mentalism-think on a card

[fabiaanamb]

hello, i have searched the name of the trick that david blaine do on his documentary "the magic of david blaine" which the person think on any card and then he say it or , in other words, guess the card they were thinking.
i have searched that trick but i dont find it, i dont ask for a reveal i just want the name of the trick or the book in which it is or a DVD.
please if anyone know please say me cause i really want that trick.

 

[moooozzz]

I guess this wasn't the trick you will learn from the book or DVD... I may be not right however.

 

[fabiaanamb]

I guess this wasn't the trick you will learn from the book or DVD... I may be not right however.

i dont know because Dynamo do it as well and it have to be a force or i dont know how its done

 

[WitchDocIsIn]

There's a lot of ways to do this. Also keep in mind that you don't always see everything involved with a trick when it's on a show like that.

 

[fabiaanamb]

There's a lot of ways to do this. Also keep in mind that you don't always see everything involved with a trick when it's on a show like that.

well im just looking for a way to know and say the card or thing they are thinking, so please if you know any trick say it

 

[WitchDocIsIn]

This is basic card magic. There are advanced techniques, but the basic methods are in RRTCM, CC, EATCT, etc. I use methods from a dozen sources.

Study your fundamentals and you'll figure this out easily.

 

[formula]

Don't believe everything you see on TV. There are methods to the effect you're describing but none that I'm willing to discuss with someone who joined the forum this month and is basically asking for the secret. As Christoper said, learn your fundamentals.

 

[RealityOne]

Seriously, guys... this isn't a big secret. Go up to someone with your video camera and ask them to think of a card. Guess the 10 of Diamonds. If it works, put it in your television show. If it doesn't, go up to another person and ask them to think of a card. Guess the 10 of Diamonds. If it works, you're good. If not, repeat until it does. Eventually, you've got to get it right.

 

[formula]

Seriously, guys... this isn't a big secret.

That was my point. Too much is freely given away to random people these days and if he doesn't know how this is done then does he really deserve to be spoon fed?

RIP the days of close knit groups of magicians protecting the art and keeping magic magical.

 

[Randy]

That was my point. Too much is freely given away to random people these days and if he doesn't know how this is done then does he really deserve to be spoon fed?

RIP the days of close knit groups of magicians protecting the art and keeping magic magical.

Honestly, it's not a magic secret. Anybody who has good enough logical thinking and common sense can easily come up with the correct solution for something like this. The method that David Blaine used and the method that Dynamo used may be the same or different. The main point is that there is a bit of editing that goes on with both guys. I recall David Blaine mentioning that a lot of times they'd get turned down or have people just up and walk away. So they just edit those parts out, and only show you the good stuff. Because it would be painfully boring to watch a TV special and see people just turning him down or walking away.

 

[RealityOne]

That was my point. Too much is freely given away to random people these days and if he doesn't know how this is done then does he really deserve to be spoon fed?

RIP the days of close knit groups of magicians protecting the art and keeping magic magical.

I was joking about the method and honestly don't think that was how it is done. I suspect that any of us posting a response could replicate the effect in a show (without a stooge) with 100% accuracy.

 

[Randy]

I know a few ways how to do it. But I will take those methods to my grave (also because I doubt that the original poster would understand the psychology that makes them work.)

But yeah. The idea of filming yourself and only shown the correct few instances has been on skype as well. I think Daniel Garcia or Bryan Brushwood did it a few times.

 

[William Draven]

Use a stooge. Tell them to think of the Ace of Spades. Go out in public "meet them for the first time" ask them to think of a card. Wallah! Instant miracle.

 

[The123ad.]

I was joking about the method and honestly don't think that was how it is done. I suspect that any of us posting a response could replicate the effect in a show (without a stooge) with 100% accuracy.

Yes one could using a little bit of pre-show work. In fact that is something I use a lot

 

[Craig Browning]

Use a stooge. Tell them to think of the Ace of Spades. Go out in public "meet them for the first time" ask them to think of a card. Wallah! Instant miracle.

Dang it, William! Stop exposing Angel's favorite method of making anything happen!


All joking aside, there has to be over a dozen BASIC methods for accomplishing this bit of business, all the OP needs to do is get off the couch and pick up a handful of books and from there READ! Study the craft and I can assure you that within a year of learning the foundation bits & pieces, you will have at least a half dozen or more methods to replicate this same effect.

BTW. . . if you're impressed with what those two TV/Video characters can do, you ought to catch the bit I do on radio; making everyone listening think of the same card even though they all have a free choice with things.

I bring this up because everything around that high profile PR stunt comes from bare-bone basics, nothing about the method is exceptionally protected, elite or even rare for that matter. You will find, if you honestly STUDY magic that some of the best, most mind-boggling effects out there work off of very simple and usually very basic methods.

I hope you will embrace the challenge to learn about this stuff.