Derren Brown will attempt to predict the lottery results

[bolt pp]

he's a great stage performer but that's about his level

[sovietsong]

Erm... How did he do it? It can't be just switching the balls as its not really his style. Maybe he filmed loads of the revealing balls bits? Like when he did ten heads in a row?

He said it took him a year, maybe just filming the reveal bit for 12 hours a day 365 days, would that be enough to cover all the possibilities if he could get one wrong?

Ffs, got to wait till friday for I expect a very simple explanation!

[gatso]

He said it took him a year, maybe just filming the reveal bit for 12 hours a day 365 days, would that be enough to cover all the possibilities if he could get one wrong?

he'd need about 54,000 to guarantee getting 5 so approx 12 and hour if doing 12 hours a day for a year. not very likely but doable

[outragous76]

How does he do that 'and sleep' shit! Unreal

[gatso]

need to find a bar with a tv in leeds friday night imo

[Longy]

need to find a bar with a tv in leeds friday night imo

Ffs talk about setting impossible tasks.

[Claw75]

need to find a bar with a tv in leeds friday night imo

lol I was thinking that earlier

[Ironside]

need to find a bar with a tv in leeds friday night imo

Ffs talk about setting impossible tasks.

not impossible

finding one that is working might be

[Cf]

ok, how did he do all of that stuff?

[cdw1111]

Derren is live at the start in the side room, but the footage of him walking into the room and until the end of the draw is pre-recorded. He knows from previous draws how the lottery works, what order the draw is in, the guy wears a white glove, they press a red button, he also knows the name of the draw master from the TV guides. The draw is very scripted by BBC as they have such a small window to broadcast.

He is filmed earlier in the evening pretending to watch the draw when in reality he is watching a "green screen". This is very clever in itself because they are hinging everything on the draw timing being exactly as it is every week, otherwise he would be out of sync.

The live BBC feed is then projected onto the green screen, so it appears over the pre-recorded footage. So it looks like DB is watching live TV but it's live TV over pre-recorded footage of DB watching the tv. Power generator at the back is to make us believe the TV is real and has power, but it's just a prop.

The draw is made and he is stood still saying nothing, thats because the balls fall at different rates each week, so he can't script that bit. He mentions the bonus ball at the end a little late, it's already in it's slot by then, but we can forgive him that.

He pretends to scribble the numbers down on the card.

Then, and this is the bit I'm still unsure of but almost certain.. as he walks from TV to the stand, they switch the footage from pre-recorded to live. This is even more clever than the first bit, as DB has to be stood in the exact same pose as he is stood in at the start of the live footage. They must have practiced this to death to get it that good.

The lighting at the back wall seems to change which again suggests a cut.

He then walks over to the stand which he has been preparing while we were watching the pre-recorded footage, and viola. DB is live again and the numbers are all correct.

Also, no studio audience was possible because they'd have seen all of the above.

nicked from digital spy,good theory,needs perfect timing

[sovietsong]

Think the pre recorded bit is the only way he's done this.

Did anybody notice a flicker before he walked over to the balls.

My tv is rubbish so it might just be me!

[DaveShoelace]

I doubt highly that any projectors, inject thingies etc will have been used, because that's not his style, especially as he is going to be on TV friday explaining it and also how 'we' can all do it.

That said, I really like the suggestion that he filmed that sequence thousands of times over a year. He made a bit of a deal of it being a year and also, he did only claim to predict five rather than six of the numbers, which reduces the number of combinations he would need to film by quite a margin. Also he did do something of that nature once before, I think he flipped a coin and it came up heads ten times in a row, and that took him about 20 hours of takes.

[kinboshi]

Also, who says that the reveal on Friday will be the truth about how he did it?  He might spin some more deceit during the 'reveal'...

[DaveShoelace]

Also, who says that the reveal on Friday will be the truth about how he did it?  He might spin some more deceit during the 'reveal'...

Also, who is to say he was even on TV last night at all? Maybe we will tune in on Friday and the voiceover person will say 'Derren Browns been dead for 8 years' in a quaky southern American drawl

[TheChipPrince]

Derren is live at the start in the side room, but the footage of him walking into the room and until the end of the draw is pre-recorded. He knows from previous draws how the lottery works, what order the draw is in, the guy wears a white glove, they press a red button, he also knows the name of the draw master from the TV guides. The draw is very scripted by BBC as they have such a small window to broadcast.

He is filmed earlier in the evening pretending to watch the draw when in reality he is watching a "green screen". This is very clever in itself because they are hinging everything on the draw timing being exactly as it is every week, otherwise he would be out of sync.

The live BBC feed is then projected onto the green screen, so it appears over the pre-recorded footage. So it looks like DB is watching live TV but it's live TV over pre-recorded footage of DB watching the tv. Power generator at the back is to make us believe the TV is real and has power, but it's just a prop.

The draw is made and he is stood still saying nothing, thats because the balls fall at different rates each week, so he can't script that bit. He mentions the bonus ball at the end a little late, it's already in it's slot by then, but we can forgive him that.

He pretends to scribble the numbers down on the card.

Then, and this is the bit I'm still unsure of but almost certain.. as he walks from TV to the stand, they switch the footage from pre-recorded to live. This is even more clever than the first bit, as DB has to be stood in the exact same pose as he is stood in at the start of the live footage. They must have practiced this to death to get it that good.

The lighting at the back wall seems to change which again suggests a cut.

He then walks over to the stand which he has been preparing while we were watching the pre-recorded footage, and viola. DB is live again and the numbers are all correct.

Also, no studio audience was possible because they'd have seen all of the above.

nicked from digital spy,good theory,needs perfect timing

I cant have 3 the pre-recorded thingy, not how this is described anyway...

3 things.

1.  As soon as the jackpot flashes up on the screen he says ''£2.4million this week etc''

2.  The instant the chap presses the red button he says ''oh there we go red button is pressed etc''

3.  At the end he writes down the numbers without moving from he position, reading them out as he writes.