My first routine. Tell me what's wrong...
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No, I mean to be consistent. Your routine right now can be described as schizophrenic. It's not the props, it's that you're trying to cover too many subjects in too short a time.
I'm currently developing a mind-reading routine for the sci-fi convention circuit, but I'm thinking of cutting the last effect because I'm worried it doesn't progress along the theme properly, doesn't flow.
ok so i should pick a subject, and then chose effects behind that? say i choose natural laws, continuing with the first two, and apply that to all my effects?
You are getting the idea.
To effectively have a consistent theme of your show it helps if you know 'how' you are do these effects.
To effectively have a consistent theme of your show it helps if you know 'how' you are do these effects.
More or less. Keep it consistent.
To draw another parallel, think of any video game you played that added a forced stealth section that disrupted the pacing and flow of the story and just generally annoyed the living **** out of you. Switching things up on your audience is like that.
If you're doing a series of card tricks based on the theme of altering probability fields to reduce the chance of a desire outcome to 1 and then suddenly start talking about ghosts when doing a rising card effect, it breaks the flow with an audible, sickening crack.
You know me Alex. I disagree... With Everything!!
I think the effect sounds okay. What's wrong with it besides that loud crack? There is a card trick/count. It is the combination count. How many cards are used for that Alex? (Minus 2 balls and and an English lesson).
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The effect isn't the problem, it's the routine.
Is anyone here old enough to remember Baywatch Nights? It was a spin-off of Baywatch about David Hassellhoff solving crimes by night. In the second season, he turned it into a ****ty X-Files knock-off that had **** all to do with either the show's first season or even Baywatch itself. It bombed.
Audiences want internal consistency. If you're doing mind reading, you don't try to sweeten the deal with a cups and balls routine.
Way to random, no contenuity between acts and no overall theme. Feels too much like you are doing magic for the sake of the individual effect, not for the enjoyment of the spectators.