Real Magician Explain Magic from Famous Movies!!

Wes Barker teams up with Peter McKinnon to review, react, and explain the Hollywood magic trickery of Deception, Big Band Theory, How I met Your Mother, My Cousin Vinny, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, and Mary Poppins!
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Wes Barker is a Canadian magician and comedian doing funny tricks, and telling great stories. Watch here for hilarious magic, stunts, and pranks. I am the funniest magician that is also a stand-up comic, or maybe I'm the comic who is best at magic. Either way you get the idea. I tour all over doing colleges, comedy clubs, and corporate events. Catch the adventures and tricks right here. With this magician / comedian based out of Vancouver and Toronto, Canada. I make funny stuff. That’s my only rule. Everything has to be funny, from street magic to stage illusions, as long as there is a joke to be made. I do magic tricks, sketches, stand-up comedy, card tricks, mind reading, and tricks with naked people. I’ve been on America’s Got Talent, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, MTV Greatest Party Stories Ever, and Wizard Wars. You can find me pulling pranks on friends, gags on strangers, or just general sleight of hand, magic, illusions, and the occasional bar bet. Wes Barker also hosts a podcast with Chris Ramsay called Bottom Of The Barrel. Go check it out!

[@PeterMcKinnon]

You're hilarious. Legit such a great time hanging out! Still laughing!

[@WesBarker]

Dude it was the best. I cut like 10 minutes straight of us laughing!

[@sferguson1130]

WES Barker I want blooper reels!

[@NewNormac]

Awesome seeing the two of you cutting it up

[@Mizzle420420]

The actor in the first video has three '4 of clubs' cards when you show the still frame of how he holds his fan

[@TwoFootGiant]

@@WesBarker hey Wes...thats Jim Carey not drew

[@klokhuisJRson]

11:57 When the nanny walks past the boy, she casts a shadow over the table but not the boy, which means that they split the image in half horizontally where the table is

[@jvanamb]

Maurice , You are SOOOOOOO close. ~Jim

[@oscarinipayaso]

For the Marry Poppins scene, they do a version of this on their stage show where they produce various objects from the bag as well as producing a bed by waiving a bedsheet in the air. I think the kids even jump on the bed once it’s produced. It’s amazing to watch.

[@oyleslyck]

When filming Mary Poppins, the filmmakers used a one of a kind prism in a camera used in conjunction with sodium vapor lighting (basically an alternative to blue screening without the "halo" effect) to do in camera special effects. So I imagine they used this camera technique for split screening during the bag sequence. The process is explained in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnqTZIFubZqEfbc

[@NoName-kj2vf]

The kid crawling under the table looked like forced perspective

[@Jsterman23]

There also looked like there was a hidden cut right before Michael ducks under the table at 11:48. That might have played a role as well

[@benjaminmathews2258]

"You're doing youtube backwards." That's so humble but also hilarious. 😂

[@nisanavraham591]

i knew peter was a magician and i also knew he was friends with Chris but i never knew why this Collab never happened. so finally.

[@turtlebeach93]

2019 - obsessed with photography because of Peter 2020 - obsessed with card tricks because of Chris and Wes... Canadians are just taking over youtube and I love it.

[@chrisannablemagic]

“If you don’t know who Peter is, you’re doing KZbin backwards” lol! 😂 Awesome video with you both!

[@t3xasranger]

Had no idea Peter McKinnon was a magician and friends with a Chris. He could sub for you on Bob one episode if you’re under the weather or something!!!

[@defectivepikachu4582]

hes been in some older videos

[@user-pt6mb7uk3x]

the irony is i'dd never heard of peter McKinnon until this video 😀

[@waynesmith2287]

To prepare for the roles in Deception Cutmore-Scott worked with magicians David Kwong and Francis Menotti to learn how to perform the magic tricks on the show according to wikipedia

[@jerrybiv1441]

I’ve gotta say WES Barker, I ADORE your reveal videos. You make it fun to learn the secrets of magic & to hear your critiques of various “tricks” which Hollywood & other people have tried to pull off THANKS BRO’

[@anilyolsal]

Not a movie but Chris Pratt did a magic trick on The Graham Norton Show. I think you should check it out 😂

[@defectivepikachu4582]

the one awkward trick he knows from the M7

[@twelvefingers]

There's a good cigarette vanish in "As Good As It Gets". It's in the first half of the movie when Hellen Hunt goes out with some weirdo on a date and he tries to set the mood with his magismo.

[@sowmyashree6]

I always wanted see you both doing a collaboration, finally it's happening. Epic Video✨.

[@FusionSource]

You guys are magic together, really fun, relaxed and super cool. Nice job, great video.

