I want you to CHOOSE ONE of those numbers. You keep that numbers yourself and have a look at them now and CHOOSE ONE.This number you choose now it doesn't matter which ONE it is, you can change your mind as many times as you like. You make that decision for me and settle on a number. Are you THINKING OF ONE now?
Mr Brown manipulated the guy to pick nr ONE. You can notice him putting ONE in his head by saying it over and over. If you wach his shows you'll notice this is what he does most of the times ;)
Listen to how Derren talks to him when he asks him to choose a number. He says "I want you to choose ONE of those numbers. You keep that number to yourself, have a look at them now and CHOOSE ONE. This number you choose now it doesn't matter which ONE it is you can change your mind as many times as you like." It's a simple mind game, and Derren is very, very good at it.
Cathryn Fyfe He wouldn't have blown the whole thing with someone whispering six. Extreme amateur stuff. Not saying he didn't use a trick, but the "six" was just random static.
Notice that he says "one" a lot when he's telling him to pick a chamber. This is a form of hypnotism to force him to pick chamber one. Derren is amazing at this stuff.
First DB video I ever watched. A man holding a gun to his head, a loaded gun at that. Ballzy... opened the door of couriosity video after video, hadnt seen such an act since copperfield in his younger days when I was just a child, playing a simple guess your card trick using only the tv...somehow quessing my card nearly everytime. It would be nice to have more talent here in the states like Brown closer to home though being so far out from the largest city, the largest names we`ve had performing this far down is TLC and Larry the Cable Guy. Though I have met celebrities before in some of the most unlikely and certainly µost unbelievable places!
The entire point of this video is for Derren to demonstrate the power of suggestion, and that he believes in it so much, he's willing to put his life on the line.
He picks up on even the faintest traces of doubt in people's voices, and that is how he knew. He is a mind magician and has, as far as I am concerned, a vast knowledge of the way the human mind works. There's no trick, as such.
Before when telling him to choose a number, he says "choose one" a couple of times. It's an embedded command. He also used it when he was saying "don't try to help me, don't give me any clues". But I could see why he was nervous about number 5. The guy's voice quivered a little when he said '5'.
People, listen to what he says again. Count how many times he says the number 1, one, as the guy loads the gun. Its what Derren Brown does. He puts thoughts in your head.
Whiteflypier...u were spot on, before he pulled the trigger the 1st time I knew the bullet was in number 1.......this trick is all about the power of suggestion and taking the lad out of his normal state of mind....indeed Derren did repeat the number 1 over and over again...and subconciously the lad could only remember the number 1 after being under such pressure....Brilliant trick, Brilliantly executed (pardon the pun) Well done Derren
I know someone who was 14,who played Russian Roulette to deal with stress.Not very safe of course(he use his fathers Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver). Derren Brown is either the Luckiest Person in the world with all his tricks,or the cleverist scammstier ever!
If you listen carefully to the things Derren says from 3:15 till he starts the game, it's obvious that Derren is trying to make the person choose chamber number one. He's invading his unconciousness with sentences like "I want you to choose ONE of those numbers", "Look at them now and CHOOSE ONE" and "Are you thinking of ONE now?" He's probably been doing this from the moment they met eachother. ;)
I agree. He does repeat the number one a lot. Also if you listen to the guy while he repeats the numbers you can tell he had chosen one because he paused before he said it and gave a stressful sigh.
I love this stunt! I remember when I saw this a few years ago and it is such a thrill..! Brown selected the subject to pull the trigger out of hundreds of people. Great episode! Although I couldn't see it live since I live in Sweden, it was still very impressive.
The reason he managed to know where the bullet was was because he listened to the guy's tone while counting. Notice that when he says 5 his tone goes up and when it wasn't in five, Derren takes a break to think it over and picks up that his tone was already up when he counted 1 which seemed harder to pick up.
trick: first bullet is chosen by partner, it's the only true one in the set second is chosen by the spectator, it's a fake bullet witch doesn't even make noise, it's just a piece of metal. the gun has an hidden device wich fires a little charge,so it makes noise and smoke like a real shot(in the end u can't see if there actually is or not a new hole in the bag) derren has just to guess wich was the number chosen by spectator, but he's sure that the magic wil look great from the outside anyway
Incredible! Derren Brown is truly a badass! Look how heavy he's breathing! He almost thought it was number 5 for a second and he started stressing when he found out he was wrong. I would too. Geez, what an adrenaline rush!
