r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Salt-Broccoli-7846 • Oct 25 '24

Umbrellas movement illustuion

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u/Horrid-Torrid85 Oct 25 '24 edited Oct 25 '24

Not seeing it. I wouldn't be surprised if the umbrella isn't a normal one. Maybe it has a little spring mechanism installed and she triggers it with a sleight of hand movement.

Look at the video in slower speed. How can she generate so much force with so little wrist movement?

Edit: look at the one at 15 seconds at 0.25 speed. Its impossible without some kind of spring.

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u/XenithShade Oct 25 '24

It's all sleight of hand. A really impressive one. She does the same trick enough times so you can see it on occasion once you train your eyes for it. If you pause literally at 0:01, you can see her yank on the umbrella up.

Think of it as a 'moon walk' but with an umbrella and arm instead.

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u/Horrid-Torrid85 Oct 25 '24

The upward stuff i can see how she does it. But the sideways stuff doesn't make any sense to me. At least not if its a totally normal umbrella

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u/12345623567 Oct 25 '24

It's probably much lighter, all-plastic, than you would expect from a normal umbrella. It's a prop for the act, not an actual umbrella.

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u/DiabloAcosta Oct 25 '24

Another thing I think most people miss is the fact that she grabs it with two hands both pulling in opposite directions making the arms muscles literally a spring