First of all, agreed, very creepy.
Secondly, the change would have been impressive had the camera not jumped at the exact moment the change happened every time. The coincidence is to large for me to be impressed.
"4" - Inspired by Gianni
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Secondly, the change would have been impressive had the camera not jumped at the exact moment the change happened every time. The coincidence is to large for me to be impressed.
I couldn't enjoy the ffect because the whole time I was thinking "What a freakin' ripoff." There has been arguements over this before, but seeing how much you were like him threw me off and didn't believe you as a human being. With that aside, I loved the effect. But I think you should have shown the cards to be different or something. You should also check with Gianni to see if this is the same.
First of all, agreed, very creepy.
Secondly, the change would have been impressive had the camera not jumped at the exact moment the change happened every time. The coincidence is to large for me to be impressed.
Very very creepy. And yeah it's camera trick. You can see his face shift slightly at the moment of the change.
Have you seen his other videos that use camera tricks that he tries to pass off as real-time?
I'm not necessarily saying that's a bad thing...we may have the next Criss Angel on our hands, making millions, while the rest of us scrape by doing our non-camera trick versions of effects.
What makes me laugh is there's 13 seconds of performance in that video, and it's over 2 minutes long. It's just full of psychological spazzes.
But that's not what Daniel Madison does. He'll perform an effect thoroughly before he goes creepy on us - and that I don't mind, because it doesn't go on for long. If anything, it gives a nice effect to the video. But when you stand in front of the camera, shaking your head around, it's not good. Especially when only 9% of your video is actual 'magic'. (That's right, I worked it out).
And G, addressing the point you just made - yes, I do agree that having a role model is a wonderful thing. However, I think what Dontavius (I refuse to write d+R) has done is taken the whole idea way too far. This isn't inspiration, this is imitation - something I'm sure a lot of people do not like.
-Sam H
Yes, quite.
But what I meant, was that no matter how much we complain, how much we try to change his mind - it's ultimately his decision how he wants to lead his life. If that's the way, then so be it. But he should know that, for however much it counts, he'll be frowned down by mos tof us at theory11.
Alas, props for holding the bloodthirsty originality patrol Don
haha.
Sigh.
Gustav
A very valid point, and one I wish wasn't true, to be quite honest.
I'd like to make my final point on this topic, and I honestly hope Donavitus does read this, doesn't dismiss this as an attack, and takes what I say on board. If not... so be it.
You published the message that Daniel Madison sent you on your YouTube channel, and one part of it caught my eye. He says;
Daniel Madison said:
Do you realise what he's telling you? Tone down the act in front of the camera. The arm waving, the head rocking, etc. Now, don't get rid of it completely, because that's clearly how you enjoy making videos - and fair enough. But please, if you won't take note of what anyone here says, at least take note of the words of the person that inspired you to do all this in the first place.
-Sam H