That is a good question. In my opnion, it really depens on the specators and the effect performed. I love the OMGs and other various banter after the effect is done. But sometimes the stone silence and a look of complete awe on the specs face is just a pleaseing.
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That is a good question. In my opnion, it really depens on the specators and the effect performed. I love the OMGs and other various banter after the effect is done. But sometimes the stone silence and a look of complete awe on the specs face is just a pleaseing.
What happened? Have you formed a Persona for yourself yet?
Around the time that I started this thread there was a good amount of threads about making a character for yourself. I am currious who actually tried to make a character for themselves, and if they did what is it and why? If you haven't or you chose to shy away form those threads, are you going to attempt to create a character later on down the line?
Around the time that I started this thread there was a good amount of threads about making a character for yourself. I am currious who actually tried to make a character for themselves, and if they did what is it and why? If you haven't or you chose to shy away form those threads, are you going to attempt to create a character later on down the line?
what makes an effect clean is when you and only you know where the gimmicks, or extra's are....and it can't be visibly seen...as if something is pocketed doesn't mean that its gone in reality but to the spectators...its gone..its nowhere to be found or detected....
I used to be a stiffler about 'clean' magic. For some reason, I felt it added a sense of quality to the effect. I wanted everything I did to be absolutely fair so that I could borrow an object, do something impossible with it, and then immediately hand it out for inspection afterwards. If it didn't meet that criteria, I used to think the magic wasn't good enough. Then I saw Tommy Wonder and was absolutely blown away by the amount of creativity and courage he put into his performances. The man did amazing things with all sorts of gimmicks-- pullies, holdouts, tricked out boxes, deck shells, flash paper... he did it all and made it feel very authentic. He made the dirtiest magic feel organic and spontaneous. Although his magic was very mechanical (in the literal sense), people believed the material he was performing was very on-the-spot and fair. His magic was very artistic. I learned a great deal about structuring and performing from watching Tommy Wonder.
Years later, I read Derren Brown's book regarding some of the most unorthodox, riskiest mentalism one could consider. His ideas of embracing risk into a performance was very admirable and after giving it serious thought, I adopted a lot of his philosophy into my own work. I learned that magic and mentalism does not have to be fair and clean 100% of the time-- but a performance of an effect must undoubtedly be.
To me, these two performers gave new meaning to the popular cliche-- if you believe in what you do, the audience will too. They both embraced risk and technology and creativity in what they performed. Although they may have had so much to hide, they carried themselves in such a manner that their audiences never felt they weren't being absolutely honest and open with them. I felt that was a very admirable quality about what they did. They could get away with so much simply because they behaved and performed like they didn't have anything to hide. Being ballsy pays off.
RS.
Years later, I read Derren Brown's book regarding some of the most unorthodox, riskiest mentalism one could consider. His ideas of embracing risk into a performance was very admirable and after giving it serious thought, I adopted a lot of his philosophy into my own work. I learned that magic and mentalism does not have to be fair and clean 100% of the time-- but a performance of an effect must undoubtedly be.
To me, these two performers gave new meaning to the popular cliche-- if you believe in what you do, the audience will too. They both embraced risk and technology and creativity in what they performed. Although they may have had so much to hide, they carried themselves in such a manner that their audiences never felt they weren't being absolutely honest and open with them. I felt that was a very admirable quality about what they did. They could get away with so much simply because they behaved and performed like they didn't have anything to hide. Being ballsy pays off.
RS.