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well i figured to post this because i haven't posted in a long time it feels like. maybe because i have been working on the business side of things and things feel crazy at the moment. I have had the chance to look through different methods, and so forth but nothing really has caught my attension that suits my style or different of coarse. I have routines I have been looking for different things. I was wondering what performers do to look for new material to get inspired to get the effect perfect or try another effect? Because i have been looking through constantly and everything just feels the same. The magician vanishes an object and appears it and so forth. Thanks if anyone can answer my question.

GooGooDolls wrote: Because i have been looking through constantly and everything just feels the same. The magician vanishes an object and appears it and so forth.

That may be your problem in the last line.

How would you make the journey between having something and it vanishing? Then look at the journey to bring it back.

How you personally get from one part to another will let you know your style.

Will you perform a quick pace, slow, funny, dark, etc routine?

Once you find out, look at props, then try to work out a way you could use them, exactly as you do the above. If you can't think of a way, don't buy it.

i looked at a puppet last weekend. It is a rabbit in a lettuce. Hidden in the leaves are 6 different bugs, caterpillars, butterfly etc.

It looked brilliant. I have recently bought a balloon DVD which makes finger puppets. One good link.
I already make normal sized balloon models of each of these.
2nd good link.
Seems perfect to get to put in a routine.

I haven't bought it. I will have to sit down and work out what I am going to do with it, then work out a way to get there. Unless I can, I will be buying it because I like it, rather than because it will actually be any good in a routine for ME.

There is a thread about plots at the moment. I said that even if it is a plot or patter that you have in your head, it is still telling a story. Doesn't even matter if it is just describing to yourself what you are doing.

The WAY you do it is your personality.


It may help if you do something as simple as a pick a card, replace in pack, find card on yourself.

Try it with just doing it. Then by describing in your mind what you are doing. Slow it down, speed it up. Do it silent. Talk. Be quirky or jokey.
Most important, do the same thing with the card each time. You will soon find which way you like and which doesn't feel right.

After that, keep the same principle of finding a card etc, but change the way you do it, add more etc, until you have a routine that fits with the style you think was more you after trying several out.

Take breaks while you are doing the above, so you can go through in your mind. It may be that after trying one or two ways, you get the feeling that it needs a tweak here or there, but is otherwise fine.

Just my thoughts, but I'm no expert so don't take my word for it. Just know that something along those lines worked for me.

thanks for the advice i will try that while looking for things. thank you very much and were you talking about this thread. http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic26492. ... ight=plots

Yes. Sorry, it would have been helpful if I had put a link up for you.

Lots of opinions for and against plots etc, but it may help.

don't worry about it. Thanks for the idea.