So I've been into magic for about 5 years (with some breaks in between)
Now, while performing a lot of times there's this kind of perception from the audience that, I am the magician, I am trying to trick them, and they try to catch me. It's like 'ok now you try to trick me and lets see if you can'.
And somehow this usually just happens with guys somehow girls like magic more, maybe it's just that the guys feel as If I'm showing off or something.
So now the question is, how do I set up the frame that I am NOT there to 'show off' or try to 'trick them and make them look stupid' ? I usually tell them just that, and that I'm just there to make them have a good time that's all
Probably my favourite magicians is Wayne Houchin, and I just love the way he presents magic and makes the simplest effects a lot stronger just by making the presentation very entertaining and interesting ^^
How else could I set up the frame that it's not 'me agains them' ? I want it to be more like just 'us and magic'
I know there is no way that I can make this completely go away, people will always be interested in how these things work. but still I would like to hear your thoughts and ideas for presentation/psychology
oh.. and another thing, didn't want to make another thread.
sometimes when I do magic and do the presentation a lot of times people will go like 'oh ok ok, just do the magic' without being interested in the presentation at all.. like when I tell them to imagine something or just think about something they just go like 'yeah, sure,whatever' like they know that that wont make any difference. how do you make the presentation more interesting? another things would be just do more visual stuff ofcourse
Now, while performing a lot of times there's this kind of perception from the audience that, I am the magician, I am trying to trick them, and they try to catch me. It's like 'ok now you try to trick me and lets see if you can'.
And somehow this usually just happens with guys somehow girls like magic more, maybe it's just that the guys feel as If I'm showing off or something.
So now the question is, how do I set up the frame that I am NOT there to 'show off' or try to 'trick them and make them look stupid' ? I usually tell them just that, and that I'm just there to make them have a good time that's all
Probably my favourite magicians is Wayne Houchin, and I just love the way he presents magic and makes the simplest effects a lot stronger just by making the presentation very entertaining and interesting ^^
How else could I set up the frame that it's not 'me agains them' ? I want it to be more like just 'us and magic'
I know there is no way that I can make this completely go away, people will always be interested in how these things work. but still I would like to hear your thoughts and ideas for presentation/psychology
oh.. and another thing, didn't want to make another thread.
sometimes when I do magic and do the presentation a lot of times people will go like 'oh ok ok, just do the magic' without being interested in the presentation at all.. like when I tell them to imagine something or just think about something they just go like 'yeah, sure,whatever' like they know that that wont make any difference. how do you make the presentation more interesting? another things would be just do more visual stuff ofcourse
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