theory11 — Magic Tricks & the World's Finest Playing Cards
Flashed
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Nothing. You can, of ocurse, apologize and move on to another trick/leave the people, but it is so much more gratifying if you ignore the mistake and proceed to chage the trick in such a way that the spectator believes he has caught you - but you hit him in the face.
Not literally of course, but you get the idea. And one more thing. Learn from it. No one's perfect (Michael Ammar aside) ; so you learn from your mistakes
Gustav
Not literally of course, but you get the idea. And one more thing. Learn from it. No one's perfect (Michael Ammar aside) ; so you learn from your mistakes
Gustav
that is very true i asked this because one time i ed up and this led to another trick and sleight and the spectator was still amazed
"You see, that's what I wanted you too see... while you were concentrating on that, I did a secret move right in front of your eyes... did you catch that as well? No? What was your card? Really? I don't think I saw that in the deck... It's been right here in my pocket the whole time, how could you have picked it? You're pretty sneaky..."
Make your own damn mechanics to it.
Make your own damn mechanics to it.
It happens to all of us from time to time.
Sometimes it can be saved with some quick thinking, e.g. if the audience caught a glimpse of a control and says the card is on top or bottom you may be able to palm it off and take it out of your pocket, this has worked for me before.
If it's something 'bigger' e.g. they see a card in a palm, there's not much you can do aside from just carrying on with another effect, don't give them anytime to think about how you messed up. I wouldn't recommend trying to bs your way out of something like this, just admit your mistake and move on.
Sometimes it can be saved with some quick thinking, e.g. if the audience caught a glimpse of a control and says the card is on top or bottom you may be able to palm it off and take it out of your pocket, this has worked for me before.
If it's something 'bigger' e.g. they see a card in a palm, there's not much you can do aside from just carrying on with another effect, don't give them anytime to think about how you messed up. I wouldn't recommend trying to bs your way out of something like this, just admit your mistake and move on.
Usually when i mess up it's in front of my friends so i just say i messed up and do the trick over again. They understand
Some may find it hard to believe, but I've never messed up, I put alot into practice and I've never shown anything until I'm 100% confident and can do it with my eyes closed. I've had hecklers but I've never screwed up a sleight or flashed. Perfection takes practice and alot of it.
I've seen people screw up self working tricks, easy tricks, hard tricks... It happens. If your spectators don't know you've screwed up, you can sometimes recover if your head is screwed in and you're quick on your feet. If you can't, just apologise and move onto the next thing.