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Pop Fly

Postby Discombobulator » Feb 9th, '12, 13:47



The Effect
POP FLY by Bizau Cristian - vanishing inc.
http://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic- ... s/pop-fly/

They say:
Pop Fly
Bizau Cristian is a young magician from Romania with a spectacular new card sleight that causes a selection to fly out of the pack without any apparent throwing action. It’s called POP FLY, and this ridiculously cool-looking sleight is available right now!

Vanishing Inc. has collaborated with Blue Crown to bring you this EXCLUSIVE download for POP FLY. Watch the video and you’ll understand exactly what this versatile revelation does: cause any card (or two, or a double) to fly from the pack as you dribble the cards gently to the table. The mechanics are not hard to master, and it can be done with a borrowed, shuffled pack—no threads. POP FLY is the kind of sleight you can incorporate into your repertoire immediately.

Running time: 33 minutes


Cost
$10 (almost) instant download. It takes about 10 mins for them to personalise the download to help trace illegal copies.


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)

Takes a little practice, but nothing too difficult for any card worker. 3


Review

I saw the promo demo and loved the way that cards shoot out the deck. A chosen card, a prediction, several cards etc.
I am not a card specialist, I normally just rely on the wow factor when I turn over their chosen card.
This effect provides a little bit of flourish and something a bit different when presenting their chosen card(s) - something that is lacking in my performances.

I ruled out the use of any threads of magnets or any gimmick device, so I was only left with the possibility that it was some sort of sleight technique.

The sleight is probably known to many, and is probably available in some form in standard books or DVD on flourishes.
SInce I dont have any books on flourishes, and a tendancy to CUPS I decided to buy the download.

The download is good quality, with very good explanations of the sleight and many examples of the different flourishes that can be acheived.
The 4 card production is very nice and something I am currently practicing, It is easy to do with a little practice, but then I am a bit of a perfectionist so I want to be comfortable with it before I try in front of an audience.

If you are looking for a definitive book/dvd on flourishes, then save up your money and invest in a more comprehensive book/dvd.
If you like the specific effects in the demo, and want a low cost, well produced, single-sleight tutorial then I would recommend this download.

Overall: 9/10

If Bizau Cristian produces more downloads of this quality, and were to put them together into a larger work, then that would be a 10/10 from me.

Gordon

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Re: Pop Fly

Postby Le Petit Bateleur » Feb 9th, '12, 13:52

Hi Gordon,

is this a video download or a pdf?

Thanks
LP.

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Re: Pop Fly

Postby Discombobulator » Feb 9th, '12, 13:55

Sorry, should have said, Video download.
Download is a 197Mb Quicktime movie (.mov) Video file.
Windows media player was able to play this.

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