Hello all,

I´m just a _little_ step away from buying the great CTW:WindowMation effect. And yesterday an idea popped up my mind:
Could it be possible to combine WindowMation with John Kennedy's CTW? What I thought off is the following:

First of all you start with John Kennedy's routine (Forcing the card, tearing a corner of the card, etc..). Then you go up to a clean window and let WindowMation produce a corner-teared card (like told and prepared by John Kennedy). When the card is sticking to the window you can then do the "restore card-corner" routine, with the teared corner springing to the outside of the window. After the restore of the card you get WindowMation to vanish the card.

I wonder of this would be possible. I´m not quite sure if WindowMation can handle the heavier special-prepared card. The only drawback I can currently see is that you cant do the trick on double-pained windows anymore.

Does anybody in here have any suggestions or objections for this? Also I´m not sure of how far you can let spectators come up to the window without noticing the WindowMation gimmick. Any ideas?

Greetings from Germany,

Oli

I don't have neither but I know how they work. But I think Windowmation is already a powerful trick in itself. You will make anyone start trippn' if you do this. So just stick with the Windowmation plot, don't overdue it or else it won't be as good and it can be more revealing.
Christian

Hallo Christian,

Thanks for your answer. Actually I cant see anything wrong in combining these two effects. When you are going to perform a CTW-effect you have to stick with one version. With WindowMation you have the chance to perform the merge of the currently best CTW-effects to date,
Anyway: Just technically speaking: Is WindowMation capable of handling not only a normal card but also a special-prepared card?

Thanks a lot,

Greetings,

Oli

No, it woul;dn't work to well to combine the two effects. IT seems like it would be possible, and it might be with some imagination, but as is it wouldn't work because one gimmick would cause the other to go off at the wrong time.

Sorry for the confusing answer. There might be a way, but that's something you'd have to work out. Obviously, I haven't put much effort into that.

If you do come up with a way I'd love to know about it though.

Ron Jaxon

Here's a cool idea for WindowMation: You sign the back of a selected card. The spectator signs the face. A card appears on the window. It's on the outside with the back showing. Your name is there. Now you visibly pull the card through the window (using Chad Long's visible card from wall idea). There is no card on the outside any longer and the spectator's signature is there. No need to go outside and get the card since you've just visibly pulled it inside.

To me this is the big weakness in the Kennedy CTW. Any time a card is left on the outside, a nice spectator will want to go get it to help out and to check the card out too. This doesn't happen with WindowMation.

Mike

Mike:

I have Windowmation and was reviewing this post. Where do I find something about Chad Long's visible card from wall idea. Thanks for your help. Bob Bianchi

I PMed you Robert.

Mike

Visible card from wall seems interesting, please PM me the details as well. Many thanks.

I was looking forward to purchasing Sean Bogunia's WindowMation. From what I've seen, it seems like the greatest card through window ever but the problem is, how PRACTICAL is it ?!

Can the spectators retrieve the card after it has appeared on the window ?
How portable is the gimmick ?
Does the gimmick get damaged easily and needs to be carried in a special case ?
After the card appears...the natural reaction would be the audience going around the other side to see the card....will this ruin the effect ?
Can spectators go around the other side to see their card after the effect ?
Should it be performed to large audience members ?

Thank you very much.

Can the spectators retrieve the card after it has appeared on the window ? - Yes, but it will depend on how they retrieve the card.
How portable is the gimmick ? - Very portable
Does the gimmick get damaged easily and needs to be carried in a special case ? - The gimmick is well constructed and does not need to be carried in a special case.
After the card appears...the natural reaction would be the audience going around the other side to see the card....will this ruin the effect ? - Yes
Can spectators go around the other side to see their card after the effect ? - No
Should it be performed to large audience members ? - Yes, it can be performed in front of a large audience.