Please before reading see this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0grANlx7y2E
Now this was posted by Morgician ( a pretty smart guy who was around the forums and that I dont see around anymore) quite some time ago, and I found it pretty interesting, one of the main things that I hear about here in the forums is "misdirection"
"Misdirect this"
"Misdirect that"
But, do we really know how to misdirect? And by this I mean, being able of misdirect witouth giving the spectator the feeling that we are making him "look some other way so that we can pull the rabbit of the hat".
In the video they call it "Change Blindness" and the explanation "provided by wikipedia" is:
We can use this to our advantage. And not only this, but several things to succesfully misdirect someone witouth giving the above emotion.
I think that we should add misdirection to our scripts (if you actually script your magic routines) we need to blend it with our routine and our patter so it doesn't feels out of the way.
That's partially some of my thoughts on the subject. I am kinda a funny guy and I smile a lot so that gives me a couple of seconds (when they are looking at me, not the cards) to do whatever I need to do in the moment, whatever it is a sleight or whatever.
This moments are spontaneus (When I smile and make jokes out of the blue, things like that) But I believe that If you script misidrection into your performance, it can enhance your magic quite a bit.
I want to hear from you guys, what do you think? And how can we apply " Change Blindness" to our magic? any ideas?
I'll give cookies if people reply to this thread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0grANlx7y2E
Now this was posted by Morgician ( a pretty smart guy who was around the forums and that I dont see around anymore) quite some time ago, and I found it pretty interesting, one of the main things that I hear about here in the forums is "misdirection"
"Misdirect this"
"Misdirect that"
But, do we really know how to misdirect? And by this I mean, being able of misdirect witouth giving the spectator the feeling that we are making him "look some other way so that we can pull the rabbit of the hat".
In the video they call it "Change Blindness" and the explanation "provided by wikipedia" is:
In visual perception, change blindness is the phenomenon that occurs when a person viewing a visual scene apparently fails to detect large changes in the scene. For change blindness to occur, the change in the scene typically has to coincide with some visual disruption such as a saccade (eye movement) or a brief obscuration of the observed scene or image. When looking at still images, a viewer can experience change blindness if part of the image changes.
We can use this to our advantage. And not only this, but several things to succesfully misdirect someone witouth giving the above emotion.
I think that we should add misdirection to our scripts (if you actually script your magic routines) we need to blend it with our routine and our patter so it doesn't feels out of the way.
That's partially some of my thoughts on the subject. I am kinda a funny guy and I smile a lot so that gives me a couple of seconds (when they are looking at me, not the cards) to do whatever I need to do in the moment, whatever it is a sleight or whatever.
This moments are spontaneus (When I smile and make jokes out of the blue, things like that) But I believe that If you script misidrection into your performance, it can enhance your magic quite a bit.
I want to hear from you guys, what do you think? And how can we apply " Change Blindness" to our magic? any ideas?
I'll give cookies if people reply to this thread
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