Ive recently performed again to audiences in my college. i was using gaffs today, so no shuffling for hecklers.
i messed up badly in a few tricks, particularly in an ACR routine, where i planted two 'X' cards on top of one card and i forgot that i planted two- which meant a triple lift would be the move or getting rid of the top card- then a double lift would suffice.
(i did an acr routine with a queen of hearts. btw)
Needless to say, i did a double lift to show an 'X' card. which i genuinely thought would be their card. it wasnt. i covered it up by saying "if we shake the card a bit, it'll actually change into another card." and pulled the top card out. (which turned out to be the queen of Diamonds) which wasnt their card either.
because the card is the third from the deck remember.
This is where i get lucky, while my audiences were screaming saying "oh my god you flopped, you're a wash out, get outta here!"
i quickly glanced at the first three cards, to make sure that the queen of hearts was somewhere on the top of the deck and i could produce it somehow, whether a palm, card to pocket.. whatever..
since it was third from top, and they stopped screaming out saying "it wasnt the diamonds, it was the hearts, hahaha you flopped!"
I executed a double lift and placed the Queen of diamonds on top, and executed a shake-change. (From Jay noblezada's colour change Dvd)
I said: "i know i flopped, but listen, you really dont believe its magic do you. if you believe in something, it will actually.. happen."
The crowd went Mental. and i instantly regained control again.
As you can see, i was setting a theme of sleight of hand there, since the card seems to immediately jump back on top almost everytime- and it seems that i made a mistake twice in a row. which meant that my 'sleights' got messed up.
My question to you Theory 11 members, is how do you approach magic? Do you present it as 'Sleight of hand' or just plain 'Magical' ?
i messed up badly in a few tricks, particularly in an ACR routine, where i planted two 'X' cards on top of one card and i forgot that i planted two- which meant a triple lift would be the move or getting rid of the top card- then a double lift would suffice.
(i did an acr routine with a queen of hearts. btw)
Needless to say, i did a double lift to show an 'X' card. which i genuinely thought would be their card. it wasnt. i covered it up by saying "if we shake the card a bit, it'll actually change into another card." and pulled the top card out. (which turned out to be the queen of Diamonds) which wasnt their card either.
because the card is the third from the deck remember.
This is where i get lucky, while my audiences were screaming saying "oh my god you flopped, you're a wash out, get outta here!"
i quickly glanced at the first three cards, to make sure that the queen of hearts was somewhere on the top of the deck and i could produce it somehow, whether a palm, card to pocket.. whatever..
since it was third from top, and they stopped screaming out saying "it wasnt the diamonds, it was the hearts, hahaha you flopped!"
I executed a double lift and placed the Queen of diamonds on top, and executed a shake-change. (From Jay noblezada's colour change Dvd)
I said: "i know i flopped, but listen, you really dont believe its magic do you. if you believe in something, it will actually.. happen."
The crowd went Mental. and i instantly regained control again.
As you can see, i was setting a theme of sleight of hand there, since the card seems to immediately jump back on top almost everytime- and it seems that i made a mistake twice in a row. which meant that my 'sleights' got messed up.
My question to you Theory 11 members, is how do you approach magic? Do you present it as 'Sleight of hand' or just plain 'Magical' ?