Criss Angel Walks on Water Magic Tricks
Criss Angel born Christopher N. Sarantakos is an American musician, magician, illusionist, escapologist, stunt performer, and the creator and director of the Criss Angel Mindfreak television series on A&E Network. Now he is trying to simulate and replay what Jesus Christ did more than 2000 years ago, by walking on water, in a magic and illusion performance that’s stunning.
What’s the secret of Criss Angel walks on water magic trick? How he does it? The secret will most likely points to illusion and camera video editing. The most convincing explaination to the trick is that Criss Angel was walking on some kind of floating device, or plexiglass, or transparent plastic bridge, or glass path, or vertical poles, which may have some gaps for swimmers to occasionally swin across it. Some also suggested that wires support was been used to hang him, which may be positioned under his arm, especially on the first 25 seconds or so. For all these tricks and optical illusion to happen, so all the ‘audiences’ and ’swimmers’ in the vidoe are actually the actors in the magic that were hired to add realistic and believable feel. The video may be edited by using CGI to hide the think platform in the water.
Some even suggested that the shots were taken on different times that is edited together to give you that illusion of reality. The theory is that because at some times he demonstrated no weight hitting the surface, while on the far away shots, his weight is visible as he hits a surface. Another theory is that the toes on his back foot bend as walking on a flat surface, while on another sequence of the video which supposedly shot from Criss Angel’s camera as he looks down while walking, his toes no longer bend.
Some interesting points highlighted from the video on the magic are:
- Criss Angel walked on his heels and his pant hung down and covered the heels.
- His walking style looks unreal and unnatural on the front part of the magic.
- The girl in red bikini swam underneath the water instead of crossing the path.
- Water line on his pants changed, if you believe that the magic sequence was shot in multiple times.
- A girl crossed between his legs after he took down his shoes, so the area may be without any platform.
- In some shots, Criss Angel didn’t show weight hitting or weight shifting when stepped down, which made suspension possible.
- His feet seemed like not stay in a position when stepping.
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September 3rd, 2008 06:16
Can’t anybody just be happy that he is freaken AWSOME!! No matter what he does, real or not real Criss is THE BEST ! There is simply nobody who can beat him in a challenge
Criss can Mindfreak me anyday!
August 29th, 2008 08:41
Ever consider that he might actually be walking on water????
Criss constantly makes mention of mysticism’s for a reason…Maybe, he, being an initiate of probably some super secret esoteric order, knows something along the lines of “magic” and “occult” that isnt acknowledged by the outside world….Of course he claims he has no such powers, but Maybe he just says that to mislead….Maybe that adds the touch to the whole “mind freak” theme of the show…He’ll make you think of something different.
Maybe its his mind, and not any wires/camera angles/actors that does the freaking????
Seems like a rather plausible idea…Certainly to anyone who knows anything of these subjects. And, i dont know, im sorta reticent to dismiss everything he does by claiming everyone whos ever seen or been affected by his magic is a hired actor…
August 29th, 2008 08:03
I thought criss was jesus’s son or something, it would be great if criss could come to australia, we are the lucky country
August 14th, 2008 12:43
take this into consideration
look at the very end where he is about to take the step out of the pool
he puts his foot down like he was going to take one last step, then realizing there wasn’t a platform there, so he just took the longer step on the cement
did anyone notice that or is it just me?
August 7th, 2008 11:38
u guys are all cocksuckers
August 4th, 2008 06:00
Okay..here goes. Each step lands him on an individual small clear platform which is mounted to the bottom of the pool. The “actors” swimming around are for show and cameras only. He can identify the placement of each platform because each is marked with something he can clearly see through the glasses he always wears while “walking” on water. Can he do it without the glasses???
July 29th, 2008 07:57
iwant just knew the feelings in the magic it was tru but the magic is the same tru also because i dream to help many peoples so what i can do to knew if i have ppawer or no
July 28th, 2008 11:18
Of course hes a fake…… thats the point, it’s for entertainment nothing else.