[@RobynKimberly]

Peter McKinnon in the house!!

[@sebastien609]

This channel is a gem for aspiring magicians

[@CarlyMonster]

You had me sold at the thumbnail! 🤣 I LOVED Burt Wonderstone!

[@carolinehaf21]

Absolutely loving these Wes! Need mooooore!

[@streetmagiciandude]

Oh man what a collab, you are both among my favourite magicians / youtubers o.O

[@MrAndyStenz]

The Burt W quick-change: gotta be greenscreen. This was fun to see Peter on here!

[@jamiewarren1050]

Wes and Pete have great chemistry... definitely need more of these 😂

[@evanvaslow4981]

5:52 I feel like a pretty easy way to edit this together would be to have a separate shot of him with the new outfit, and without the fabric. Then, just mask him out of the first shot with the original outfit when the fabric comes down. Then, they could just put this shot on top of the other one and have the effect.

[@balt3s]

That's what I was thinking. Pretty easy if you keep the fabric of one shot and mask everything else... So the reveal and new cut happen when the original fabric is falling to the ground. So like a horizontal mask.

[@davidpicksley1934]

Corridor Digital #1

[@justineoldersong0923]

Now I'm thanking the both of you for adding another series for me to watch (I'm eyeing you 'Deception) 😁😁💯💯

[@electric_kool-aid]

Whoa!!! Peter Mckinnon on WES? This is amazing man. Your channel just gets better and better lol. Seriously though great content mate.

[@fire_breathing_hamster]

Pete’s trick called second choice was the first trick I learned. Love seeing him on the scene again!! And Wes, well, Yeah.

[@dash-x]

Im laughing at the play on the ash trick but instead burning happy birthday on his arm 😹

[@alwaysmypassion413]

Stop! This was so awesome to watch!

[@eli.abramovitch]

Hey Wes, Another great episode of the series and it's pretty amazing to see PM join in! The Marry Poppins bit was done on a green screen to achieve the parts that you couldn't completely figure out. So, Marry and the table were shot together on a green screen and the kids and the room were shot separately. You can see that in that scene - the kids are a bit off in-terms of proportion and that the girls head relative to the bag keeps changing while the angle doesn't change that significantly (also the kids video layer video quality is a bit degraded relative to the foreground layer). Please keep making these great videos! Their awesome

[@jacobtrindade6728]

Loved this video, I' m huge fan of Peter McKinnon!!

[@chishamwansa9134]

Actually enjoyed this. Fun stuff guys!

[@jacobtrindade6728]

Peter McKinnon should join you and Chris in a future BOB episode!! The three of you are some of my favourite youtubers!!

[@seanhowdle9338]

It's really nice seeing Pete back on the magic scene again! Hope you're both safe

[@ZGBrickfilms]

This video was amazing!

[@altaripa8130]

You forget, again, the teleportation trick in Burt Wonderstone, you would have laugh so much 😂

[@felixthomas693]

peter McKinnon watching the big bang theory .. wow ! Seem like a dream to see 2 of favourite things in one

[@marius3584]

nice to see that you're helping out aspiring youtubers, such as Pete. great video as usual!

[@WesBarker]

I try 😂

[@kayamonn3220]

You should do more scenes from Deception. They definitely put a lot of work in to do as much practical magic as possible

[@l.riggins1857]

I'd heard that when they first started shooting the Mary Poppins scene, the children weren't in on the secret. They were genuinely surprised when she started pulling large things out of the bag. I don't know if that's the take they kept, but they were probably told to keep showing that level of amazement throughout the various takes. There were a lot of truly amazing special effects in that movie for the time. I originally saw the movie as a child at Grauman's Chinese Theater (later Mann's Chinese Theater, now TCL Grauman's Chinese Theater) in Hollywood. That was when it still had its world renown grandeur and big movie premieres (and a few Academy Award ceremonies) were still held there. People still go there and compare their feet to footprints of their beloved celebrities. Lots of memories there and Mary Poppins stayed one of my favorite movies into adulthood.

[@aaronbates1993]

I want more!!

[@jasonkoudelka2578]

Great as always! Here are some movie for you The Magnificent Seven- Farraday's magic trick

[@skateboardmemories]

Thats awesome. You two have gr8 chemistry

[@cillianhourihan3427]

Seems like your just doing a tour of nicer places to film 😂 class as always dude

[@thegamingreaper1293]

Omfg I literally rewound this like 50 times just watching the first 2 seconds 😂😂😂😂😂

[@deckhead2413]

Great video. Fun!!! A pretty funny mistake in My Cousin Vinny I noticed last year. The entire time through that card scene he’s holding Tally’s. Then when they pan down to the table it’s a Bicycle box. Regardless he did well.

