I would like to share with people who are making scripts, routines or just perfecting (arent we all?) some good ideas to make your effects the best they can be.
A great way to build up the needed presntation in a routine is suspense, and dramtic build up. Examples.
Paper clipped by jay...
I am thinking about buying a Mail Bag for xmas and planning on using it with the 100 ft rope escape. Anyone who is experince with the Mail Bag can please tell me if that is a good or bad idea, and maybe share what you do with the Mail Bag
Thank you!
Has anyone came up to and ask to see you do some flourishes (maybe not in those words) with a deck of cards?
Should a good florishes like a good magic trick be accomplshed with any deck of cards?
They are boring.
We should stop making tricks that have 10000 slight. Lets get aminated.
People get sick of finding your card in the deck routines.
Tricks like pyro prediction juicer fruit paper clipped angel zero any type of reveals twilght angels card to pocket ect ect make card...
Effect- card is selected and placed in side a box of cards. Moments later the card turns into a peice of juicy friut gum. With just a shake the logo turns it'self into the selected card. When the peice of gum is opend up, inside is there selected card.
Diffucty-7.5/10
Set up- around a...
EFFECT- You take a borrowed coin and a pencil from your pocket. Then you strike the quater with the pencil and it "smashes" through the quater. Show it around to people, then if you want restore it and hand it back.
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Cost- I got mine...
This video made me laugh and think at the same time. What do you guys think they mean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seHIyR3-jvE&feature=related
Discuss.
A house a couple down from mine is having a graduation party and the father asked me if i could do a half hour to a hour of walk around.
I need some hard hitting effects that i can learn in 2 days.....
Hahahaha I'm just kidding around :). I have all my perfected close up tricks ready to...
story and disccusion
Well it was my dads birthday and his sister called to wish him a happy birthday, so did my little cousin (5 years of age). they sung happy birthday and then my little cousin said he was learning magic tricks that are better then anthonys (me). I just started craking up...
I have ben looking at some hypnotism and saw zap on penguin.
http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=1886 (ZAP)
Then i found this on penguin.
http://www.penguinmagic.com/specialorderproduct.php?ID=10549
Both look like the same methoad but over $100 cheaper?
We constantly see videos on youtube of magic being performed poorly and exposed, but does everyone see this?
I do some magic for my classmates and after showing them some tricks, the next day i have people come back to me saying "I could not find anything on the internet or youtube" or ask me...
I bought the Escapology seirs on penguin (I like them, good DVDS) I can do most of the rope stuff in there but my main probelm is finding a place/website that i can buy handcuffs, thumbcuffs, shackels ect. Do any of you guys know a place?
Effect- Person hands magicain a item and it vanishes with both hands empty.
In the box- Theres three geckos in it, a DVD, a arm strap and refills.
PROS
Very visual
Easy to use
The set up is not that hard.
Barrowed objects
No sleves
CONS
Makes a settle noise (if your in public no...
Ok when i use my wiregram (fire and hot water) for some reason only the 8 forms and not the heart. is it borken? anyway to fix it? what could of happend?
Need a florishing DVD. Is the price of XB worth it at E? Or is show off with cards from penguin witch is cheaper and it does look like it teaches alot but i don't know how good the teaching is. Anyone with knowlage of these DVDs help me?