Derren Brown to predict national lottery numbers

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12-09-2009, 02:41 PM
jackass

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Originally Posted by Sam Carvalho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqAt2akPHJ8 is a way he could of done it

Been posted hundreds of times.
12-09-2009, 02:44 PM
Shinigami

to me, whether it's fake or not doesn't matter, it was exciting to watch and he's a great entertainer
12-09-2009, 05:30 PM
Black_Apalachi

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Originally Posted by MizMe93

I think that might be because of the content of his shows, he cant really have people touching him or people would suspect that they're in on it, handing him something etc. perhaps? I don't know I only just started watching the episode on channel 4 catch up and noticed that too.

Possibly. He seemed dead freaky about it though.

Btw, whenever he does anything like getting the woman to touch the mouse or getting the guy to stamp on the knife, we'll know it's always not really there so I kind of hope he avoids those kinds of tricks from now on.

I did believe there was a knife under a cup but then again, he probably would have got the guy to actually sign a legal agreement. I also thought the guy was a bit actor-ish because you'd either do it with the hope you stamped on the knife to get the money, or you just wouldn't agree to doing it. And half a million for a knife through the foot was a bit excessive I thought :P.
12-09-2009, 05:48 PM
kk.

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Originally Posted by Robald

Possibly. He seemed dead freaky about it though.

Btw, whenever he does anything like getting the woman to touch the mouse or getting the guy to stamp on the knife, we'll know it's always not really there so I kind of hope he avoids those kinds of tricks from now on.

I did believe there was a knife under a cup but then again, he probably would have got the guy to actually sign a legal agreement. I also thought the guy was a bit actor-ish because you'd either do it with the hope you stamped on the knife to get the money, or you just wouldn't agree to doing it. And half a million for a knife through the foot was a bit excessive I thought :P.

it would be different if it was you tho lol, and, i wouldve actually asked for more if im honest. I mean, it would permanently scar you, and could leave you slightly toeless.
12-09-2009, 05:52 PM
Black_Apalachi

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Originally Posted by kk.

it would be different if it was you tho lol, and, i wouldve actually asked for more if im honest. I mean, it would permanently scar you, and could leave you slightly toeless.

I would have discussed the exact potential risks with a doctor then thought about it. I was expecting him to say like a grand though haha :P.
12-09-2009, 08:13 PM
Neil

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Originally Posted by brandon

He even said it was a trick at the end. Plus it explains why he was holding a 'snowflake' as in frozen, and why at the end only half of the productions logo was on. He even explains in this that he worked on four events of misdirection. I can't believe how people still don't believe it's a trick. :rolleyes:

That is fair enough but I highly doubt what he did was technology related, he's an illusionist, it's not camera trickery he is good at, the least believable method as far as I'm concerned is that it was a "split-screen", it's just not what he does, misdirection or not, that's not misdirecting anyone in the sense "hey look at what I'm doing" ("but don't look over here") that's directly editting footage in order to mislead, again, not what he does.
12-09-2009, 08:19 PM
kk.

an illusion is defined as:

An erroneous perception of reality. or
An erroneous concept or belief.

so basically, making you believe something else. Which is basically what he did, twice. He first made you think he predicted the lottery, and then gave a bogus reason as to how. Misdirecting you.
12-09-2009, 08:28 PM
Neil

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Originally Posted by kk.

an illusion is defined as:

An erroneous perception of reality. or
An erroneous concept or belief.

so basically, making you believe something else. Which is basically what he did, twice. He first made you think he predicted the lottery, and then gave a bogus reason as to how. Misdirecting you.

We'll see what comes of it, I highly doubt it's a "camera trick" still, I don't care what people think, he wouldn't be where he is now with camera tricks, how do you know he didn't want you to THINK it was a camera trick? Misdirecting from what he said, to something completely false? Though all of his shows he makes someone do exactly what he wants without them knowing he wants them to do it, could be the same here, no one but him really knows the real truth, I'm still against the belief that he would use camera tricks.
12-09-2009, 08:32 PM
kk.

haha, i know, i was just saying that an illusion basically means making you believe something else. of course, it could be anything, and only him, channel 4, the production team and the camera man know what really happened. Just, his method really doesnt work lol. i would like to believe that it wasnt camera trickery but i really do think it was. Its still a brilliant start to his series though, and the one thing that made me laugh about it was that he pulled in 2.7million viewers and the lottery draws themselves brought in only 2.4mil :P
13-09-2009, 02:02 AM
N!ck

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Originally Posted by Neil

We'll see what comes of it, I highly doubt it's a "camera trick" still, I don't care what people think, he wouldn't be where he is now with camera tricks, how do you know he didn't want you to THINK it was a camera trick? Misdirecting from what he said, to something completely false? Though all of his shows he makes someone do exactly what he wants without them knowing he wants them to do it, could be the same here, no one but him really knows the real truth, I'm still against the belief that he would use camera tricks.

Explain how it was done if it wasn't camera trickery then?

It's very likely split-screen and the link posted previously has evidence why.

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