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Dark as Night, by Alan Rorrison

The Effect

A Visual coin through Glass effect, that plays big, and is completely impromptu

Demo vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b45AOI91fs

Cost

Not sure yet, Alan has sent me this as a friend for review purposes, but as with all of Alans effects, it wont be any more than a tenner.

UPDATE - this effect is a very reasonable £8

You will need to buy a gimmick to go along with this effect, but they are only around £12, and when you have it in your pocket, you are able to perform this at any time

This will be available from www.alanrorrison.com

Difficulty
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)

This gets a 3. The effect uses some basic coin sleights, but Alan explains them to you. If you want to learn further into the sleight, Alan references the sources as well

Review
Ok, ill admit it. I havent had chance to perform this effect to anyone yet. He sent me the demo video and the explanation today, so ive been working on it from my sick bed.

In basic terms, this is a visual coin through Glass. The coin is rubbed on the bottom of the glass, and visually melts through the bottom, and into the glass. The beauty of this effect is the coint can also be signed if you desire. I will be trying out the effect in both a signed and non-signed performance, so I will let you know what I think.

The explanation video is only 9m11s long - but any more than this would be overkill. In that time, the effect is explained fully, the sleights are explained to a level where you can go away and work on it more yourself, but Alan references where you can find more details.

The thing I like about this most, is that it uses something that we all encounter every single time we set foot in a bar, or a pub, or a night club. Its something that annoys me when im out drinking, but Alan has now unlocked the potential with this, to create an effect that I know I will use every single time im out in a bar. Alan also explains how you can substitute this yourself if by some miracle the bar has been cleaned (doesnt happen very often in the bar I encounter)

The principle is so simple and bold, whenever I see one of Alans explanations I immediately say to myself "why the hell didnt I think of that!?!


Overall

A beautiful, clean and simple impromptu effect that is perfect for next time your in a bar and someone says "do a trick". It can be done with a borrowed coin, the coin can be signed, and it visually melts through the glass.

I'd give this a 9 out of 10. The ONLY thing that lets it down is that you will need to buy a gimmick, but most Magicians will have one of these in there case.



Nice work Alan, a beauty as always!!

Really does looks incredible. But a few months ago I was talking to a magician friend of mine and he showed me something that looked exactly like this but it was done impromptu.

I think its the same method because they just look too similar, but Im not sure if it is as this needs a gimmick.

Oh well, just another little co-inky

It sounds and looks good but if a gimmick is required, it's not impromptu. Yes, I know once you HAVE the gimmick, you can do it anytime, anywhere - but it's still not impromptu, and thus, should not be sold as such.

The reason why I say impromptu is because as a working pro, it is natural for me to carry the gimmick every single day of my life. Thats my reasoning behind calling it impromptu


MW

Strictly speaking, it's not impromptu. But let's not argue about semantics; it's a great looking effect and very visual. I like the look of it.