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fredr500 Loyal user Cary, NC 287 Posts |
To celebrate his new website, Christopher Taylor is giving a free download when you register for an account (through the end of September 2016). Since there is not a lot of information on these downloads (although at $15 each, with one free you can get all 5 for $60) I offered to review them for him. Over the next few days I will post reviews as time permits. That said, here is Overkill:
Overkill by Christopher Taylor 4 page pdf, 2 video files, 10 picture files $15 from http://taylorimagineering.com/shop/overkill/ Older magicians will roll their eyes when they see his performed, but laymen and younger magi will be amazed. But the older magicians will be lining up with the youngsters to buy it after seeing the reactions this gets. This is good, really good. Because it is entertaining, tells a story, and makes the spectator a winner. What more could you ask for in a routine? Let me preface this with a note. If you are a card man, or perform at kid’s birthday parties, you can stop reading now. While in actuality this is a card trick, you can’t present it as one. You have to be able to tell a story and keep people’s interest up. You need to connect emotionally with your audience, they have to care for these 5 beautiful young woman and be outraged that they were murdered at such a young age. If that’s not your style, save your money and look elsewhere. The first thing you need to do when you receive this is print the 10 pictures. I used photoshop to print them 2 to a page on heavy printer paper. I’ve also uploaded them to Walgreens and will print them out for a total cost of under $3, less when they offer a coupon. Then you have to write (pencil is best) a sentence on the back of each. After that little bit of arts and crafts you are ready to amaze. As the pictures age, get wrinkled and look ratty that just adds to the authenticity. You really should either age the pictures or mention that you found them online and printed them. The pictures are all old you just need to justify why they are in the condition they are. The story centers around 5 murders in the London area in the early 1900’s. This is post Jack the Ripper but people still remembered. You have 5 pictures of victims and 5 of murderers. A spectator is determined to be psychic and then is directed to pair up each victim with a murderer using their psychic powers. Of course when the pictures are turned over it is shown that each victim/suspect pair is correct. As taught a single person does all the work. I do it with 2 spectators, a woman and man. I give the men to the woman and vice versa. I say the man has a better connection with a woman’s attraction while a woman is able to feel the fear the woman felt as she saw her attacker. The performance video runs 4.5 minutes, the explanation only takes 6.5 minutes. The 4 page pdf contains a history of the effect and credits as well as instruction on how to use the principle for other effects and the work behind it to expand/contract it to match your needs. The teaching is more than enough, one run through of the videos should be all you need. The pictures can be printed in whatever size you want. They can be business card size and you can carry them in your wallet to always be prepared, you can print them as a full 8x10 or 11x14 picture and perform it on stage. It will hold up to those and all venues in between. For $15 and a little time you will transform an old chestnut into something you do all the time. Highly recommended with the caveat presented in the second paragraph. Fred Rosenbaum
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Christopher Taylor V.I.P. British Columbia Canada 2314 Posts |
Fred: Thank you for that! Fred kindly pointed out to me that there was a pdf missing from the downloadable files; one that includes notes on the history of the method as well as how to use the method to create other effects. I urge everyone who has acquired Overkill to return to their account and fetch the extra file. Cheers.
Christopher |
lekin Regular user Sometimes less is more so I only have 175 Posts |
Once you understand the basic principle, this is highly adaptable. You could, for example, have your spectator use men's names rather than women's simply by adapting the men's names to fit the appropriate criteria. Nor are you limited to people's names.
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lekin Regular user Sometimes less is more so I only have 175 Posts |
For example, you could match cities with landmarks such as:
Rome/Vatican Chicago/Willis-Sears Tower Cairo/Pyramids Milan/La Scala Opera House And so on, applying the basic principle. |
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