[@cartermacdonald5459]

Best combo of youtubers ever

[@WesBarker]

Agreed!

[@katlynvasselo1150]

Burt wonderstone is one of my fave movies.. way underrated

[@teejizzleadams1275]

Weekly movie magic reviews please

[@januzi2]

Hey, I've got a magic trick for you. The setup: you have got a glass ball that is pretty solid (you are poking it around and nothing is happening). You put that ball into the machine that has got several markers. You spin the machine and those markers draw several lines on the ball's surface. There's one point where those lines cross each other. All you have to do is to tap at that point and the ball shatters into the pieces. Can you do that or would it be a Hollywood's trick?

[@zacharyaminoff9322]

Do some from the Disney movie magic camp. I don’t know how many good scenes there are bc I quit after a few minutes from the cringe, but please try it out!

[@defectivepikachu4582]

lmao. my parents put that on because they knew i was into magic and i DID NOT enjoy it. but yeah all the tricks there are real but they traded that for the acting part

[@dancingbandet123]

Finally subbed to ya 🤣. Thank Chris Ramsay and Peter McKinnon. 🤣🤣👍🏼

[@twdodd439]

@5:52 its kind of the same as the match cut with the magician except its a match-wipe. as the hoop falls back into screen everything above the hoop is a from the footage of the new outfit. they are just cropping everything above the hoop and using the curtain folds of the background to hide the wipe, there was no hoop or fabric falling in tne 2nd outfit footage, just him standing in front of the curtain when the director yells action, he waited 2s, then did the hand flourish.

[@WesBarker]

Yeah that’s what we figured afterwards 👍🏻👍🏻

[@abdmin3268]

Yeah, its pretty simple

[@januzi2]

The door opening thingy is derived from the movie "Contact" (the cabinet opening scene, right in the first 5 or 6 minutes of that movie).

[@nathanhorne1]

Hi Wes, you should watch 'Magic' by Coldplay. It's got a bunch of tricks in it. Some of it is obviously CGI, but he does perform a few 'real' magic tricks when he practices at his dresser. The movie Hugo has a nice scene where Hugo gets shown a 'rising card' trick. They also fan the deck a bit.

[@rickycarrillo7821]

For Steve’s quick change when he throws the curtain it’s a real curtain, but when they cut to his new outfit there’s no curtain, they CGI a curtain over him to match the original shot.

[@TimothyWenger]

Instant like for the Wes/Peter collab

[@jvanamb]

Wes & Peter, The MARY POPPIN's effect was suggested to Uncle Walt by Bob Stevenson. And they left the implementation to Cinematography Edward Colman & Senior Editor Cotton Warburton. Both Disney legends. But Warburton had apprenticed for Ray Harryhousen. Your right the effect could and has been pulled off on stage shows. With numerous revels. Though I was not present when Colman did the shot, I was there when the techs were "putting the rabbit in the hat.". So Wes you came close to the technique. Not a BLACK ARTS screen. But Disney animation was famous for creating MULTILEVEL CAMERA shoots. Because of Warburton's sharp eye and smooth finesse he won an Oscar for Editing this effect as well as the animation / live action "Rotoscoping." Presto Change-o, ~Jim

[@robertoquintero6300]

Your the best Wes

[@johnwalker4787]

Loving this series. React to Hollywood gambling/card cheat.

[@tlooc]

There were really nice things 🙂 I'm going to try the Mary Poppins cutting. Looks like fun 😁

[@buzzkillroza499]

Guys! Please watch the show deception! It only lasted for one season. I don't kniw why noone watched it. It was kind of good, you may enjoy it ☺

[@maxdonahue210]

For the Burt wonderstone toss part, it looks like it cuts right before he throws because the fabric jumps to right above his head

[@BandanaDrummer95]

The quick change definitely has CG before the throw. Also, the Mary Poppins stuff is Academy Award winning chroma keying

[@ThriveVolleyball]

I saw Mary Poppins Jr and the bag trick for the stage show is fantastic

[@nevg5908]

Mildly entertaining lol

[@ramboracing702]

Legend!!

[@PraYogiz]

Wow, I love you both

[@sferguson1130]

Killer combo 👌

[@AlexBoyer]

WE WANT MORE!!!!

[@WesBarker]

Hell yes!!

[@RandomDad]

damn, pete AND wes? this is awesome.

[@57thorns]

That first trick art 1:18 is dangerous.

[@cindybirck3744]

Great vid! Jim Carrey! So awesome! 🤣

[@TheAgentofEnigmas]

for the next one you should take a look at Chris Pratt's character in the Magnificent 7 and there is some beautiful card handling and cons in The Sting from 1973.