It does not matter whether or not it was fake. It is still a awesome show, like everything else Derren makes! Ps. Wikipedia is not all-knowing. It is written by normal people, and not experts (sometimes experts of cause. ;-) )
Derren plants the suggestion of One over and over again. Then, when he asks the guy to count from 1 to 6, the guy gives verbal cues on 1 (the slowest), 2, and 5 (different voice pitches). Derren starts at 3, putting one of the danger numbers at the end of the cylinder. He takes no chances with 5 (verbal cue) and expects it on 1 (his suggestion.) And if it was 2, the trick wouldn't have ended as impressively, but he still put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger three times, which is ballsy
When he sets the gun to chamber #3 and then fires the gun, chamber 4 is actually the one that fires. When you pull the trigger of a gun, it rotates one chamber and then the hammer flies forward and fires what is in the next chamber. I know this offers no solution, but it's an interesting fact that probably has something to do with the effect. "Number 3 I feel is safe...but you just fired number 4 buddy."
he did it by phsicologicly (i know its misspelt) programing him to put it in the first chamber because he kept saying one during the setup "is it in the correct ONE." "put it in that ONE." he pretty much told him to put it in the first one
derren is absolutely brillianttt!!! You just got to respect this man for what he does. I just love how he made him Choose the first chember "1" covertly using nlp. Just listen carefully starting from 3:17.. " i want you to Choose "ONE" of those number. on 3:22 Choose "ONE" . 3:32 " You thinking of ONE now? and other guy responded Yes, then he had him fix the number One in his mind and on 3:54: One your thinking of.. and blank round can very much kill you!! didnt you hear about brandon lee-_-
This was one of the most intense programmes on TV at the time. I remember thinking, "He's fluffed it at number 5". It was all part of the act though I think you would still need balls of steel to risk this Of course he used persuasion to get the lad to choose chamber ONE. Wouldn't YOU try your best to influence the selection if your life was at risk?
You are correct sir. If you watch him instructing the guy to "not help it" or help him because it will confuse him, he says it directly before asking the man to count 1 to 6. Then on the number one, the man has so much guilt and grief when he says 1 compared to the number 3,4,6 Derren was confident to pull the trigger, if you listen to number 5 the guy is VERY less than confident on this number, as is Derren. If you read this and watch, I'm sure you'll agree on that account at least.
The 'assistant' was, of course, actually an accomplice and they pre-arranged which chamber to use. Also it was a blank round as the Jersey police (where it was filmed) would not allow live rounds to be used. Great show though.
of course it would be easy for you to pick your number. you're not sitting in front of derren and you dont feel the pressure and fear. when you're in fear and feel pressured, its a lot harder to do what you want.
cont'd...that is the first time James sees the "1" chamber". Now this is where the fun begins. Darren has James look at the numbers BEFORE he moves the chambers around. He then says "I want you to choose ONE of those numbers...have a look at them now and CHOOSE ONE..doesn't matter which ONE it is...are you thinking of ONE now?" Now he tells James to fix that number (the number 1) in his head, and then tells him to pick up the bullet (one). More suggestion..."is it going in the correct ONE?"
Based on what I've seen Derren do before, I believe he implanted the number one in the guy's mind. I wonder, then, what was going through Derren's mind when he hesitated for so long before firing chamber six. How did he find the confidence in that time to put the gun to his head? Nail biting.
no ? hes like one of the best at what he does idk if its phycology or what but he is the best at it so guessing a number is very easy for him especialy 1 in 6
For those saying the mind trick doesn't work, you are not in a room thinking that you have someone's life in your hand, even though it is fake it is real to that man that loaded the gun.
