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  1. RealityOne

    Tension!

    Breathe. In. Out. Repeat. Practice doing sleights when you exhale.
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    Need help with assisted living home show

    True story: I was talking to one of the residents while setting up for a nursing home show. Her: That's a lot of stuff you got there, how do you keep track of it all? Me: I usually forget something when I do a show. I'm checking that I have everything I need. Her: Is it all there? Me: I...
  3. RealityOne

    Oil and water

    @Dmezhkov - The handling looks suspicious. Something happens at :07 when you put the decks together. The subsequent display also makes it apparant that you are not showing all the cards. The discrepancy in the mixing of the cards is a little too apparant especially because you immediately...
  4. RealityOne

    Someone solve this trick!

    Knowledge isn't given, it is earned. I've given you the way to earn the knowledge by picking up a book and reading it. If you love this type of magic and want to perform it, reading Annemann will be a joy. You will learn a method for this effect and so many others. Also, you will appreciate...
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    Someone solve this trick!

    Don't you just love that feeling? There are several ways that this can be done. We don't provide methods in the forums. I know how I'd do it, but that doesn't mean that is the method your friend used. Read Annemann's Practical Mental Magic. The effect isn't in there, but there are lots of...
  6. RealityOne

    Amazing Mentalist Preminition !

    Old trick, usually Fred or Phil. http://geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/Fred_Trick
  7. RealityOne

    Someone solve this trick!

    If he won't tell, neither will we.
  8. RealityOne

    The Steps of Creating a Magic Trick

    No worries. My terse comments sometimes come across the wrong way. I like how you visualize performing the effect in your method. I often visualize an effect hundreeds of times before actually performing it.
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    The Steps of Creating a Magic Trick

    I guess I read the question about how to come up with "magic." Magic is an effect (what the audience sees) or series of effects (the plot of an effect or routine) acomplished by a method (which the audience doesn't see) accompanied by a presentation (which allows the audience to care about the...
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    The Steps of Creating a Magic Trick

    Well, yes and no. Having the greatest impact at the end is important but not for the biggest wow. By the immediately before the end of an effect, the audience should realize what the end will be (just like a good movie, the end makes sense the instant before it is revealed), should realize...
  11. RealityOne

    What do I buy with 100$???

    Paul Harris's Art of Astonishment, Volume 1 ($33.75) David Acer's Random Acts of Magic ($33.75) Jerry Mentzer's Counts Cuts and Moves ($7.50) John Bannon's Impossibilia (e-book at L&L Publishing $17.95) Spend the rest on some Bicycle cards to practice with.
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    The Steps of Creating a Magic Trick

    Interesting dichotomy. Do you think that the difference is between creating for performance or creating for sale? Most of my performance pieces start with the thought "wouldn't it be amazing if I could do....?" I'm inspired by a story, an idea, a prop or a routine. That becomes the base with...
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    The Steps of Creating a Magic Trick

    To create personalized magic, you need to have an understanding of classic plots and a variety of sleights. When I create a performance piece (something I will use in a show) I start with what has already been done. Let's say I want to do an Invisible Palm Aces routine. I would start out...
  14. RealityOne

    Sleight misconception?

    OK, I'm still not getting it. What is your starting point how the deck is set up and then what happens during each phase? What cards are you changing into what cards?
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    Deck Switch

    Roberto Giobbi's book is the best source for sleight of hand. Lots more sources here:http://www.conjuringarchive.com/show.php?search=deck+switch You may also consider picking up Tamariz's Five Points in Magic. For a short book it has tremendous value. The Double Crossing the Gaze method is...
  16. RealityOne

    How?

    https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/saturday-night-contest-falling-in-love.42814/#/post-442303
  17. RealityOne

    What should I create?

    Exactly. For classic magic acts, I'd add folks like Al Baker, Alan Wakeling, Cardini, Roy Benson, and Frank Garcia.
  18. RealityOne

    Counterfeit Questions

    Kenneth: I picked this up when I saw Wayne lecture a couple of years back (it was called Counterfeit Hollingsworth back then). I haven't watched the DVD in a while, but would be glad to take a look at it again and answer your questions.
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    Hindu Shuffle card control

    I start with the deck in mechanics or dealing grip in my left hand. I then shift the deck to an elevated dealing grip slightly lifting the deck with and end grip (thumb on one end and middle, ring and little finger on othe) in my right hand and by curling my left index finger is under the deck...
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    Hindu Shuffle card control

    If the top of your thumb is 1/4 inch below the deck, the gap at the back of the deck with the tilt is about 1/8th of an inch. Essentially that 1/8 inch is the amount of the break. For me, that means that the middle of the top segment (flange) of the thumb and middle finger is roughly aligned...
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