The following video explains how Derren Brown achieves his lottery trick / scam. He does not predict the numbers before the draw. The balls he displays initially… The video is split into 2 shortly after the initial sequence… Derren mis directs you to the right side of the screen, where the lotto draw is happening and derren is acting ’surprised’ at the numbers being drawn. It’s entirely possible to have a camera film a fixed shot, and have software do the ’shaking / movement of the cam …
Valerie
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if he really did predict the lotto why didnt he get a celeb witness to verify that the numbers were in fact the lotto numbers?
this is hilarious some dork with way too much time on their sad hands plus if your gonna talk shit about Derren Brown then at least put forth a intellegent argument not this crap “oh he changed the balls and the cameraman wrote on them” and when did this happen? as its one single shot you dumb bastard!
ok i dnt kno why people are looking at the smallest details for hours trying to catch darren out, its a trick, hes an illusionst its what he dose, of corse you cant predict the lottery, and what was that before and after bull crap they were exactualy the same. if u ask me thats not how he did it.
Where’s the proof that they were actually watching the lottery live as it happened for those preliminary predictions?
Ahem!
It is a fact that it is impossible to accurately predict the lottery in the way it was done. It is just as likely for the same set of balls to appear one night, than on the following session. For example, it is just as likely for the numbers from the previous draw to appear on the same night Derren chose to do his ‘prediction’.
there is no dif in the before and after shots, the music was terrible and you out across a terrible argument. I don’t know how he did it and I am not quick to believe derren how he did it but you put across a very poor argument.
this is exactly how i think he did it, the camara moved alot as the lottery was being showed. if your standing still in front of a t.v you dont need a camara man to hold the camara. derren is the biggest gay on t.v btw
The funny thing is i actually really like Derren Browns Wisdom of the Crowd theory. I understand it perfectly and it does tick the boxes – it’s not against the law, anyone could do it and it probably would take a year of research to get it right. I have a problem with remote viewing in general but can look past that to see that the group were very close with 4 balls when they had bonded. One more out 41 stead of 42 and 63 instead of 36, that sounds pretty dam close to all 6 to me!
in the beginning. The numbers on the balls are not a hologram – they looked printed on there to me. In the few seconds while the still looped he could have swapped the balls but there doesn’t look to be any difference in height to me and wouldn’t it take a while for an assistant to locate from 50 balls, the correct ones, place them on the stand and THEN arrange them in order. Think about it. Your the assistant. The number has just been said and you’ve got to locate it from 50 others?
I think your wrong. I don’t see any difference with the balls at all.
I also don’t think it’s as simple as split screen. Why does Darren stand stock still as each of the balls comes out, in the same position? He knows what the balls are, wouldn’t he be smiling? Saying aloud the numbers as they come out? He’s still for more than a few seconds. I think the whole image is looped for that time. One ’still’ played over and over again. For what purpose i don’t know. As to me the balls are not blank
you were right he gave a ridiculous long winded cock and bull story “explaination” .
He’s some spoofer, but a great show man.
Why didn’t Brown just say “well done, you figured it out”. It was still a nicely done trick and more interesting than 99% of crap thats on TV. Why the insane maths “explanation”?
It’s not a scam, it’s an illusion. He’s doing it for viewer entertainment and he knows that someone will figure it out sooner or later, like the video uploader for example. He is a talented guy and has fooled millions of people watching it. He isn’t doing it to get your money, I don’t know where you got the word ’scam’ from.
Its amazing that no one has commented on the fuxking stupid name Derren
DrTheKay has hit on a very good point there, he hasnt called any of his tricks “magic” but “Mind Tricks”
Magic is where something seems impossible e.g. sticking your hand through a blade
where as mind tricks are things that trick you into beleiving certain things
I dun care, Derren does a good job at it and he DOESNT call it magic, he calls it actual MIND TRICKS
unlike some faggots I know, namably david blaine but ultimately criss faggot angelfuck
oi nah listen my mate dave down the pub said Derren asked what he thought the numbers would be. So my mate tells him. Simple
nah your making just as much crap as derren himself, those balls didnt move.
This is a motion split screen effect – the camera is mounted on a moving platform that loops its movement – therefore if timed correctly will match the split – also giving the impression of handheld camera with no way to split screen.
As a professional TV cameraman with over 30 years experience, and a lecturer in TV production, I’m 99% convinced this was done using split screen effects and a computer driven motion control rig. I’ve expanded on this a little on the ‘Scottish Business Forums’ (just Google it) in the ‘Water Cooler’ section… A great stunt but just a stunt, no more no less!
brown gets away with this tosh because no one gives a shit about magic shows anymore, you dont see them on mainstream tv.
he is clever in that he is selling an old trick and making a mint.. well done d.b.
they just showed you the cut mate, what more do you need?
A camera with shake is more convincing and looks more natural. After all, it is better if people think that ‘the screen was shaking all the time’.
lets face it, hes not going to bother his arse to set up a split screen trick, hes too good an illus ionist for that one. and if they were going to use split screen why oh why didnt they use two cameras on tripods???? there would have been no shake at all and no reason to doubt. dunno how he did it but i doubt it was split screen. look into my eyes not around look into my eyes, YOURE UNDER