Listen to the guy really closely at 6:59. You can hear a tension in his breath after saying "one" and then the numbers after are more relaxed. (By the way, blank rounds can be lethal at point blank range)
Its actually not the power of suggestion. He talked about this on a show and he said that he figured the chamber using his body language in the beginning when he put the bullet in and when he told him to think of the number over and over again in his head and his tone change later when he told to shout numbers loud and clear.
guys, its total NLP. he says "i want you to choose ONE.." "pick ONE..." are you thinking of ONE now?" now, he either pulled it on number 5 for show, or the way that guy counted threw him off. my bet goes on he did it for show. the long pause b4 firing 2 shots? it was all show, case closed.
The gun and bullet are real and the guy putting the bullet in the gun have not been instructed to choose a spesific number. But it's still a trick. The guy putting the bullet in have been carefully selected for the task, it's a person Derren is confident he can easilly read and manipulate. He uses suggestions to get him to pick the number ONE and after that reads his verbal and non verbal signals to make sure he is right. If Derren, at any point was not 100% sure, he would have stopped the show.
@TattiPoliisi Except he gave the guy the option to just rotate it by hand, spin the chamber, or just leave it. That trick only works with the spin. Also, the guy moved the chamber around before placing the bullet, so chambers 1 and 2 were not necessarily the chambers at the bottom.
Now Darren is pretty sure that James chambered "1", but he's not 100% sure, because it could be "5" (remember that chamber 2 was in firing position, and 5 was furthest away from 2, so James may have gone that route). During the counting...Darren asks James to breathe before counting, he does so, but clears his throat, takes ANOTHER breath, before he says "One", the other numbers flow smoothly. Now Darren is about 90% sure its "1", but 10% says its "5". (cont'd)
At 0:48, Darren shows him the gun with the 3,4, side showing, "chambered" in 2. No way James will select 2,3, or 4 now. James doesn't see "5" (remember that). DB lays it down, handle facing himself with "3" and "2" facing up. Armorer chambers "4", (using his index finger for "1" and shoots, now James will likely put the bullet as far as possible from "4" ("1"). Armorer has James select "1" bullet and lays the gun now with handle facing James with "1" showing at the top. (cont'd)
The numbers on the chamber were probably there for the guy who put the round in the gun. Blank or not, either would kill him at this range. His emotion at the end was either world class acting or very real.
@Picolinos The armour guy is indeed profesionnal. I do some shooting in a club and the man loads and stances exactly how one does in the shootin range. The two handed grip you see in movies is called "waver stance" which is a police stance. The position with streched arm is regular for a sport shot. Streched arm makes for better aim.
Darren knows that 3 is now safe as well as 4. But when he gets to 5, he hesitates, because that 10% chance is screwing with him. He decides not to chance it, and points 5 way from himself. Now he's thinking...it has to be either 6 or 1, so he makes sure in his mind that the process was followed correctly, can't take chances now, he has to be sure. Plus he's a bit pissed that he screwed up 5. He's thinking of saying "screw this", but the show must go on. Pulls 6, and now its obviously 1.
Yeah, you only see the front of the cover cos all of the other angles of the camera hide that fact. He looks down on the right side of the gun when he says "I think its thr *hesitate* I think 3 is safe* cos he checks for it. Then when he takes out the 3 shots he looks into the barrel one more time because he only saw those three chambers and thats the other half of the chambers so he can effectively know where it is and then he just does a dramatic pause.
3rd: Derren keeps saying number 3 is safe whilst James can hear him - If James knew the bullet were in the 3rd, he'd probably stop it even though he has been told not to. 4th: Hmm, can't figure out how he can know the 4th is safe... 5th: When he shoots, he also check where the bullet is. 6th: Empty, & he know it - He takes a long break for the sake of excitement (for the audience). 1st: BOOM HEADSHOT!!! Not really, he knows this is where the bullet is. 2nd: No need to include it.
when he counted from 1 to 6 its pretty obvious it took more of an effort for him to start with 1 and 2 and from 3 onwards he seemed to ease up a bit when he counted
From 5:30 u see the camera used for the shot can easily zoom under the table. The camera men are behind the guest who loads the gun. Camera men can inform the magician which chamber the bullet is in, and that is exactly why they number the chambers with such big fonts. if it was just for the reference of the person who fills it or the one who is firing it they wudve used a smaller font..
Notice the excessive use of the number one. "Choose ONE. Are you thinking of ONE?"
