[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Real Magic on the Movie Set.

[IggyMcSnurd]

Iggy here:
 
Well, coming from someone who used to hang out at a magic shop ay least
3 days a week after school for 3 years, has been friends with a few
professional magicians, is a big fan of illusionists, and was actually
asked by David Copperfield's road manager to apply for a job as one of
his stage assistants, I think that a trained illusionist as a consultant
would be a very useful thing.
 
For one, having someone skilled in the arts of stage magic will allow
more magical effects to be done realistically in the scenes themselves
and without as much need for CGI and animatronics.  A very skilled
illusionist can set up situations also in a way that, since it's
actually done then and there, the reactions from the actors will be much
more real.  
 
Also, when you consider that JKR likes to add in a lot of red herrings,
and illusionists are trained to be masters of deception, I think that
the traits would compliment each other quite nicely.  They understand
the arts of misdirection, concealment, and human perception as well as
(if not better than) any con man or detective out there.  In a world
where hiding the truth in plain sight, and veiling clues with smoke and
mirrors, as JKR likes to do, a stage magician is an invaluable asset.
 
 
Just my two centaurs worth.
 
Iggy McSnurd
 
 
 
Dave:

I don't understand.

What is the relationship between realistic depiction of JKR's magic, 
and the use of stage illusionists?  I doubt Paul Kieve can produce a 
corporeal Patronus, or advise on the realism of a Dementor.  I bet he 
doesn't even follow a Quidditch team regularly.

 


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