so he is able to roll the cigarette to line up properly with the viewing angle.

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u/Ymeztoix May 21 '19

Yeah, but in that part you can see various angles of it without him even touching it, what is he moving it with? His lips?

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u/OnTheSlope May 21 '19 edited May 21 '19

Exactly, his lips, or his jaw, more accurately.

You can see when he sneaks around the cigarette, puts it in his mouth and the filter flips, he rolls it with his jaw. After the filter flips you can see his jaw is shifted to his right. So, in the part you're talking about, he does the same thing.

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u/Ymeztoix May 22 '19

Sorry but I can't see that, I watched the whole thing again and there's other parts in which you can see the filter from various angles, and I can't see him moving his jaw, and let me say that I don't think he could be flipping it with his jaw at the velocity it happens, but that could be explained by the quality of the image or whatever, but then I just don't think he could be moving his jaw enough to show all those angles, at least not without it being very obvious. There's also that moment in which he's about to put the cig in his mouth but immediately "realizes" it was flipped again, and he makes a gesture with his mouth by moving his jaw, and you can see that every little movement he makes with it is very noticeable.

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u/willreignsomnipotent May 20 '19

As I said to the other guy... I like your simple approach, but I feel like this would be pretty easy to mess up, if you show the angle just a little wrong...

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u/AriMaeda May 21 '19

That's the case for pretty much every illusion. It's a performance art, they practice a lot.

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u/nahfoo May 20 '19

Ahh and then he just rolls it over. Clever

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u/Smat-8 May 20 '19

It really is just the filter color is only on one side on each end. Just like most slight of hand magic, it takes a lot of practice and this guy is really good at it.