Bullet was in the first chamber...
I want you to CHOOSE ONE of those numbers. You keep that numbers yourself and have a look at them now and CHOOSE ONE.This number you choose now it doesn't matter which ONE it is, you can change your mind as many times as you like.
You make that decision for me and settle on a number. Are you THINKING OF ONE now?
Mr Brown manipulated the guy to pick nr ONE. You can notice him putting ONE in his head by saying it over and over. If you wach his shows you'll notice this is what he does most of the times ;)
Yes, he risked his life based on his ability to influence a random stranger to place a round in a specific chamber.
UNBELIEVABLE !!!!!
The suspense was too much for me. My heart was beeping like crazy.
Listen to how Derren talks to him when he asks him to choose a number. He says "I want you to choose ONE of those numbers. You keep that number to yourself, have a look at them now and CHOOSE ONE. This number you choose now it doesn't matter which ONE it is you can change your mind as many times as you like." It's a simple mind game, and Derren is very, very good at it.
As soon as it was 7:07 someone whispered six.
Cathryn Fyfe And? The bullet was in number one, Your mind must have made that up.
Cathryn Fyfe He wouldn't have blown the whole thing with someone whispering six. Extreme amateur stuff. Not saying he didn't use a trick, but the "six" was just random static.
+framar601 i heard six also !
but the bullet was in 1. not six
Turned the volume up to the max and it didn’t sound like a 6.
that long pause where he just sat there was scaring the shit out of me!!!! daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
Notice that he says "one" a lot when he's telling him to pick a chamber. This is a form of hypnotism to force him to pick chamber one. Derren is amazing at this stuff.
First DB video I ever watched. A man holding a gun to his head, a loaded gun at that. Ballzy... opened the door of couriosity video after video, hadnt seen such an act since copperfield in his younger days when I was just a child, playing a simple guess your card trick using only the tv...somehow quessing my card nearly everytime.
It would be nice to have more talent here in the states like Brown closer to home though being so far out from the largest city, the largest names we`ve had performing this far down is TLC and Larry the Cable Guy. Though I have met celebrities before in some of the most unlikely and certainly µost unbelievable places!
Nawww! I like the hug at the end! he's like "thanx for not killing yourself in front of me.." and derrens like "anytime mate"
The entire point of this video is for Derren to demonstrate the power of suggestion, and that he believes in it so much, he's willing to put his life on the line.
"I WANT YOU TO CHOOSE ONE of these numbers"... "and CHOOSE ONE"..."settle on ONE number, are you THINKING OF ONE NOW?"
Very cool NLP trick.
3:17 "I want you to choose one..."
3:21"Choose one."
3:30 "Are you thinking of one now?"
He's a genius.
nothing like a great game of Russian Roulette to bring the whole family together
He picks up on even the faintest traces of doubt in people's voices, and that is how he knew. He is a mind magician and has, as far as I am concerned, a vast knowledge of the way the human mind works. There's no trick, as such.
"Are you thinking of ONE now?" "yes" "alright, you need to repeat that number over and over again"
Haha, the bro grabs at the end were hilarious.
This is so intense !! damn sick ! Derren is crazy risking his life like that
Before when telling him to choose a number, he says "choose one" a couple of times. It's an embedded command. He also used it when he was saying "don't try to help me, don't give me any clues". But I could see why he was nervous about number 5. The guy's voice quivered a little when he said '5'.
People, listen to what he says again. Count how many times he says the number 1, one, as the guy loads the gun. Its what Derren Brown does. He puts thoughts in your head.
This guy was already hypnotised, then Derren instructs him to "choose one" so he did.
I love Derren Brown. Just discovered him thanks to Hulu! He's amazing!
Hraklion - It's because most modern revolvers are what's called double action. The trigger pull rotates a cylinder and pulls back the hammer.
One day it will all be revealed on "Magic's Biggest Secrets Revealed". I love that show. They reveal and explain everything. No magic is safe.
