Derren Brown Lottery Prediction - Split Screen Experiment

An experimental test to see if I can recreate in minature how Derren Brown 'predicted' the lottery numbers.
It is simply testing the theory that the screen was split in two parts and the camera shake added by software.

I think that the shake is a little too powerful on this video, but it shows that this technique could be possible.

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• brown
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• secret
• high
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• test
• experiment

[asphalto01]

Nice work!

I suppose there was some camera tracking for this to work with handheld camera (which means editing afterwards), so would this also work with live footage like brown's?

I mean can you automate the effect to do it on the fly?

[LukeWerra]

I believe that software (or maybe even hardware) could be developed that allows this to be done with live video.

[smeggyhead]

Your lighting was wrong. I could see the shadow of the hand on the out of focus thing on the bottom right, even on the edited version. That aside, I think this is a perfect explanation of what transpired; the camera shake was a nice touch.

Kudos!

[LukeWerra]

Ah yep, thanks for pointing that out!

The lighting is in the wrong direction.

[RossCee10]

this is a load of rubbish-it went too fast-they wouldnt have enough time to put the numbers on with that technique. anyway, even if you can make it look shaky, its all too stupid with that. just watch the show on friday alright

[LukeWerra]

A banana on a string is certainly not stupid.

[agvulpine]

I love the insinuation that Derren is a banana. =) Thanks *LOL*

[CFC4CL]

I really want to know if a banana on a string doing magic tricks could pull the ratings that Brown does.

My vote would be that it could.

[adamtookblink]

they spun the dice they didn't roll it simples

[PMontanaro5]

if you notice, theres a slight shadow movement in the white thing in the bottom right corner at 0:12 - 0:14

its hard to notice but you realise it on the unedited part

[ppRoss]

ok! listen! when i watched that i noticed that there was a certain pattern with your camera shake. so what you are saying is that......they did a really complicated camera shake pattern so that nobody would notice on both sides of a split screen at the same time.......LIVE!!!! ...........AND..... the camera man (who you see from the other angle is clearly holding the camera can hold it perfectly still!.........Na. i believe it was split screen but i really don't understand the camera shake thing

[noneofyourbusiness06]

I learned something today. AWESOME VIDEO! Love your banana (not to sound gay LOL)

[thousandsOFviews]

its the camera shake that is added using editing software (live) that makes it seem difficult, what we are seeing is a shot from a camera on a tripod so that there is no movement by the camera (this is why derren says there is a camera at the back of the room, while u c a pre-recorded long shot of derren on his own with the camera man, the camera is being placed on the tripod, this allows the pre-recorded shot of the balls to be overlayed over the live shot of derren, camera shake to hide this

[thousandsOFviews]

With respect to Luke, and you will see why I am saying this, I am sure he did not spend a lifetime on this video but it is an excellent example of the technique and is edited seamlessly... now imagine the effort that Derren and his team would have put in to make sure they have perfect timings for when they do it live... Derren said himself that he had been working on it for a year.... tbh tho the fact that its live does not really make a difference.. its the camera shake that is added (more2cum)

[terminalcavalier1984]

...i'm no kill joy ok, but why do we have to know....absolutely everything?!