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The dress probably has a frame in it to keep it rigid, and weights on the bottom to keep it upright when she leans forward. The frame is also collapsible, which she does when she falls all the way to the ground. The darkness of the fabric and the fact she’s always directly facing the audience makes it less obvious that she’s bending over forward, as does the graphic overlay at the bottom of the screen when the head “drops.”
the dress is made with a slit in the front and a frame that is supposed to imitate her body when she drops, but allows for her head to drop too. you see this when she drops the head and the dress (the white part) is cut in half. she did this movement rapidly because she had to drop faster than the frame so she could get under it, presumably with her bent arms or possibly her shoulders. she is in a crouched position when it looks like her head popped off, and when she falls she lays as flat as she can though the frame doesnt collaps it falls on top of her. as she stays on the ground im guessing she is regaining control of the torso frame so she can slowly balance it up, and then she can get up too. just small details that gave me an idea to how it could happen (y)
Agreed fluffy, but her head and her feet are the only parts of her that are real. The hands are fake to free up her arms and hands to control the torso. She’s pretty flexible to drop to the floor like that. Watch it again, thinking of the torso and arms as fake and you can see through the illusion. Still looks awesome!
Her left hand is real, and is holding a fake right hand. Her real right hand is inside to help work the frame and keep the costume in place as she bends forward (for the head drop) as well as to help her get up from the floor.
I would say that there is one fake hand and her real hand as she grabs the fake one in her real hand at the start. This leaves one hand to manipulate inside the dress.
That’s nice. Seems quite obvious though- a frame in the dress and then she’s making her head lower by sticking her bum out at the back where we can’t see?
My first thought was that there were too people, but the fake shoulders and hands seems like a pretty good theory. You can see a hand (or something) move under the dress at about 30 seconds.
December 31, 2009 at 7:06 am |
The dress probably has a frame in it to keep it rigid, and weights on the bottom to keep it upright when she leans forward. The frame is also collapsible, which she does when she falls all the way to the ground. The darkness of the fabric and the fact she’s always directly facing the audience makes it less obvious that she’s bending over forward, as does the graphic overlay at the bottom of the screen when the head “drops.”
January 3, 2010 at 5:06 am
the dress is made with a slit in the front and a frame that is supposed to imitate her body when she drops, but allows for her head to drop too. you see this when she drops the head and the dress (the white part) is cut in half. she did this movement rapidly because she had to drop faster than the frame so she could get under it, presumably with her bent arms or possibly her shoulders. she is in a crouched position when it looks like her head popped off, and when she falls she lays as flat as she can though the frame doesnt collaps it falls on top of her. as she stays on the ground im guessing she is regaining control of the torso frame so she can slowly balance it up, and then she can get up too. just small details that gave me an idea to how it could happen (y)
December 31, 2009 at 7:23 am |
Despite how this effect may have been achieved, it made me happy.
December 31, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Agreed.
December 31, 2009 at 3:10 pm
yep
December 31, 2009 at 7:34 am |
Agreed fluffy, but her head and her feet are the only parts of her that are real. The hands are fake to free up her arms and hands to control the torso. She’s pretty flexible to drop to the floor like that. Watch it again, thinking of the torso and arms as fake and you can see through the illusion. Still looks awesome!
December 31, 2009 at 7:35 am
Crap, redacted. The hands are real, but the arms aren’t.
December 31, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I think one hand is real, you can see a finger move at the beginning. The other hand/arm is holding the fake shoulders, I think.
December 31, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Her left hand is real, and is holding a fake right hand. Her real right hand is inside to help work the frame and keep the costume in place as she bends forward (for the head drop) as well as to help her get up from the floor.
Very clever work.
December 31, 2009 at 7:37 am |
I would say that there is one fake hand and her real hand as she grabs the fake one in her real hand at the start. This leaves one hand to manipulate inside the dress.
December 31, 2009 at 4:39 pm
My agreement.
December 31, 2009 at 10:57 am |
That’s nice. Seems quite obvious though- a frame in the dress and then she’s making her head lower by sticking her bum out at the back where we can’t see?
December 31, 2009 at 11:26 am |
lol I actually jumped when her head fell off!
December 31, 2009 at 3:57 pm |
This was nice
January 1, 2010 at 2:59 am |
Ah! I’ve seen Cyril the Japanese/American magician do this a few times. It’s wonderful! http://www.metacafe.com/watch/102993/head_drop_routine/
January 1, 2010 at 11:24 am |
Oh wow! My thinking is there are two people under the voluminous gown, but even so, it’s a head turning illusion!
January 3, 2010 at 12:15 am |
[...] Lovely illusion This is very nice……. [...]
January 4, 2010 at 1:16 pm |
Two dwarves.
January 5, 2010 at 3:55 am |
It’s an excellent illusion — including the notion that she’s Japanese. The language, for one thing, is Thai.
January 6, 2010 at 2:43 pm |
Most important it was great fun
January 15, 2010 at 4:38 pm |
lovely.
January 19, 2010 at 5:38 am |
My first thought was that there were too people, but the fake shoulders and hands seems like a pretty good theory. You can see a hand (or something) move under the dress at about 30 seconds.