Magic Consultants for TV & Film
We love magic. We love it more than a trainspotter loves the LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard.
As a result we have an encyclopedic knowledge of magic principles and techniques which we use to advise on all kinds of TV and film productions.
Chances are you've seen some of our work on your screens already, but didn't know it was us.
Well you do now.
Magical Consulting
Our performers appear regularly on television in the UK,
Europe and North America. Behind the camera, they have also
created magic formats and produced TV magic shows and act
as consultants for television shows that wish to use magic
- from advising programmers which shows to buy, to creating
magic for other performers.
Magicians.co.uk offers a professional solution to help directors and producers get the results they want from magic on to the screen. With a detailed knowledge of magic and television production we are able to advise and design magic that will work for any type of audience. We have assisted various acts with their move from stage to screen and helped make the 'feeling' of magic work for television.
Naturally with a visual art like magic, our experience extends to film. Our credits include:
Les Misérables
(dir. Tom Cooper) - Pickpocket Consultant to Helena Bonham Carter
Dr Faustus
(West Yorkshire Playhouse & Citizens Theatre, Glasgow)
- Illusion Designer
The
Great British
Menu (Comic
Relief)
- Magic
Consultant
The
Brothers
Bloom (dir.
Rian Johnson)
- Magic
Consultant
and Magic
Teacher
to Rachel
Weisz
Jeff
Wayne's
Musical
Version
of The
War of
the Worlds (Arena
Tour) -
Illusion
and Effects
Consultant. www.thewaroftheworlds.com
The Illusionist (dir. Neil Berger) - Magic Consultant and
Magic Teacher to Edward Norton
Tricky TV (ITV) - Magic Inventor and Magic Consultant
Oliver
Twist (dir. Roman Polanski) - Pickpocket Consultant
Hustle (BBC1) - Magic, Gambling and Pickpocket Consultant
The
Real
Hustle (BBC3)
- Pickpocket
Consultant
Shock Treatment (Sky One) - Illusion Consultant and Magical
Presenter
Our Work
Here are some clips and images of our work on the big and small screen.
Oliver Twist
Some of the
scenes we advised
on ended up in
the trailer.
These include
the Artful
Dodger's bread
steal, the
handkerchief
steal outside
the bookshop
and the fruit
steal at the
market. Click
the button
below to view
the trailer.
The Illusionist
If you've seen
The Illusionist,
you'll remember
the scene where
Edward Norton
as Eisenheim
drops
an orange and it falls
slowly downwards.
It looks like
CGI, but in
fact it's just
good old fashioned
magic techniques.
The image below
is from the
proof of concept
video created
for the production
team.