Whiteflypier...u were spot on, before he pulled the trigger the 1st time I knew the bullet was in number 1.......this trick is all about the power of suggestion and taking the lad out of his normal state of mind....indeed Derren did repeat the number 1 over and over again...and subconciously the lad could only remember the number 1 after being under such pressure....Brilliant trick, Brilliantly executed (pardon the pun) Well done Derren
I love how derren walks away like a boss often he shoots the like round
I know someone who was 14,who played Russian Roulette to deal with stress.Not very safe of course(he use his fathers Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver).
Derren Brown is either the Luckiest Person in the world with all his tricks,or the cleverist scammstier ever!
If you listen carefully to the things Derren says from 3:15 till he starts the game, it's obvious that Derren is trying to make the person choose chamber number one. He's invading his unconciousness with sentences like "I want you to choose ONE of those numbers", "Look at them now and CHOOSE ONE" and "Are you thinking of ONE now?" He's probably been doing this from the moment they met eachother. ;)
I agree. He does repeat the number one a lot. Also if you listen to the guy while he repeats the numbers you can tell he had chosen one because he paused before he said it and gave a stressful sigh.
I love this stunt! I remember when I saw this a few years ago and it is such a thrill..!
Brown selected the subject to pull the trigger out of hundreds of people. Great episode! Although I couldn't see it live since I live in Sweden, it was still very impressive.
there is no such thing as hypnotism. derren himself says this.
that isssh....was crazy!!!
The reason he managed to know where the bullet was was because he listened to the guy's tone while counting. Notice that when he says 5 his tone goes up and when it wasn't in five, Derren takes a break to think it over and picks up that his tone was already up when he counted 1 which seemed harder to pick up.
Now this, is what I call "Playing with the devil"
Great video and thanks for posting, even had my heart racing there.
trick:
first bullet is chosen by partner, it's the only true one in the set
second is chosen by the spectator, it's a fake bullet witch doesn't even make noise, it's just a piece of metal.
the gun has an hidden device wich fires a little charge,so it makes noise and smoke like a real shot(in the end u can't see if there actually is or not a new hole in the bag)
derren has just to guess wich was the number chosen by spectator, but he's sure that the magic wil look great from the outside anyway
I love how he walks away like a boss after the gun fires. BOOM SLAM
One In The Chamber!!!! (thumbs up)
Incredible! Derren Brown is truly a badass! Look how heavy he's breathing! He almost thought it was number 5 for a second and he started stressing when he found out he was wrong. I would too. Geez, what an adrenaline rush!
absolutely amazing.. it must have been terrible watching this live.
This pysched me out baby!!!!!!!!!
that guy dropped that shell like a pro
Hi, that's incredible!!!
It does not matter whether or not it was fake. It is still a awesome show, like everything else Derren makes!
Ps. Wikipedia is not all-knowing. It is written by normal people, and not experts (sometimes experts of cause. ;-) )
Derren plants the suggestion of One over and over again. Then, when he asks the guy to count from 1 to 6, the guy gives verbal cues on 1 (the slowest), 2, and 5 (different voice pitches). Derren starts at 3, putting one of the danger numbers at the end of the cylinder. He takes no chances with 5 (verbal cue) and expects it on 1 (his suggestion.) And if it was 2, the trick wouldn't have ended as impressively, but he still put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger three times, which is ballsy
When he sets the gun to chamber #3 and then fires the gun, chamber 4 is actually the one that fires. When you pull the trigger of a gun, it rotates one chamber and then the hammer flies forward and fires what is in the next chamber. I know this offers no solution, but it's an interesting fact that probably has something to do with the effect. "Number 3 I feel is safe...but you just fired number 4 buddy."
I saw this live. When it is live it's much more intense because you don't know for sure what will happen.
That was the most dramatic pause i've ever seen in my life
Russian Roulette looks really fun to play.
omg my heart was beating......
You are completely right!
He also puts all the pressure on him, this also causes him to pause when he says one
Being fans of Darren Brown, I think most of us already knew this.
he did it by phsicologicly (i know its misspelt) programing him to put it in the first chamber because he kept saying one during the setup "is it in the correct ONE." "put it in that ONE." he pretty much told him to put it in the first one
derren is absolutely brillianttt!!! You just got to respect this man for what he does. I just love how he made him Choose the first chember "1" covertly using nlp. Just listen carefully starting from 3:17.. " i want you to Choose "ONE" of those number.
on 3:22 Choose "ONE" . 3:32 " You thinking of ONE now? and other guy responded Yes, then he had him fix the number One in his mind and on 3:54: One your thinking of.. and blank round can very much kill you!! didnt you hear about brandon lee-_-
even if it is, isn't it a pretty fucking awesome that he is willing to do it, just based on his confidence in his ability?
