by Jon Allen » Nov 5th, '09, 02:37
Hi Trev,
Sorry for the dleay in gettin gback. Had a bit fof a weekend!
With regards the bag of folded cards, it makes the effect more of a gag opening. The idea is that you take the card, look at an shake your head. You then take out a bag full of folded cards and place it in with all the others. It shows that this was not the first time this has happened. Thisc an be followed with something like "Maybe one day!" It gets alaugh and you can move on. Not the miracle opening you would be looking for but it is a way to finish.
With regards audience sizes, the video of me doing it at FFFF was in fornt of abotu 150 people. I did it recently in Portugal for an audience of around 200 and everyone could see. You will be surprised how far away the writing can be seen. Ideally, I prefer smaller crowds and have done it as an encore for aprivate party of 8 people.
I have had a number of magicians asking me about a stage version. I have one myself but it is not one that could be made into a retail item. however, I am still working on a couple of prototypes for stage versions that could be done in front of many hundreds of people in a theatre. I have the method for having any one of the 52 playing cards so that's no problem. It's not going to be a quick fix but I am working on it.
Cheers,
Jon