doors and movie magic

Discussions of new films, books, television shows, and media indirectly related to magic and magicians. For example, there may be a book on mnemonics or theatrical technique we should know or at least know about.
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doors and movie magic

Postby Jonathan Townsend » June 28th, 2015, 3:16 pm

Something in a novel today struck a chord as relates to magic and presentation. Reading "The Fold" by Peter Clines - chapter 34 has the characters facing a situation we often present to our audiences as regards identity. Is that your card? Is that the same pack of cards? In this story the question is extended all the way to people by way of a plot device borrowed from film making. Folks may be familiar with the term "movie magic" as relates to cuts, continuity and filming scenes. How amusing to bring that question of continuity into ordinary narrative.
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Vince Hancock
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Re: doors and movie magic

Postby Vince Hancock » June 29th, 2015, 1:02 am

From Fantasy Book Critic's Mihir Wanchoo:

"Tuesday, June 23, 2015

[F]ar out in the California desert, a team of DARPA scientists has invented a device they affectionately call the Albuquerque Door. Using a cryptic computer equation and magnetic fields to “fold” dimensions, it shrinks distances so that a traveler can travel hundreds of feet with a single step.

The invention promises to make mankind’s dreams of teleportation a reality. And, the scientists insist, traveling through the Door is completely safe. Yet evidence is mounting that this miraculous machine isn’t quite what it seems—and that its creators are harboring a dangerous secret. As his investigations draw [school teacher, scientist friend and eventually, project study subject] Mike Erikson deeper into the puzzle, he begins to fear there’s only one answer that makes sense. And if he’s right, it may only be a matter of time before the project destroys…everything.

[An aspect of Mike's specialized memory] and the way the author explores it is by the use of ants. In his mind, memories constantly threaten to be replayed over and over again.

[W]hile being heavily immersed in the sci-fi genre, [the story] is actually a mystery. What is truly happening?"


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