That One Effect

[D ICE R]

I was just wondering what effect that you have in the back of your mind but you have never performed. There could be many reasons for this; the sleights the setup up or the presentation. Maybe even you think you are not good enough to perform it with justice. I would like to know what it is and why you just cannot seem to perform it.

For me it is the Q&A act, I have done smaller parts of it different situations however I have never gone all the way to make it a feature of my show let alone a major piece. I am working on making the second half of my show similar to the second half of Evening of Wonders. However I am still trying to work out a few parts to it. The main reason why I do not perform this is I don't feel like I can perform it well enough in my eyes. Even if I did something like Derren's Q&A I would probably still feel it was not good enough.

There are many effect that I feel this was about an other one is the psychometery idea in it's Annemann presentation of the who gave what premise.

 

[FOO:L]

the full 3 card routine by derren. wooooo thats a marathon to perform

 

[D ICE R]

Derren's 3 card routine is a thing of beauty. If I ever did a sit down card magic show I would probably use something that like that.

 

[Reapx]

Id have to say that one effect would be Stop by Daniel Garcia. I like the idea and a reaction it could get. but how its done im still working on it and i wouldnt give the effect justice.

 

[TheatreHead]

Paul Vigil's "Sympathy (For the Devil) Cards".
I still haven't done it for some reason. Probably because I've never been in a setting where I could appropriately build the trick to the climax that it deserves.

 

[AlfieWhattamMagic]

Card through window.

The setup is to long for me though and I hate picking cards up but I would love to do it.

 

[Luis Vega]

Frozen...by Adam Grace

I think it would look insane..but the setup and the circunstances hasn`t allow me to do it yet...

 

[Mr.MadMan]

You know i've got to agree on the Q&A. It has been something ive been wanting to do for a while now but it havent got to the point where i would just take the idea and roll with it.
To me it's sort of the holy grail, there are endless outcomes and instances where something could take a turn for the good or worse.
Also it needs a s*itload of presentational and a bit of cold reading/people reading skills. Its something thats takes the idea of mentalism to the max, utilizing every ounce of knowledge you have.

So basically, i feel im not ready as a performer. Im going to leave it there for a few years and start work on it when i've performed a bit more.

M.

 

[Daniel Dad]

The Advocate by dM. It is just too hard.

 

[WitchDocIsIn]

Diplopia by Paul Vigil, because I'm just not good enough at the required technique.

Also Q&A, but that's one that I haven't even gotten to working on yet. It's sort of my horizon effect.

 

[spades894]

3 Card Monte for me...

 

[Chicken]

Haha I seem to have the opposite problem- I CAN perform a Q&A but have never had the inclination to.

I've always wanted to do the Haunted Pack, since it's a remarkably beautiful effect, but it's never been consistent with my "power" and the message I'm trying to convey. I also don't have the guts to do thread work, since if its seen as "less than nothing." I instantly become a trickster. Shame.