Whiskey Water Trick

      The Whiskey Water Trick is a short movie done by filmmaker Casey Neistat. In the video, Neistat fills up one shot glass with whiskey and the other glass with water. Neistat then films himself shuffling through a stack of pinup girl playing cards and picks a card out of the deck and places it on top of the shot glass filled with water. Carefully he flips the shot glass upside down while holding the card so the water doesn't spill and places it on top of the shot glass filled with whiskey. He aligns the rims of both shot glasses and slightly slides the card out, creating a small gap and allowing the liquid to travel between the glasses. Gradually, the denser liquid, water travels downward and the whiskey travels upward.
     While the whiskey water experiment is already awesome to watch as it is, the editing significantly makes the video more entertaining. The video starts out by playing Rye Whiskey, a song by folk singer Pete Seeger. Rye Whiskey complements the intrepid and rustic feel illustrated in the video. The duration of each shot are equally timed and reflects the tempo of Rye Whiskey. The duration of the shots only slow down when Neistat wants the viewer to focus on the details of the pinup girl playing cards as he is shuffling through the deck and, when the water and whiskey are trading places in the glasses. As Neistat proceeds with the experiment, different angles are used like an extreme close up shot of him opening a bottle of whiskey and a bird's eyed view of him pouring the whiskey and water into the shot glasses. The cuts in the video appear seamless because even if the video switches between multiple angles, the entire motion of an action is recorded. This technique allows Neistat to show the procedure in multiple perspectives without detracting from the seamless quality of the video. The fixed set of colors and the slight sepia hue used throughout the video also reinforces the connection between each shot.