The Effect
Colour Changing Shoelace by Dynamo - DVD
Dynamo's Colour Changing Shoelace was used in the Adidas advert 2006 and was one of the tricks he performed in his award winning close-up act. Dynamo is one of the true up and coming talents in British Magic.
On this, his first DVD, he fully explains how to construct and fit the gimmick to your trainers, then how to perform the effect. It features live performances of Dynamo showing the effect on the street and one of his many trade show bookings, plus bonus footage.
Running Time Approximately 25min
Cost
£14.99 at http://www.internationalmagic.com/acata ... --635.html
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)
1 to perform and build the gimmick (but could be expensive)
Review
Let us first focus on what you get for your money, a dvd with the secret of the colour changing shoe laces, excellent step by step instructions on how to make the gimmick that at times reminded me of Blue Peter, ‘here’s one I made earlier’. Although I felt Dynamo kept stating the painfully obvious like ‘make sure you use different colour laces’, he covered every corner. Any adult will be able to make the gimmick although you will not be performing this effect unless you go out and spend a sizeable amount of money first (this was the big let down for me). There are no bonus effects on this DVD which is a real shame, it does contain some footage from a show that says it was award winning I think some of the TM members will die when they watch it, if you get the DVD watch what’s hanging out of his back pocket during his performance. Back to the dvd, straight into a brief history of how they came up with the effect and then an explanation of how the gimmick works and a step by step instruction on the construction of the gimmick. It does what it says on the cover, so it is therefore concise and easy to follow.
Overall
Should you buy it or shouldn’t you… That is the question. Well it is an outstanding effect that leaves you clean and you could take the trainer off and let it be examined after. You might want to get a sponsor like nike or addidas before making the gimmick, nuff said before any exposure.
I will make this and try it out with VERY cheap trainers.
I am really in 2 minds about this DVD, the effect is outstanding and as with all tricks once you learn the method your response is normally ‘is that it!’ This surprised me although I was not far off with my guess work, but the gimmick is easy to make but will take a lot at the same time, I’m being cryptic here, sorry.
Out of 10 for the effect and reactions a well earned 9
For the dvd and its content an 8, Dynamos performance in the clips is really not good although he does inspire me with my magic and can handle a deck of cards well while body popping and perform some great effects, taking magic to the street will always get loud over the top reactions, just the way it should be!
For his first instructional DVD, well done.
