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fortasse Inner circle 1201 Posts |
Just bought this. It really is a great effect and routine, believe me.....very, very clever. It takes up where the 19th century forerunner to Chink-a-Chink, using cards, left off. Yes, there are two separate gaffes involved - quite ingenious. Are the dice and cards examinable? You bet they are. Dice can be viewed and touched. All four cards can be visually inspected on both sides - within reason - but at least one of them should not be handled by spectators - not that you would ever want spectators feeling up your props anyway. Bad habit!
No written instructions but a short, wordless video - dvd - comes with the cards and dice. That's really all you need. Everything is clearly depicted. You'll be able to perform this trick after watching the video a couple of times. However, the handling does require some getting used to, and you really need to watch your angles on this one. Bravo to the creator! This is a splendid, extremely clever trick. is anybody here familiar with Kaya Elova? Not sure whether that's a pseudonym or not. Incidentally, this trick is not related to the 'dice matrix' effect shown on Youtube - which I recently posted here on another thread. Same name but totally different. That other one is taken from the 'Poker Pot' trick created by Jack Avis and popularized and sold by Ken Brooke which, for me, is still the most ingenious version of Chink-a Chink ever invented. Fortasse |
Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
For a smart dice matrix, are you aware of the extremely clever one (as well) by Charlie Frye. It is simplicity itself but so smart that it's humbling.
Now, at the risk of repeating myself, I found that any matrix effect should be done following Scott York's Chink A Chink diamond formation with the reunion happening on the audience'es side. Why? Is the purpose of magic to bring everything towards the magician, or towards the audience? If your answer is "towards the audience", then why in a corner rather than in the centre front stage?
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts |
It's not formally "Matrix" as it doesn't use cards and coins/dice/whatever, but in my standard Chink a Chink using brass weights, after the first two moves, I slide the remaining audience side weight to the center. Eliminates the "crossed hands" look that (to me) gives away what might be happening. It too leaves all four on the audience side of the table, and the "clean up" happens well away from the table edge, thus disconnecting yet another possible method in the spectator's mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FP30yGThU0
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fortasse Inner circle 1201 Posts |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwRwKRhzKqk&feature=related
Etienne - see attached link. is this the trick from Charlie Frye (really funny guy and hugely entertaining magician) you're referring to? But this one uses a square matrix. The handing seems similar to the Dice Matrix I just reviewed - but with one material difference, I think. I agree, though, that the closer you can move the action to the spectators the better. That's why you always want the gathering of the dice or corks or cones or caps or whatever else one is using to end up on the side that's closest to the spectators. Dave - I never realized that that was your video, the one you included in your last post. I've always liked it and watched it a great many times after I bought a set exactly like the one you're using in the video. Great handling - short, sweet, and well-paced. Thanks for sharing. Fortasse |
Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
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On 2012-11-19 18:37, fortasse wrote: Yes, this is his take on matrix with dice that I was referring to... and his method is so simple and so smart... It's almost as amazing as the effect itself @Dave : Nice take on Chink A Chink. In impromptu situation, when you don't have Whit's weights at hand, you can end up by taking the four props of your Chink A Chink up and show them forwards and to the right, then do a Utility Switch and, as the other hand keeps showing it forward and to the left, the right hand comes naturally to the table's edge...
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ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts |
Four Dice Chink-A-Chink by Daryl kills. L&L has it on two different DVDs.
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts |
Etienne,
Where would I find Scotty York's "diamond formation" handling?
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