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A Star Among Strangers

Recently i have been been seeing many post about where to start on performing and how to create a routine and such and i thought i would sit down and try to post my opinion on how things should go. I hope you all enjoy.​

Ok first a little about myself. I have been into the art of magic for the past 2 years now and although it may seem as if thats not a long time trust me i have a wide range of experience. I have been practicing for 1 year and performing for 1 year so its half and half. I love to entertain people and i love knowing that i can use an art that not many people know how to perform.

Play to what your personal character is.​

Well like i stated many people post threads asking how to come up with a set routine or set script on what they should perform for a show or such. Now in my opinion you really cant ask someone how to do it. You need to create your own idea of what you think a set routine is and how it needs to be performed. See if you go by what other have done you will not give the full experience of "magic" or "illusion" which ever you prefer to say. If you have a personality that is out going and very hyper and you someone who has the personality of being shy and calm gives you an idea on how to perform you are going to get the act done however you are also going to feel very uncomfortable and you will not get the full reaction that you can get.


Understanding Human nature​

Its in our human nature to be on gaurd most of the time. We are constantly looking around thinking about risk and wondering if what we do is safe or dangerous. This can be applied to the art of magic. If you approch someone in a manney that offends them sure you have a chance to perform for them however they will be more concerened on what you are doing rather than oh my how in the world is that even possible. now it sounds like it dont make sence but this goes back to my previous paragraph. See my personal character is who i am. I dont change into a magician i still be myself and claim to be me rather than Wayne houchin performing Thread or Daniel Garcia performing Pressure. Lets say you ask someone what the best way to approach someone to perform Pressure is. They tell you well i reach out my hand and say hello my name is Chris the great can i show you something. Now this may work for them however they may not seem as intimidating as you do. Now im not saying that you are a horrible human being with a criminal record but people are catious with strangers. So if you were to do that someone could say well no i really cant watch im in a hurry and the only reason they left if because you approached them wrong.


Use everyday skills to set up a script and routine.​

Now onto what i really wanted to make this post about. Like i said in the intro recently i have been been seeing many post about where to start on performing and how to create a routine and i say the better question that can help you is how did you become friends with the friends you have today. you didnt just jump out of nowhere with a camera and say i wanna be your friend now did you? no you approached them in a way that you felt comfortable doing and hoped they reacted in a way that you two would ejoy hanging out. Its the same as when you want to creat a routine or set a script. If you are preparing a full routine ask yourself what kind of audience do you have? Do you have an older audience that isnt interested in seeing you cut your assistant in half and would rather see you take a sponge ball and make it appear in somone elses pocket. Or do you have a younger audience that doesnt want to see you pull a rabbit out of a hat and would rather see you take a card throw it at a glass and have it be on the other side? These are what you need to take into consideration when you want to script things out. You also need to consider not how many tricks you can fit into 30 minuter or whatever but rather how you can take 5 tricks and stretch them into a full hour. I have performed shows where i have only performed Thread, Pressure, The Kings Rising Levitation, Emotional Intelligence, and Clutch and performed for over an hour. Now you may be saying well that isnt possible they are short 2 minute effect. Yes they can be but if you think ok if i tell the audience that as a chile i wanted to be a balloon animal maker and how one day you decided to make a snake that ate a mouse but couldnt figure out how to get the mouse balloon into the snake and you can stretch the story a little bit. See when people wish to see magic or illusion they dont want to see you have to perform 50 diffrent moves but they would rather see the intro the rising and the finale. So i say to all of you who ask other about how to script a performance, Be yourself, think about if you were in the audience what you would want to see, and most importantly dont become someone you werent ment to be.


All feedback is appreciated. i dont care if you agree or not please leave your thoughts about what i had to say. Thanks for reading.
 
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