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Review King Eternal Order 14446 Posts |
The effect proposed should at least have more work behind it. Just saying "how about this" doesn't help.
Example: "How about a signed card ends up inside the belly of a shark caught off shore Florida". It's not going to happen. That's all I'm saying.
"Of all words of tongue and pen,
the saddest are, "It might have been" ..........John Greenleaf Whittier |
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Harris0n Loyal user leeds uk 290 Posts |
Is the shark a stooge?
"There are times when the truth is necessary and times when myth-making is necessary." Nick Cave
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Andy H Regular user London 106 Posts |
The shark is me, dressed up as a shark, they look back at where I was and a shark is standing there in a shirt and trousers.
Paul Harris: My Astonishing Hero
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lewis Regular user 199 Posts |
They look back at you and you are a lifeguard, saving them because they are in the middle of the sea about to be attacked by a shark.
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marko Inner circle 2109 Posts |
The difference is that while the shark idea is about as plausible as Andy's idea, Andy's idea is ironic and 'inspired'.
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
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ChrisZampese Veteran user Hamilton, NZ 341 Posts |
I want to know why you can't do the shark thing? Surely we can all think of methods to do this? The hardest part would be actually catching the shark, and getting the audience to wait that long for the end of the trick!!
I think any idea - however crazy and impractical - can be very useful in sparking the creative process. If you aimn for the stars, you might reach the moon - if you aim for the basement, you'll probably get there!
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are
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Review King Eternal Order 14446 Posts |
If you aim for the stars, but have no working plan, you drift out into space endlessly.
"Of all words of tongue and pen,
the saddest are, "It might have been" ..........John Greenleaf Whittier |
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts |
That sounds like the plot for Star Trek!
I just have to say it now.... "Beam me up, Scotty."
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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ChrisZampese Veteran user Hamilton, NZ 341 Posts |
Quote:
On 2003-06-11 01:26, MagicChris wrote: I don't mean that simply aiming for something will get you there. What I was saying is that when you aim for the stars, you look at various methods to get there, analyse them all, research, investigate etc. During all this research and investigation it is possible that you will stumble on other more practical things (EG Velcro was invented during research for the space program). If you only aim for the basement then you won't stretch your imagination, you won't be forced to do research into unknown areas and you probably wont discover anything new at all.
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are
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Sid Mayer Special user Santa Fe, NM 656 Posts |
This is starting to get confusing. I mean ... where do I aim if I want to appear on the other side of the basement window?
Sid
All the world's a stage ... and everybody on it is overacting.
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ChrisZampese Veteran user Hamilton, NZ 341 Posts |
That's easy, you need to aim for that little Café on the river in Paris, you know the one with the fresh bread on the racks out front? Aim for that and you should at least get to the other side of the basement window.
If that doesn't work, then ask Andy how you get there!! (confused - so am I!)
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are
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Andy H Regular user London 106 Posts |
To appear on the other side of the basement window you must first have a window on your basement which does not look at soil.
Assuming your basement is underground. Mine is above the roof. I have three stories but live in a bungalow, a bungalow is classified by having no stairs, I have only poles in my house, it's hard to get up but it's very theft proof.
Paul Harris: My Astonishing Hero
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Diavo Veteran user The District 357 Posts |
Ok, back to the big card --> you on other side of window.
Dig this: (hopefully it shows up well) (wall) (wall) ===== =======| (you) (spec)|(window) | You're along a wall with the doorway in it, with the spectator(s) in a corner. (one side a wall, the other the window) When the spectator turns to look at the window, you grab the folded up huge card from the other side of the wall, (or your jacket?!) and unfold it, leaning against the wall me thinks. You dash behind the wall! Then when they've looked back, you stand behind the window!! Tada! Thinking outside the... window. --Diavo Darn, the ASCII pic didn't space well. Basically between (wall) and (wall) there is a bigger space [the doorway], and you stand next to that. The equal signs are the walls, the pipes: | are the window, which didn't line up.
I'm not just a magician, I'm an interpreter of Reality.
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Geoff Weber Inner circle Washington DC 1384 Posts |
You could do this if you had a twin.
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Diavo Veteran user The District 357 Posts |
lol, wow -- that's a great idea.
Too easy though... assuming you had one.
I'm not just a magician, I'm an interpreter of Reality.
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Zeftron New user 50 Posts |
You could load the card into the shark with a billet knife....
Have a patter about unscrupulous cardmen in the 1950s who hid the winning card in all manner of places - their inspiration being the card shark that you are now opening... I'll get my coat |
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Jack Veteran user 371 Posts |
You could tell the spectator to look into the water because their card is underneath. When they do, the shark jumps up and chomps their head. Just before they pass away to the afterlife beyond the stars, they see their card in the sharks throat, and since it's close to their face, it appears to be large. See, all things connected. Whoops, I forgot about the window part. Nevermind.
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
Do you take the car?
Amos McCormick
Things are more like they are today than they've ever been before...
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