As of late,ive become more and more aware that many magicians are afraid to get their hands dirty. Everyone wants to end completely clean and have every single thing 100% angle-proof. Almost like they expect to perform real magic.
Like michael caine said
"your a magician not a wizard.You got to get your hands dirty if you want to achieve the impossible."
There is no risk performing for a webcam.Therefor we see tons of riot performances,tivo 2.32432 and most recently pressure.
But ask those guys to raise their hands if they have ever actually performed these effects for people and you get a crowd of full pockets.
Without taking risks we are not going to be able to perform the type of magic that we really want to do.
Lets look at pressure for a second. A ton of people were outraged because the trailer was "misleading".From the arguments it seemed that for most people the method was too simple.And saying things like "man i wasted my money,any idiot could figure this out". But i want you guys to read this quote by steerpike
"When Wayne Houchin released Sinful, he showed an uncut preview of the entire effect from start to finish. Then came a legion of weaselly little twits who decided to use this perspective to reverse engineer the effect. They proceeded to flood YouTube and message boards with their discovery, practically copulating with their keyboards in excitement to show everyone how smart they were. You notice that not many trailers do that anymore.
So now the editors of these trailers are trying to find an adequate balance of footage showing the performer and the audience without giving these little toads enough to reverse engineer the method. At the same time, the magic community at large criticizes them and calls them dishonest for trying to strike up this balance."
P.S.Alexander,this might have not been as well constructed as I would like but the best way I could put it.Any other points youd like to make would be greatly appreciated.
Like michael caine said
"your a magician not a wizard.You got to get your hands dirty if you want to achieve the impossible."
There is no risk performing for a webcam.Therefor we see tons of riot performances,tivo 2.32432 and most recently pressure.
But ask those guys to raise their hands if they have ever actually performed these effects for people and you get a crowd of full pockets.
Without taking risks we are not going to be able to perform the type of magic that we really want to do.
Lets look at pressure for a second. A ton of people were outraged because the trailer was "misleading".From the arguments it seemed that for most people the method was too simple.And saying things like "man i wasted my money,any idiot could figure this out". But i want you guys to read this quote by steerpike
"When Wayne Houchin released Sinful, he showed an uncut preview of the entire effect from start to finish. Then came a legion of weaselly little twits who decided to use this perspective to reverse engineer the effect. They proceeded to flood YouTube and message boards with their discovery, practically copulating with their keyboards in excitement to show everyone how smart they were. You notice that not many trailers do that anymore.
So now the editors of these trailers are trying to find an adequate balance of footage showing the performer and the audience without giving these little toads enough to reverse engineer the method. At the same time, the magic community at large criticizes them and calls them dishonest for trying to strike up this balance."
P.S.Alexander,this might have not been as well constructed as I would like but the best way I could put it.Any other points youd like to make would be greatly appreciated.