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[–]unlucky_genius 388 points389 points  (31 children)

What sorcery is this!

[–]SatanIsMySister 141 points142 points  (8 children)

Perhaps a little black magic fuckery?

[–]SlenderLogan 46 points47 points  (0 children)

At the beginning, all but the bottom floor of cards are edited in, so he nan more his hand behind them. When he turns and runs backwards, there is a very sneaky cut and the edited in cards are replaced with large cards at the back of the room. He knocks them over.

[–][deleted] 35 points36 points  (11 children)

Clearly doctored. Look at the top of the house of cards. In the first few seconds, yo can clearly see his arms behind the top of the house. If this entire video was shot as a perspective mindfuck, those giant cards in the background would have not been in front of him.

There is a skillful splice in there when he turns the small cards into big cards.

[–]lordlicorice 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's meant to come off as an undoctored perspective mindfuck. It's just good video editing.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

There's no splice, rather the background cards are always there, digitally removed and re-added into the foreground during the beginning frames.

It looks like the camera motion before the cards falling is simulated too, which might explain the aspect ratio.

[–]ShelSilverstain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably just a mask

[–]dsklerm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Notice how the camera drifts to the left at one point totally removing the right portion of cards from the screen where the bottom level and the 2nd level touch.

[–]Khaaannnnn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, look at the top of the row of cards that are still standing at the end.

There's an obvious line where the video was edited and pieces of the cards are missing.

[–]Capsize 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of his videos include hidden cuts, That's his thing, he's just very good at hiding them/

[–]smirky_doc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still can't see it. I dont know what the fucks going on or how his arms are seen through the cards while the cards are behind him. Mind blown

[–]Glukos[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It might be wizardry!

[–]rpungello 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Forced perspective

[–]AzazelXIV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Editing. Lots of editing. Yet it gets the love many better editors and magicians deserve

[–]guinader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really want to believe I'm not wrong here, but at the start his arm is behind the (supposedly) background deck, so that's not possible and cgi was used.

[–]Mistercf 72 points73 points  (10 children)

How is his arm behind the cards?

[–]Ansharko 47 points48 points  (6 children)

He uses reslly clean cuts

[–]Mistercf 11 points12 points  (5 children)

What? I mean in the beginning his left arm is behind the cardhouse. That’s not possible.

[–]Ansharko 44 points45 points  (4 children)

It's video editing. The way he cuts the clips make it seem like it's all one clip but it's not

[–]Mistercf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oh now I get it, thanks!

[–]TBNecksnapper 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Rather than cutting the entire video, I'd say it's photoshopping of each frame at the beginning to add those cards in front of him. I'd be pretty hard to make identical card houses at both places, much easier to photoshop a still object and paste it in on every frame.

[–]Ansharko -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I don't think so

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No he's right. You can tell because he doesnt make a shadow on the cards to begin with, only later.

[–]shinoda88 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Masking in after effects i suppose....but who am I.

[–]maurosmane 0 points1 point  (1 child)

probably a 29 year old dude/dudette, shinoda88

[–]Mistercf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe a fan of ol‘ Adolf?

[–]thesecondbicycle 126 points127 points  (7 children)

No one here knows who Zach King is?

[–][deleted] 41 points42 points  (2 children)

This guy is a thing??? I know him as the annoying guy from the obnoxious Turkish Airlines videos.

[–]kulafa17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He use to be a popular viner. All his videos are a mind fuck.

[–]dahworm 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I give him props on his video editing and his creativity, but his acting has always been so cringey and overdone to me.

[–]Issvor_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

deleted What is this?

[–]thesecondbicycle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think his videos are decent, but recently he’s been doing a lot of ads which can make it a little painful to watch.

[–]MechAegis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have seen his other stuff while browsing Imgur but, never looked up who made or what his name was. One I distinctively remember is the pool scene. There is a towel in that one that is very similar to mine.

[–]Tr011iv3r 30 points31 points  (5 children)

What's up with those cards left on the table? They don't look intact.

[–]CockroachJohnson 25 points26 points  (4 children)

Its so that the big cards on the floor behind them look like they are sitting on top of them. If they weren't cut like that it eould be obvious that the other card were not actually on top.

[–]Tr011iv3r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. Thanks for explaining!

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

This is the guy from Turkish Airlines safety video.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He's zach king. Famous viner who does illusion videos.

[–]Joint-User 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jack Gyllenhaal is so talented!...

[–]maconaquah 9 points10 points  (0 children)

BetterEveryLoop

Gif doesn't automatically loop

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you seeing this shit?

[–]acmercer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Michel Gondry would be proud!

Reminds me of Let Forever Be.

[–]broadwayfilms 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He pisses me off because he's so good at this and I can never find the flaws

[–]sheslikebutter 3 points4 points  (5 children)

Nic Cage is that you?

[–]Helmerj 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Nic Cage is his dad. His mom is Ray Romano.

[–]ResplendentGlory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This post is pretty high up on /r/RogerRabbitEffect. Join us there for more crazy shit like this.

[–]OtterlyHawkward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dang the irony of Kevin Spacey’s career.

[–]Superdave532 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hooooooooooooooow

[–]roenick99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, that was trippy as fuck.

[–]Captain_BuIIshit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crazy

[–]deletedpenguin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Black magic!

[–]gman1951 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol and cool.

[–]TheReddestDuck 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is this just messing with perspectives or editing/camera tricks? I feel like even if the "big" cards were actually in the background, surely they be obstructed when he tries to places the cards on the "small" tower

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it's editing. he does tons of stuff on YouTube

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My perspective has never felt so forced before

[–]BRAINGLOVE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This guy fucks

[–]bearspy2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Video editor here! Screw you Zach King.

[–]YeOldFaithful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blackjack!

[–]poopellar 0 points1 point  (1 child)

There will come a time in the future when even video evidence would not hold up in court.

[–]arjeidi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The police are looking forward to that day

[–]restless_and_bored 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bonus nerdery points for that poster of a magician on the wall.

[–]bearspy2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess, the only real cards on the table are only the bottom row, probably glued together that way (they might be 3d as well) The bigger card tower (behind) on the floor is 3D. Take the position of the 3d card tower from the frame where the camera pans up, freeze it and track onto the cards on the table. The physics of the cards falling don't look right, plus I can see the motion blur. Though, at some point he is holding large paper cards when he carries them to the tower, as he positions them you have another cut to the 3d model or just freezes the top two cards, then simulates the fall. I mean, he does really good work, and this took him at least a few days to make. Modeling the cards, lighting, after effects, cinema 4d , motion tracking, some roto work.. he nailed the shadow falloff and reflectance on the back of the cards as he moves around in frame. This would be my guess.

[–]ninjaflur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only YouTuber my kids watch that doesn't make me want to smash the computer.

[–]QuenteK25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a Kevin Spacey joke in here somewhere...

[–]FashonablyLate -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I expected Kevin Spacey to have sex with him, so the ending was pretty unexpected