[@alexvancauwenberghe9870]

I really love peter

[@christianstordahl8688]

Jim Carrey in Burt Wonderstone reminds me of Peter Mckinnon years ago lmao

[@akhenaeravaaldryn]

For the record, you were absolutely talking about me when you said "doing youtube backwards." Never heard of Peter until now. >..< No offense, Peter. I'm bad at internet...ing. ;)

[@itsmehere1]

9:24 100% a trapdoor in the table lol

[@asniperx]

i can tell peter was in in all the camera work and set up of this reaction video.

[@cristonsloan]

With the Steve Carell quick change, the way I would do it is lock off the camera, film him throw up the fabric and still be there in his original clothing when it came back down again, have him change, film him standing there on his mark as if the fabric has just descended and then with the use of a keyframed mask comp the two shots together Edit: I see I'm not the only one who thought of this, having now read some of the comments. It's the easiest way to do it, rather than using green screen or cloth simulations.

[@toneknee6139]

Great video🙃

[@kimandrus3309]

Would love to see you react to the levitation in ghostbusters!

[@folkertdev]

Apparently I'm doing KZbin backwards. Eric Leclerc is actually the first magician I subscribed to during his 365 days of magic, so that confirms it I guess?

[@bekahw8704]

Same - Eric, Wes, then Chris. And now I know about Peter. I'm ok with that 😂.

[@folkertdev]

@@bekahw8704 Haha, exactly! 😄

[@nordicryan]

so in How I Met Your Mother, they do that trick again but he gets the words wrong and says something like "Shoot, I thought you were gonna say 'x' ". So it always seemed like he had the words there because he assumed what she was gonna say. As a little bit of the continuity for that.

[@ev3433]

I work in props design and with Mary Poppins you CAN do all of the tricks, however you need to be further away

[@keithrenaud5107]

Peter McKinnon? Wes dude, your full of surprises. Always got us guessing

[@WesBarker]

👍🏻 I’m the opposite of Garth Brooks- I got friends in high places

[@HenryCabotHenhouse3]

Any time Mary was pulling things out of the bag the children were not present. They were filmed separately and composited onto the frame along with the view under the table, So when Michael crawls under the table that was a second take. Mary pulls the plant up through the table in take one (no one else present), then they film Jane and Michael at the table and composite the two scenes together. Imagine everything green except for the bag, plant, and Mary for the first take (the table being a box to hide the plant under the bag). then film the scene in the room and overlay everything not green from Mary's take onto the room scene. That wasn't what they did, they used the sodium mask process to create an optical mask, but it is essentially what they did. When she pulls out the coat rack you can notice the lighting difference on the children from the second take.

[@JustJoshinMagic]

As both a magician and someone who works in VFX for films, odds are the quick change hoop, was CG for the cloth. That’s why it’s perfect between the two shots. It’s probably Steve holding either just a hoop, or a hoop with a real cloth and they did a new cloth entirely in CG to mask it

[@WesBarker]

Agreed. Thanks man! That’s what we decided after the fact as well. Seems like the best way.

[@JustJoshinMagic]

@@WesBarker No problem! Loving this series. It combines my two passions into one! Keep doing more and let me know if you ever want another person to join ya!

[@brunocamarosano4645]

Decepción really nice series

[@onedeadpixel12]

The quick change is probably two shots. Steve throws the curtain up and let's it fall. The second shot he stands there in the new outfit and then poses. In post you just wipe between scenes as the curtain falls.

[@johnpratt1661]

that plant in Mary Poppins could have been collapsible to fit in the bag.

[@erics.4987]

subbed !

[@LabiLady]

I always wanted to do dress changing tricks!

[@heartofdawnlight]

easy way i can think to get a quick consistent fake quick change would be to use a wire to pull it up at a consistent speed, and let that guide Steve carelles hands on the toss. Use a clean plate with him not there at all + plates of both costumes and viola quick & easy film magic

[@Cvmpbell]

You should hit up corridor and see if they’d be interested in doing a magicians react with you. It’d be dope as hell

[@Superior7]

Epic Magicians :))

[@NelielSugiura]

I forgot how much I really liked Deception. Super unfortunate it got cancelled.

[@WesBarker]

I've gotta go have a look at it in full

[@michaelbradford6990]

Check out Wes's Amazing Magic Kit !!! Soon to be auctioned on EBAY soon! GREAT JOB WES!!!!

[@Malfehzan]

I always forget my favorite Photography youtuber (well, along with Andrew Boey) is also a bit of a magician...

[@djtimo]

How about reacting to the movie Magic Camp? It's on Disney+ atm, but I think certain scenes are on KZbin