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Wednesday New user 80 Posts |
Hi everyone,
I'd thought I'd share with you a little video I recorded for the sake of practice. Trying to overcome my fear of using Dollar sized coins, so I'd thought I'd practice with one coin first. I must admit, finger palm is my best friend at this point. I can't seem to get a comfortable classic palm with dollar coins yet. I thought it went pretty well so I thought I'd share it with the community. This was probably my 7th shot =S http://tinyurl.com/2drlu8u (It's a youtube video, but I hate the long link it gives :[ ) I got the production from Michael Vincent and I'm not sure where the "pop-up" move comes from =[ Critiques are definitely wanted. I'd love to improve my magic Dan |
ALEXANDRE Inner circle 3024 Posts |
I'm not a great coin guy (but I'm improving) so I'll critique as an ordinary viewer, though not as a complete layman because I do know all the moves you're making.
Phase one was cool. Cool vanish, cool empty hand reveal. Careful with that hand after the vanish, but I think you're incredibly close to some outstanding naturalness. Beginning of Phase two, in my opinion, needed a tiny bit of work because it looks like you're doing what you're doing, but when you bring your hand up, you're not holding anything! Which is nice. I don't know ... maybe try a different pick up? after that, the reveal is cool. The third and fourth "pop-ups" were great, I didn't particularly like the first, second, and fifth (which were the same) ... maybe you should just do one of those? Overall, cool stuff, man. You can certainly handle that coin!
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mavericklancer Elite user Tustin, CA 448 Posts |
Phase one felt a bit awkward to me... your left hand, especially when you're about to punch through the coin. Try to work on relaxing that hand a bit more and palming the coin without readjusting (I could be wrong, I'm not sure).
I agree with Alexandre that the pop-ups were great. Good job on those. Check out Doh's one coin routine too. Your routines have a few similarities, which I think might help with yours: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQGBBuskORE&feature=related |
Lord Anacho Regular user Kessel-Lo, Belgium 157 Posts |
Do take care though. At a given moment you glance at the palmed coin in your left hand!
But as an all thumbs person myself: kudos and congrats! Ciao for now Erik
"The secret impresses no one. The trick you use it for is everything" (Alfred Borden in The Prestige)
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Wednesday New user 80 Posts |
Alexandre: I understand what you mean from the ditch. It does seem illogical to pretend to grab something and put it into my hand and then still pretend to hold on to it again just to show that the hand is empty.
I will work on the recovery. Yes. I do have a tendency to do "retention vanish/pop-up" phase a lot =S It's like a go to thing that I'll admit is more of a habit now. Too much of a good thing sometimes. Thanks for the words of improvement mavericklancer: I'm going to assume you mean my "right" hand. I watched my video again and I thought to myself, "Wait, I'm not left-handed." The video is mirrored =S Yes I was readjusting the coin into a more comfortable curl palm but I can see that my hand moves around during that transition. I can kind of see similarities with Doh's routine. He's very smooth in his sleights and very natural. Thanks Lord Anacho: Yikes! Hoped that no one noticed that one haha. I have a "sleight" fear of coins falling on my toes ever since I've been practicing with dollar coins. But I will try to distill more confidence, which will hopefully rid of that death glance. Thanks |
Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
What is your routine trying to communicate? Just that you are juggling a coin? Try and give it some meaning, silent or otherwise, but meaning. Tell the story in your head, if nothing else.
Putting sleights, even from great magicians, next to one another doesn't make a routine. Since you like Michael Vincent, see how much effort he brings into making his magic meaningful. May I suggest you respectfully and for your own good to read Darwin Ortiz's Strong Magic and/or Henning Nelms Magic and showmanship. If these were too thick for you read, at least take advantage of Gary Kurz's Leading With Your Head. To progress you don't need technical help as much as you need magical help.
Magic is the art of emotionally sharing live impossible situations
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Wednesday New user 80 Posts |
Winter break is coming up, so I will try my best to look into those sources.
I'm definitely interested in Strong Magic, I've heard the book tossed around the internet. I will admit, I do practice the sleight of things more than I practice "magic" itself. |
chr!s Regular user newcastle 163 Posts |
Lawrence O hit it on the head for me- it played more like a collection of moves than a magic effect. Your pop-ups were brilliant, but your magical motive was not communicated. Take a look at structuring your routines for magical impact rather than as a display of technical ability.
Just a critique! Lafferty
"you can't see your own rub-a-dub..."
-richard sanders |
Donnie Loyal user 224 Posts |
Stop mugging for the camera.
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oliver.s New user 26 Posts |
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On 2010-11-23 13:47, Lawrence O wrote: But whats wrong with magic for magics sake? It confuses me when people suggest magic needs some deeper meaning or some kind of narrative (silent or otherwise). I see nothing wrong with magic just for its own beauty. ... On to the routine itself. Great technical work, though I found a few spots where it seemed contrived and unnatural (In particular, the strange two handed concealment before a reproduction). Making great progress to something beautiful though mate, good work. Oliver. |
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