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Biggest_Oz New user London 73 Posts |
I recently read a thread on the forum about how the story is what makes the magic trick 'magic', well I was performing triumph and told the story about how when the magician turned away the spectator shuffled the cards face up and face down etc. but the spectator who chose the card seemed to be uninterested... Where did I go wrong?! Was it the way I told it or was the spectator just generally uninterested
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bowers Inner circle Oakboro N.C. 7024 Posts |
Could have been a little of both oz. when telling story it has to be intresting to hold your spectators attention.tell it to a friend and get their honest opinion of what thet thought of it.the more magical the better.
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Biggest_Oz New user London 73 Posts |
Thanks, great tip
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Gary T. Veteran user 375 Posts |
If you don't do that kind of thing throughout the entire routine don't do it for one trick, spectators will wonder why you suddenly started telling a story, I mean unless you can segway into it, I do a bit with that kind of story just to explain what I'm doing, because I'll do the trick that's something like triumph but you flip the cards back and forth mixing them up, then they're all straight and seperated into black and red with the selected card with the wrong color... but I do it like "you shuffle good, I let one guy shuffle and he...." then I demonstrate how the cards were when they got back to me, seems to work out pretty well for me... if the story doesn't just fit with the rest of your performance spectators find it weird.
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littleboy New user 55 Posts |
Sometimes we have to assume not everyone in this world is as passinate about magic as us on this Café. Sometimes no matter what you do people will be disinterested. The only thing I can think of minimalising this is by building enough rapport with the spectator before you even start doing anything. For me, an effect will always seem much stronger if they asked to see a trick instead of you forcing the idea upon them. Eg. When you approach someone, before intruding into their personal space straight away, get them to like you and become interested in you. Ask what they do for a living, how their weekend is. Eventually the conversation will shift to what you do, and you can take it from there.
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SheldonR New user 70 Posts |
Sometimes people just aren't interested and go through the motions because they don't want to seem rude. It could be that's what happened to you.
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Kel says poof Regular user 200 Posts |
When I perform in front of an audience that isn't expecting magic, I look for little windows......windows of opportunity.....most times I need to do something shocking to get their attention, once I have it I go with the trick.
For example, I like to use the silly flame to rose trick and bang on about how it's a real rose, put in in-between my teeth and Spanish dance etc....once I have somebodies eyes, I go straight to them and start performing the real trick....one person becomes a group very fast if you cut out the fat and deliver short and punchy tricks. |
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