"A montage of my pass work." We normally post very little pass videos, but this one was near flawless.
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pseven2117 years ago
Near flawless? From what i saw, i saw lots of flaws. Your left hand moves WAY too much when you get in position and when you execute the pass. Try to minimize movements of the left wrist and fingers/thumb when getting doing the pass. Also, your right fingers crunch up like CRAZY everytime you execute the pass. If you really want it to look invisible try to stabilize your fingers and not make them twitch everytime you do the pass. If you perfect doing these things, your pass will look SO much better than it is now....
thanks for the tips. Its been two years since this was posted and card magic has come a long way since then. These were "near flawless" in comparison to the other videos on the market at the time. My standards along with theory11's standards have greatly increased. Thank you for the constructive criticism as appose to "WTF near flawless?? Thats BS! like others have posted" though!
pretty good. but the pass isnt supposed to be done in the open with everyone burning your hands! it got better as it went along. try adding a "rock" to your motion and it will be completely invisible.
great pass! just thought you could have had a few more from a more difficult angle... for me the bird's eye view is probably the easiest angle for completing the pass! Great stuff otherwise... 4/5 ;)
try curling your index finger underneath the deck so it doesn't shoot out when you do the pass, looks a little awkward. Try not to move anything as much. Don't worry, you're almost there.
Work on the sound, and keep it face down in performances. I'm sure you're just showcasing the skill here, but keep it in mind =) Good work otherwise. 4/5
dude your pass is REALLY good. But some advice i got at camp, face up isnt bad, but it is meant to be invisible AND silent. Work on making it silent and fast. you do not necessarily need to do any motion to cover it, because i know you, and i know you can EASILY misdirect someones eyes for at least a milisecond haha. awesome pass!
~Nate
Ha yea thanks man. In performance my pass is silent. When the effect is about the pass, then the magic is happening at the point of the pass, therefore sound is good (It tells people the magic happened) But when the effect isn't about the pass and there's something more (almost all the time) then its required to have a silent pass.
-at least thats what i was thinking lol
Its a nice pass, although it still does need work. It's fast, but it's loud. This means that your packets are sliding across each other as you do the move. Do the move slowly a bunch of times, as slowly as possible, making sure that the packets dont touch. Repeat this 30 times in a row, restarting your count to 30 if your packets touch AT ALL.
Now do it again, at about half speed, 30 times. Once again, restarting your count if you get hung up or anything. Then once again full speed, same thing.
Do this a few times every day for about a week..then add 10-15 cards. Once again, do it again for a week, same thing, but with more cards. Now add another 10-15 for a week. Keep doing thing until you can comfortably and soundlessly pass 2-2.5 decks.
Youll want to make sure that during these weeks of practice you NEVER do a pass with only one deck to "check your progress" or youll just be setting yourself back a little. Wait for a couple of weeks until youre up to the 2 decks, then go for it all you want.
By doing this, you'll dramatically increase your pass.
Another suggestion, curl your left hand's index finger undreath the deck. It stops it from flicking out and giving anyhting away.
Just a few things to think about.
Cheers,
Lucas
Oh I'm sorry! Suggesting that someone should practice is just stupid of me! What was I thinking?
This practice sequence that I told you takes me all of 5 minutes and I do it while I'm doing something like watching tv or reading or studying.
If youre not willing to put even 5 minutes of your time into practice, dont do magic.
If you are willing to put in the time, you'll dramatically not suck.
Cheers,
Lucas
Then, when you're finished, go outside and get some sun for a few hours, restarting your count if you even think about passes.
By doing this, you'll dramatically have a life.
Cheers
No Doubt, Excellent Video. Yes we see you doing a pass and yes we hear it. You told us it was a pass video so we are hunting for it. A spectator would never catch it. We can see very little of it and we are informed, know the move, expect it, and burning your hands. I just watched your NGT video and would like to say the the NG Transpo (pass Transpostion thing) Looked great in this video. It seems you have been working on it and it shows. This is great work. Anyone being critical is a fool.
This pass is pretty much perfect. The only thing however, is that a magician can see everything because he knows exactly what's going on. If you perform this for a spectator though, I think they'd have a hard time figuring out what happened. And thats what really counts right?
good job man!
-Kevin
The one at the very end, and a few throughout were flawless.
At about 30 seconds, I noticed big time *cough*magician*cough* but that was more of an angle/video thing. Probably wouldn't have aroused any suspicion if you did it while talking in a performance.
Very good work overall, not the best passes I've seen, you do a good variety though. Right now I would only feel comfortable video-posting my classic pass (maybe spread pass). But I just recently (last 3 months) started concentrating on the pass in my practice.
"We normally post very little pass videos, but this one was near flawless"
Oh my... This comment is a BIG JOKE. Come on, WTF? Near flawless? They're fast, no doubt, but they are quite loud and you can see the packets moving...
Well, we know what to look for... If he were using this in a normal performance, he would probably have some kind of misdirection to hide those problems don't you think
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