I have to do a talent show at school for magic and I only do close up magic. I need some stage magic tricks that pack small and play big. The only stage stuff I have is an appearing cane and some mouth coils.
Can people not just answer questions anymore? He is asking if anyone can sell him good stage material, so why are you lot giving advice on what he should do rather than what he is doing. The only thing close to relevant is from Jewish_Illusion, who suggested searching the forum first.
Who are you to say what this guy (or girl) needs?A list of tricks won't give him what he needs
Who are you to say what this guy (or girl) needs?
You have absolutely no idea what kind of level this person is at
I have to do a talent show at school for magic and I only do close up magic
Take a second to listen to what he's asking. You don't speak for more than yourself so "we" is not a commitment you can make. More to the point, he isn't saying that he wants to do the best stage magic act in his country. It's a school talent show for gods sake, tell him some good tricks and let him have some fun.With all due respect, formula, we know from experience. We know, that you will never be able to perform a halfway decent stage act in a little amount of time.
I'm not talking about what he may or may not need, I'm saying that you should be more concerned with yourself before lecturing this person. He wants peoples opinions of good stage tricks, so I can't understand why people are feel the need to create more barriers rather than providing a solution to his current problem.A lot of times, people really don't know what they need, it is the honest truth. It is a fact of life. Sometimes the guys that work for me come up asking for help on this one thing and upon closer inspection, I could tell you that they needed something else entirely. Why? Because I have the experience in my field, and I know what works best with what. Listen to the main message of most magicians out there and you will find that in order to master this art, it takes time and patience. We are not giving this guy a fish when he asks for it, we are teaching him to fish.
This, I agree with. If you don't want to help him then don't post. Don't make him pay for something he didn't take.I think I should say, we aren't discouraging him from pursuing stage magic at all. We are trying to persuade him from doing a stage magic performance in such a short time.
You want a one-off stage act without telling anyone how much time you have to learn it? You have no interest in creating actual, powerful, meaningful magic?
Ok.
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Do what you know best. Don't do something that you just learned. That being said get a jumbo screen and do tricks for camera with a live feed onto the jumbo screen. You perform on stage and everyone can see it. Win win.I've been close-up magic professionally for almost a year now and as a hobby for 5 years, but I have pretty much zero experience in stage magic. The reason I have to do it is because everyone in school wants me to do it, and so do I, so I'm going to (also I could win $100). What I wanted to know was what tricks play well on stage. All of you people wasted your time except for formula and partially the jewish guy.
Edit: Also I have no interest in pursuing stage magic after this.
I'm not talking about what he may or may not need, I'm saying that you should be more concerned with yourself before lecturing this person. He wants peoples opinions of good stage tricks, so I can't understand why people are feel the need to create more barriers rather than providing a solution to his current problem.
If you don't want to give him the "fish" that he's asking for then don't post. Telling him he needs to do this and that to master the art is not even close to teaching him to fish.
It's a young person that has a talent competition coming up, think about that.
No. That wouldn't help him. Should you have any common sense, you would do what I did.So based on your view I should tell him to run out and buy a Shadow Vision, Asrah, Thin Model Sawing and a few other $15,000.00 props that are "good tricks"?
I agree with you that a trick is only as good as the performer but give him a break, he asked for a bit of advice on some good stage stuff. It doesn't take a solid foundation in stage theatre to pull an appearing pole out of a bag and make a joke. If you don't want to help him then don't but don't make this thread about you and your superior experience.Owning a prop/doing a trick isn't where the "good" or "quality" comes from. If you don't have a foundation you will loose.