I started filming the video about a month and a half ago but the trick originally wasn’t going to be the paddle trick. It was going 2 be the devils elevator but after about 20 different attempts I thought that every performance I had done wasn’t worth posting so I kicked the idea of a new video out of the window (didn’t really kick it) .
I then went to my magic drawer a few days later which is a drawer all magicians have full of stuff they haven’t used in ages and properly will never use again . I was looking in this drawer for a trick I told a friend about I found it then I kept looking to see what else I had then I saw it .
Sitting in the back left corner was the paddle trick I have some good memories of this trick so I started playing about with the trick for a few days showed it 2 a few friends and some family members.
About 2 days after that I was watching a ton of really badly made magic trick performances on youtube I had a thought. That thought was I will post a youtube and show these guys up. I went up stairs to see what trick I could do in the video. Looked about for a while and never had an idea didn’t want to do a pick a card trick wanted more of a visual trick so I never saw much so thought I give in just forget about it but as I was leaving my bedroom I saw the paddle trick on the table so I thought I will do that .
A few hours later I started 2 film the video had everything set up my tripod, camera, trick and table to perform on. I started 2 film filmed about 20 different attempts each one different from one before I went to my computer and started 2 look over the stuff I had filmed had narrowed it down to three different clips so watched these three videos about ten times each till I decided on which one to use.
I sat there trying to edit it but I wasn’t getting anywhere and I saw that I wasn’t good enough editing for the project that I had in mind. I then got in touch with my friend Adam Weeden of adamweeden.co.uk who I know is very good with video editing and asked if he could edit my video for me a thankfully he agreed.
So many messages later and a few attempts we finally agreed on what clips 2 use so he sent me the files for the titles and the ending I put the clips together and the video was done. below is the video me and adam made
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This story just goes to show that you can do youtube videos of magic but you cant use magic 2 help you make them
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