On Feb 7, 2018, Mark_Chandaue wrote:
There is probably only one app I use in paid gigs but then I primarily perform cabaret. I can think of very few instances where I feel it is justified to take your phone out on stage. The other reason is that many of my favourite apps require an internet connection. My primary work is banquets and many of the venues I work are in basements with absolutely no signal. I like to be in control of as much as possible during a paid gig and I have absolutely no control of my own mobile signal let alone a participant signal who may be on a completely different network to me. So if an app requires an internet connection it is instantly ruled out of my set. If I were doing close up it wouldn’t be as much of an issue as it is a lot easier to change sets between tables.

Fortunately this doesn’t require an internet connection but it wouldn’t suit my style to use this on stage. For stage I think it would be far more professional to have properly prepared my list onto some kind of visual medium rather than use the notes app on my phone. For close up or for casual performances the phone notes are much easier to justify. I have this and I will use it in casual situations once I have found the right vehicle for it. I don’t see a problem with the notes app if there is some layering. I’m not a great lover of the simple force/reveal presentation in general. I prefer to use the force item as a starting point rather than an end point. For instance use the word association effect from Atlas Brookings the real thing. Or use some of the ideas from Pete Turners Devil in Disguise 2. This way the thing you reveal isn’t on the list nor has it ever been on the list.

The challenge I have right now is finding a good way to know the number without them telling you. In order to move away from the force/reveal presentation it’s important that the spectator believes you don’t know the number especially if you perform any rainman effects that would indicate that you can easily remember a list of 109 things.

If the position on the list is not known to you and the item at that position is only used as a starting point and the spectator uses it as a springboard to get to an apparently free destination. When you reveal that destination that only ever existed in their head the last thing they will suspect is an app.

Mark

On Feb 8, 2018, Mark_Chandaue wrote:
It all comes down to whether you still want them still fooled an hour later. As a close up magician force/reveal is probably good enough, if you are performing credible Mentalism you need to work a little harder. More effort on the performers part doesn’t mean it isn’t simple for the spectator. Think of a number, look up the number on the list, now think of the complete opposite. Job done the item they are thinking of is not on the list and could be absolutely anything and you theoretically couldn’t have forced it because you don’t know where they started let alone where they ended. The trailer performance looks great, took my girlfriend around 15 minutes to backtrack and suggest an app.

Mark

On Feb 8, 2018, otreboR wrote:
Maybe a nice layer would be writing the prediction on your business card and for example put it in an envelope with a hole in the back.
This way you can also add the number to the prediction by using a swami gimmick.

On Feb 8, 2018, Mark_Chandaue wrote:

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On Feb 8, 2018, otreboR wrote:
Maybe a nice layer would be writing the prediction on your business card and for example put it in an envelope with a hole in the back.
This way you can also add the number to the prediction by using a swami gimmick.

This wouldn’t be a good thing, you wrote the list so if you predicted the number it stands to reason that you know the item. In such a case the list becomes obsolete and you may as well just dispense with the list and predict the number.

Mark

On Feb 10, 2018, Tarik Flash wrote:
I have the latest iPhone x and cannot set the home screen as when I screen shot it it still comes out wrong either keypad in front of saved image or icons I have never seen in my life please advise Tarik 🙂