This was one of the most intense programmes on TV at the time. I remember thinking, "He's fluffed it at number 5". It was all part of the act though
I think you would still need balls of steel to risk this
Of course he used persuasion to get the lad to choose chamber ONE. Wouldn't YOU try your best to influence the selection if your life was at risk?
You are correct sir. If you watch him instructing the guy to "not help it" or help him because it will confuse him, he says it directly before asking the man to count 1 to 6. Then on the number one, the man has so much guilt and grief when he says 1 compared to the number 3,4,6 Derren was confident to pull the trigger, if you listen to number 5 the guy is VERY less than confident on this number, as is Derren. If you read this and watch, I'm sure you'll agree on that account at least.
the key to undestand this is to not believe everything that is said, in particular what the 'armorer' said.
The 'assistant' was, of course, actually an accomplice and they pre-arranged which chamber to use. Also it was a blank round as the Jersey police (where it was filmed) would not allow live rounds to be used.
Great show though.
of course it would be easy for you to pick your number. you're not sitting in front of derren and you dont feel the pressure and fear. when you're in fear and feel pressured, its a lot harder to do what you want.
cont'd...that is the first time James sees the "1" chamber". Now this is where the fun begins. Darren has James look at the numbers BEFORE he moves the chambers around. He then says "I want you to choose ONE of those numbers...have a look at them now and CHOOSE ONE..doesn't matter which ONE it is...are you thinking of ONE now?" Now he tells James to fix that number (the number 1) in his head, and then tells him to pick up the bullet (one). More suggestion..."is it going in the correct ONE?"
gave me the chills as if i was the guy sitting behind the glass lol
Based on what I've seen Derren do before, I believe he implanted the number one in the guy's mind. I wonder, then, what was going through Derren's mind when he hesitated for so long before firing chamber six. How did he find the confidence in that time to put the gun to his head? Nail biting.
me an my sis are here chanting BANG BANG BANG gosh darn it hust Blow up aready!!!!!
no ? hes like one of the best at what he does idk if its phycology or what but he is the best at it so guessing a number is very easy for him especialy 1 in 6
thats why he had him say it in his head and out loud, so he could read him
For those saying the mind trick doesn't work, you are not in a room thinking that you have someone's life in your hand, even though it is fake it is real to that man that loaded the gun.
Listen to the guy really closely at 6:59. You can hear a tension in his breath after saying "one" and then the numbers after are more relaxed. (By the way, blank rounds can be lethal at point blank range)
he's a beeasssstt
THIS IS SOOOOOOO INTENCCE!!!!
Its actually not the power of suggestion. He talked about this on a show and he said that he figured the chamber using his body language in the beginning when he put the bullet in and when he told him to think of the number over and over again in his head and his tone change later when he told to shout numbers loud and clear.
lol i laughed so hard at 7:45
"NUMBER 3 I FEEL IS SAFE!"*Lifts gun, points at head, pulls trigger, ALL WITH THE MOST EPIC FACE EVER...click*
guys, its total NLP. he says "i want you to choose ONE.." "pick ONE..." are you thinking of ONE now?" now, he either pulled it on number 5 for show, or the way that guy counted threw him off. my bet goes on he did it for show. the long pause b4 firing 2 shots? it was all show, case closed.
The gun and bullet are real and the guy putting the bullet in the gun have not been instructed to choose a spesific number. But it's still a trick. The guy putting the bullet in have been carefully selected for the task, it's a person Derren is confident he can easilly read and manipulate. He uses suggestions to get him to pick the number ONE and after that reads his verbal and non verbal signals to make sure he is right. If Derren, at any point was not 100% sure, he would have stopped the show.
@TattiPoliisi Except he gave the guy the option to just rotate it by hand, spin the chamber, or just leave it. That trick only works with the spin. Also, the guy moved the chamber around before placing the bullet, so chambers 1 and 2 were not necessarily the chambers at the bottom.
