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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March 31st, 2007 11:01
“TRAVIS EDWARDS” your a fucking retard, your not cool and i dont even see what ur talking about, how would slits in his pants alow him TO WALK ON WATER and have people swim in between his legs? lets see you do it if youve “solved the trick”, jackass, and MIKE they do too surface, and i hate everybody on here who keeps tring to prove him fake and think theyre soo freaking cool when they “find it out”, we all know theres a trick hense “magic TRICK” but nobody on here can prove the trick, so shut the hell up
March 28th, 2007 07:59
2:03 – 2 10 .. the woman in the water air bubbles dont surface.. almost trapped under a wall of somesort
March 15th, 2007 21:13
I am somewhat sadend at the fact there are people out there the truly believe that this stuff is real, and think he truly walked on water, walked through glass, seperated bodies, and so on. Then find it impossible that Jesus existed and did things, FOR REAL. Chis Angel, should say at the beginning of his show that this is all an illusion, he is very good at what he does, and only does it for entertainment, if it were real, he would be helping people rather then just making them amazing with how he did it.
March 14th, 2007 01:25
C’MON PEOPLE! IT’S OKAY TO GO AHEAD AND APPRECIATE WHAT CRISS DOES, BUT PLEASE DON’T TELL ME THAT YOU THINK HE CAN ACTUALLY FLOAT ON WATER. HE IS A RICH MAN WHO PAYS PEOPLE TO PRETEND THEIR BAFFLED. IT’S LIKE FILMING A MOVIE– YOU DON’T THINK DANIEL CRAIG IS REALLY A SECRET ANGENT, OR THAT HE KILLED ANYONE. WHY THEN DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT CRISS DOES IS REAL? ANGEL IS ENTERTAINING, AND NOTHING MORE.
March 12th, 2007 00:58
Criss Angel CLEARLY cannot actually walk on water, get sawed in half, or make an elephant actually disappear, but at the same time you cannot say that he’s fake. He is a magician/illusionist, that’s all there is to it. He is an entertainer. He does not have superpowers. However, he is still an absolutely incredible magician, one of the best there has ever been. I believe that his tricks are not achieved through camera tricks, and i also believe that it is all done for a live audience. Criss has been doing magic for a long long time, and I think that he would be too proud as a magician to use camera tricks, because through that, absolutely anything is possible, there isnt even really a trick there.
bottome line is, Criss Angel is an incredible magician, and his stuff is as real as magic tricks can be.
March 11th, 2007 13:58
I can do that shit anywhere. Criss is a noob for sure
March 10th, 2007 19:16
He’s shit.
March 2nd, 2007 10:01
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.
March 2nd, 2007 09:51
Crish Angel is all fake he is on a invisible string is attached to the sky somewere he comes there befor evry body and hes crew prepare it and then when he comes is all ready all the ropes are on him but they are invisible if it was true somebody was to touche and take out hes jacket.. behide the jacket there the belt…
March 2nd, 2007 08:06
ok if you people who think this isn’t true magic i found a flaw for you… whoever said that “The girl in red bikini swam underneath the water instead of crossing the path” well also note that her bubbles came right up out of the water without hitting the “platform”…
you make me giggle…
Mind Freak Crew “MFC”
March 1st, 2007 12:16
do you are amazing like wow and i want to learn your tricks
December 30th, 2006 02:15
i think criss angel is great at what he does ,like it says at the beggining of the show ….. he is a highly trained professional,i dont care if it’s real or not . i love you criss you are so fu…..! hot call me.. im from p.r.
December 13th, 2006 04:32
yalls comments r amusing
December 10th, 2006 18:29
criss angel is a champ …..nothing is fake , just people cant handle the real shit ,…even when its right in front of them ….
December 2nd, 2006 09:35
CRISS TELL ME HOW TO WALK ON WATER.TAYLOR.
December 2nd, 2006 08:55
I don’t care if it’s fake or not I’m entertaianed and thats all that matters. Wrestlings fake and 6 out of 10 people watch or even better pay to go see,idiots. I’d rather go see Criss Angel any day than go watch a bunch of queers rubbing up on each other. Good work screw all them critics….!
December 2nd, 2006 08:45
HE IS REALLY COOL I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO LIFT MY FEET OFF THE GROUND LIKE CRISS. CRISS ME AND MY DAD WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE COMEING TO TORNTO? I LOVE YOU CRISS ANGLE. TAYLOR. IF YOU ARE COMEING I AM A MERMAID. YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES OF ME. TAYLOR
November 30th, 2006 12:32
All right, you cought us. We think that Chris is fake, so, OBVIOUSLY, we are simply jelous of his gorgeousness, and his “talent”.
But really, water isn’t dense enough to suppors his weight, especially if it’s consentrated on his two feet.
This is magic, people. It’s fake. It’s used to amuse the public! If you discovered that, one day, you could levitate, walk on water, get sawed in half, etc, would you make some TV show?
Number 1, I have nothing to say to you.
Number 2, see above.
Number 3, damn bots…
Number 4, Good for you. Oh, look! I just made a quarter appear out of my cousin’s ear! I’m just like Mind Freak! OMGWTFBBQ!!!11one
Number 5, Wow… Just, wow. You fail at life.
Number 6, …I wish I understood your language so I could prove you wrong.
Number 7, I completely agree with you.
November 30th, 2006 02:19
The pants hanging over his heels is to cover thin transparent drywall style stilts as well as to create a tiny stream of water to hide this.in the first part his shoes split apart at the heel.he is holding the stilts in his toes. WATCH HIS FOOT PLACEMENT!!…Need A trick solved..?…. find TAVIS EDWARDS!!!
October 31st, 2006 02:06
Se necesita ser muy ingenuo como para creer que lo que realiza Chris Angel es auténtica magia o algo por el estilo. Sin embargo, tengo que reconocer que sus videos son bastante sugestivos y pueden causar mucha impresión. Me gustaría verlo en vivo y en directo porque creo que el asunto sería diferente. Es un magnífico ilusionista pero no como para ser tratado casi de manera reverencial como lo hacen sus incindicionales seguidores. Por lo demás, me seguiré divirtiendo con sus ilusiones.
October 23rd, 2006 22:43
i have been watching criss angel mindfreak for almost a year now….all i have to say is….criss angel is AMAZING!!……anyone that has anything else to say about him is crazy!the stunts he does seem so real. who cares about all the people that say he is a fake?!?!? they are just jealous because they are not as talented and gorgeous as he is!!!
October 13th, 2006 03:24
I think Criss is wonderful! My son and I just discovered him & he is the most fascinating person I have ever seen! I just watched the video on this site about him walking on water & it appeared very real and not rigged to me!
I Love You Criss!
August 6th, 2006 09:52
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August 5th, 2006 12:30
He is very cool. I saw that trick on tv and i was like wow.
July 30th, 2006 06:56
if this is going to criss angel you ROCK dude I LOVE YOUR SHOW MY BROTHER LOVES YOUR TRICKS AND SO DOES MY COUSIN