I have no idea where you are getting the notion that characters are clowns, I think the miss-understanding is of what a character is. It’s an exaggeration of your own personality. Like my character extends my love of mythology, superstition, supernatural, and theater. I am going to be a little over the top when I perform for people then others, but does that put me in the same league as a cartoon character? Excluding of course Sylvester the Jester.
Furthermore being you, a human can be pretty boring, Have you ever sat down and people watched? People are boring as heck. Spectators see humans everywhere, If you actually go up to a spectator and show them an effect and hook them in, your audience deserves something more and expects it as well because you just broke there mundane world. You have to keep them outside of their reality and suspend their belief by drawing them into your world. This can only really happen if you understand your persona and character.
AMEN to that.
Build a persona or character? Once you actually have guidelines to what your persona, character, and style whatever you want to call it you will be able to more effectively use your creativity to develop effects that you will actually use.
Hmm
If you turn magic you are still considered a magician, I mean you are still entertaining people to pass time when the cable is out. That is what most magicians I have seen around do, its called street magic and being yourself and not a magician by your standards. Get what I am saying? Most modern street close up performers just turn tricks and lack any of the essentials that allows people to connect emotionally.
ARTTT!!!!??
Please explain to me what art means to you.
Agreed, furthermore Manson has a Persona/character, which helps him make songs his own. That is why magicians need one.
Keokesilverfang i agree for the most part, Your performance style should be an exaggeration of your own personality, But all in all it is still YOU. I guess i should have been more clean by what I meant by that. What i am trying to say in order to really make an impact on your spectators you need to get on the same level as them. Connect with them on a personal level.
i dont think that we as humans are boring at all. Everyone is different in their own way. It is your job as an entertainer to take your auidence on a ride threw your own world. it is the 21st centry and people dont believe in magic and hocus pocus anymore. You need a new way to relate to the always chainging audience. I am suggesting people get away from these cartoon style performances. you said you were in to theater and mythology, that is great, and your perfromance should reflect on it because it is you.
As far as magic being an art i strongly believe so.
Lets start by looking at the definiton of art from dictionary.com
"the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance."
Is magic not an expression of creativness? Do we not bring the spectators into our own world or realm. Do we not consider our tricks to be appealing and to our spectators they should be more than ordinary significance.
Magic is not just a skill, its a method of entertainment. Like Painting a picture every brush stroke is there for a reason and a purpos, Every movement and every line of patter is thre for a reason. When you add all the paint strokes and colors together you get a painting. when you put your patter slights and presentation together you get an illuision. Both forms of art.
