Author Archives: Courts

Outline

In my revision of paper 1 I placed a lot of attention on embedding my quotes from the article correctly, so that they would flow easily into the sentences. In order to do this I used connective phrases like “…by … Continue reading →

The secondary source that I have chosen is The Unbelievable Skepticism of the Amazing Randi, from The New York Times Magazine. Initially I was looking at JSTORE and trying to connect my research question to The Amazing Randi, however this … Continue reading →

Prospectus

What history has there been of Robberies by illusionists  or people associated with a background in being a magician? What other secret societies are there in the entertainment business? What secret society is Now You See Me posing as highlighting … Continue reading →

  “Look closely, because the closer you think you are, the less you will actually see.”   In short the movie Now You See Me is about the Horsemen who are real-time magicians under investigation for a series of bank … Continue reading →

Podcast Draft

I will be carrying out a ‘breaking news’ style along with a comedic style to break up the podcast and to make it more interesting. The breaking news will interrupt a show and will be a series of serious reports … Continue reading →

The Hoax that I have chosen to create a podcast on is “The Hundred-Million-Dollar Robbery of the U.S Treasury”. It was an April Fools hoax, set in 1905 where newspapers published a fabricated story of a crime that had taken … Continue reading →