in 2003, before frayne created and filmed dynamo: magician impossible, the prince's trust gave him a loan which allowed him to start his business and invest in camera equipment. frayne left his hometown of bradford, yorkshire, to move to london in 2004 to begin developing his career in magic. his plan was to create the first ever 'magic mix-tape', where he set out with a small team to film his performances on the streets of london and backstage at events. in a year, frayne had performed magic to talent including coldplay, gwyneth paltrow, snoop dogg and more, and quickly developed a fanbase after posting the clips on youtube.