I've seen this done with knives. I believe it can really be done, but is HIGHLY DANGEROUS. No room for doubt or error.
OK the suspense is killing me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is more intense than the Russian roulette in the movie "The Deer Hunter."
I don't care if that was staged or not - that was amazing!
If that was fake it was still ridiculous suspenseful. If it was real, amazing, and if not, still great acting.
A statement by the police said that they had been informed of the arrangements in advance, and were satisfied that "at no time was anyone at risk"
Aside from his suggestions, I think he was picking up his micro-expressions to make sure. He told him to keep repeating the number to himself.
woah....no hesitation...god damn...
it doesn't matter what he said or not, it still takes a lot of balls to do what he did.
Now Darren is pretty sure that James chambered "1", but he's not 100% sure, because it could be "5" (remember that chamber 2 was in firing position, and 5 was furthest away from 2, so James may have gone that route). During the counting...Darren asks James to breathe before counting, he does so, but clears his throat, takes ANOTHER breath, before he says "One", the other numbers flow smoothly. Now Darren is about 90% sure its "1", but 10% says its "5". (cont'd)
At 0:48, Darren shows him the gun with the 3,4, side showing, "chambered" in 2. No way James will select 2,3, or 4 now. James doesn't see "5" (remember that). DB lays it down, handle facing himself with "3" and "2" facing up. Armorer chambers "4", (using his index finger for "1" and shoots, now James will likely put the bullet as far as possible from "4" ("1"). Armorer has James select "1" bullet and lays the gun now with handle facing James with "1" showing at the top. (cont'd)
tells him to choose 1. "choose one" "are you thinking of one now"
The numbers on the chamber were probably there for the guy who put the round in the gun. Blank or not, either would kill him at this range. His emotion at the end was either world class acting or very real.
@Picolinos
The armour guy is indeed profesionnal.
I do some shooting in a club and the man loads and stances exactly how one does in the shootin range.
The two handed grip you see in movies is called "waver stance" which is a police stance. The position with streched arm is regular for a sport shot. Streched arm makes for better aim.
Darren knows that 3 is now safe as well as 4. But when he gets to 5, he hesitates, because that 10% chance is screwing with him. He decides not to chance it, and points 5 way from himself. Now he's thinking...it has to be either 6 or 1, so he makes sure in his mind that the process was followed correctly, can't take chances now, he has to be sure. Plus he's a bit pissed that he screwed up 5. He's thinking of saying "screw this", but the show must go on. Pulls 6, and now its obviously 1.
holy hell. suspenseful.
Yeah, you only see the front of the cover cos all of the other angles of the camera hide that fact. He looks down on the right side of the gun when he says "I think its thr *hesitate* I think 3 is safe* cos he checks for it. Then when he takes out the 3 shots he looks into the barrel one more time because he only saw those three chambers and thats the other half of the chambers so he can effectively know where it is and then he just does a dramatic pause.
dude, even i felt the pressure! holsy crap!
3rd: Derren keeps saying number 3 is safe whilst James can hear him - If James knew the bullet were in the 3rd, he'd probably stop it even though he has been told not to.
4th: Hmm, can't figure out how he can know the 4th is safe...
5th: When he shoots, he also check where the bullet is.
6th: Empty, & he know it - He takes a long break for the sake of excitement (for the audience).
1st: BOOM HEADSHOT!!! Not really, he knows this is where the bullet is.
2nd: No need to include it.
I would've prayed 4 life....damn that was since close!!!
Nice job m8!
holy shit! i actually number one in my mind throughout the video, didnt read your comment until i was done watching it
good point... I picked chamber number one, too :P
when he counted from 1 to 6 its pretty obvious it took more of an effort for him to start with 1 and 2 and from 3 onwards he seemed to ease up a bit when he counted
From 5:30 u see the camera used for the shot can easily zoom under the table. The camera men are behind the guest who loads the gun. Camera men can inform the magician which chamber the bullet is in, and that is exactly why they number the chambers with such big fonts. if it was just for the reference of the person who fills it or the one who is firing it they
wudve used a smaller font..