Name: Panic
By: Aaron Fisher
Length: 43 minutes
From: www.theory11.com
This is what real magic would look like
The four Kings are shown and placed into your back pocket. The remainder of the deck is spread cleanly, and then it happens. The deck instantly vanishes in your hands -- leaving only four cards. The cards are shown to be the Kings. And where's the rest of the pack? In your back pocket. No sleights. No funny moves
What you get: The DVD, and the special Gimmicks to do this effect.By: Aaron Fisher
Length: 43 minutes
From: www.theory11.com
This is what real magic would look like
The four Kings are shown and placed into your back pocket. The remainder of the deck is spread cleanly, and then it happens. The deck instantly vanishes in your hands -- leaving only four cards. The cards are shown to be the Kings. And where's the rest of the pack? In your back pocket. No sleights. No funny moves
What you will need: A RED Rider Back Deck.
The DVD.
Opening Titles: Aaron welcomes. Basically it's the same as the trailer on Theory 11. Nothing Much.
Performances: We get to see 2 live performances of the trick, unfortunately there aren't any of Wide Spread Panic (Ill talk about later). The performances are good. This is a trick that doesn't really need well thought of patter. I suppose you could do it silently if you wanted to.
The Gaffs: Aaron talks about the inspiration for the trick and how it came to be. He then goes on to talk about the Gaffs, credits, and different ways to show the gaffs in performance.
Basic Handling: Aaron goes over the basic handling that he prefers to perform, he show you the effect on more time.
Set-Up: Yes there is a set up but it isn't that big, also the audience wont notice it because this is supposed to be an opening trick. Aaron goes over the set-up in detail, very easy to follow, nothing complex.
Part 1, 2 and 3.: Aaron goes over the entire effect in great detail, he also talks about different subtleties to improve the trick. Also he goes over how to handle the gaffs in the performance and how to optimize the illusion. The handling for the effect is crucial for making it look good. The moves aren't hard, but will take some time and practice to make it look smooth, I still haven't got it yet, needs some more work. At the end, Aaron goes over the clean up, which isn't to hard, there are loads of harder tricks to clean up than this.
Wide Spread Panic:
The Effect: You show for Kings, and put them in 4 different positions in the deck, you show the audience they are. You give the deck a cut and a riffle and one king jumps to your right pocket. You show your hands empty and pull it out. You riffle the deck again, another kings jumps to your left pocket, hands empty again. For the last two, you do them both at once. Riffle twice and the two kings jump to your two back pockets. Once you show the kings, you go straight into Panic. (NO PALMING OR FUNNY MOVES.)
The Moves: There are only two moves need for this trick, they aren't that hard to pull off, and if you have lots of experience with card, you should already know one of the moves. This will be going into my routine.
The Unexpected: Aaron goes over things that can unexpectedly happen during the trick, this is great for the Party Performer or Restaurant Performer.
Dynamic Sleight Of Hand: Aaron talks about altering your sleight of hand to suit different groups of people. IE Different numbers. Again this is great for Party Performer, Restaurant Performer, or even stage. He also goes over a extra special move that can enhance the effect.
Final Thoughts: Aaron gives his final thoughts, I think these are very important and can be applied to any effect.
Overall Opinion: Well this and D.D are definatley going into my routine, and this isnt just going to sit on the shelf and collect dust. This is something you will actually want to perform. The sleights arnt hard, they just need a bit of work to get them good. I cant wait to try this out on the street. Highly recommend.
Cheers, Tom
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