How to change clothes fast: magic trick
Monday, July 07, 2008
You probably have seen this magic trick of changing clothes so fast, like in a blink of an eye. How could one change clothes that quick without any trace of clothes on the floor? It's the beauty of the magic trick!
I have seen this video from the quick change artists on America's Got Talent few years ago and I am still amazed of how good the pair that the performance was nearly flawless!
I tried searching for tips on how the trick is done, I can only find good explanations from those knowledgeable with it.
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There are two basic methods ...
1) Clothes are designed for fast removal
2) They are not removed but drop (flap down) to reveal the garment underneath and the inside of the lowered part.
It's a combination of these that makes it complicated, together with the fact that they are specially designed, very very light stage costumes in silk so that when you start with say 10 layers on it appears normal.
An example of each method:
1) The clothes are not buttoned or zipped ... would take way too long. They have loop and eye fixings and these are held together with a thread that runs through the paired up loops. The thread simply need fast removal and the clothes fall of, drop down ... whatever. The fastest 'hands free' removal is to have a 'ring' on the top of the thread and this is hooked over something on the 'cover' ie the unmbrella, screen, sheet etc and when you walk away or this is removed it pulls the thread and gravity does the rest. (Note; lead shot in hems would make it drop faster!)
2) Imagine a dress with the top half is a different colour on the inside and you wera a matching top underneath. If the top is separated at the shoulders, it can now flap downwards and become the skirt .. showing the inside colour and the new top. Instant change.
Combine several of these to change designs, sleeves no sleeves, high neck, low neck .... and that's it.
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Here is another one from answers.com:
This is a stunt called a "quickchange." You may have also seen it on the show "America's Got Talent." There is a very useful wikipedia article about this genre of magictrick, but I'll try to explain two main methods of quickchange.
In the days before modern technology (a.k.a., decades and centuries ago), quickchange artists would use a series of hooks, buttons, and pull strings to quickly release clothing and reveal a new outfit underneath. This would work if you were using opaque fabric to cover you.
For the glitter trick, they most likely used a technology where the clothes are made with either lcd sensors or small triggers that work like human muscles. For the lcd, a person offstage could simply signal the outfit to change color and design. With the muscle-like triggers, clothes can either be released or--more commonly--draw up or down to give the illusion of a different piece of clothing.
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I have seen this video from the quick change artists on America's Got Talent few years ago and I am still amazed of how good the pair that the performance was nearly flawless!
I tried searching for tips on how the trick is done, I can only find good explanations from those knowledgeable with it.
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There are two basic methods ...
1) Clothes are designed for fast removal
2) They are not removed but drop (flap down) to reveal the garment underneath and the inside of the lowered part.
It's a combination of these that makes it complicated, together with the fact that they are specially designed, very very light stage costumes in silk so that when you start with say 10 layers on it appears normal.
An example of each method:
1) The clothes are not buttoned or zipped ... would take way too long. They have loop and eye fixings and these are held together with a thread that runs through the paired up loops. The thread simply need fast removal and the clothes fall of, drop down ... whatever. The fastest 'hands free' removal is to have a 'ring' on the top of the thread and this is hooked over something on the 'cover' ie the unmbrella, screen, sheet etc and when you walk away or this is removed it pulls the thread and gravity does the rest. (Note; lead shot in hems would make it drop faster!)
2) Imagine a dress with the top half is a different colour on the inside and you wera a matching top underneath. If the top is separated at the shoulders, it can now flap downwards and become the skirt .. showing the inside colour and the new top. Instant change.
Combine several of these to change designs, sleeves no sleeves, high neck, low neck .... and that's it.
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Here is another one from answers.com:
This is a stunt called a "quickchange." You may have also seen it on the show "America's Got Talent." There is a very useful wikipedia article about this genre of magictrick, but I'll try to explain two main methods of quickchange.
In the days before modern technology (a.k.a., decades and centuries ago), quickchange artists would use a series of hooks, buttons, and pull strings to quickly release clothing and reveal a new outfit underneath. This would work if you were using opaque fabric to cover you.
For the glitter trick, they most likely used a technology where the clothes are made with either lcd sensors or small triggers that work like human muscles. For the lcd, a person offstage could simply signal the outfit to change color and design. With the muscle-like triggers, clothes can either be released or--more commonly--draw up or down to give the illusion of a different piece of clothing.
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RépondreSupprimerFor other stoppers by, the glitter trick isn't new, it's an at least centuries old stock ending. I'm not thinking there's more of a "how" to that - some transitions only fold down or up and can be done without a place to ditch below you. Glitter is also an ending, so everything that can be ditched has been and the final set doesn't have to transition to anything else after. Still hard - the whole thing is a feat of choreography - but there's no real "secret trick" besides what's mentioned here.
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