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Shadow

(the room is darkened, the spectators sit around a polished and old table whilst the light from a lone candle casts shadows that flicker and dance on the walls).

The magician asks the spectator to select and sign a card from a shuffled aged pack, and then return it (they choose the 6 of diamonds). The magician re-shuffles the cards and ribbons them on the table. The spectators card is now missing. The magician gestures towards a small velvet bag that has been in plain view the whole time and asks the spectator to open it and pull out what they find inside, they pull out a single Ace of Spades.
"Is this your card?" Asks the magician, of course the answer is no.
The magician takes the card and holds it above the candle flame, mumbling a secret incantation. There is a searing green flash and in the place of the large spade that was printed on the card there is now a large spade shaped hole and scorch mark. He tells the spectators to watch the wall, whilst he holds the card up to the candle.
In the dim light the cutout card casts a flickering silhoette of itself upon the wall. The magician speaks again.
"Creatures of the shade, hear my plea, help me now..." To the spectators he says "I have asked my friends the shadows for their help, if we are all very quiet we may hear them at work."
The room is slowly filled by a strange whispering (almost like the rustling of autumn leaves).
"Watch the wall"
The card's shadow slowly, and visibly starts to change. The spade fractures and splits into six pieces which cascade slowly and twist themselves into jagged little diamonds, then like a shadowy serpent a thin line snakes across the silhoette and forms the shape of the spectators signature across the card. The rustling dies away, leaving just the stunned silence of the spectators and one very smug magician.

Oh, just give him the prize!

Still, thanks for resurrecting this thread. I thought that it was about to disappear in to the oblivion. A nice effect too, I liked it! Very Buffy and the Shadow Men and all that .

Cardza wrote:Oh, just give him the prize!

Thanks Mr C, but just cause I can ramble for England doesn't mean I've won this! There are some really lovely ideas on here and there's still time to get writing, I just really like having an outlet for all my randomness (I also think Mr Skutt is looking for quality not quantity)...

Cardza wrote: Very Buffy and the Shadow Men and all that

Believe it or not I almost credited that episode after my effect! I loved that shadow play when I saw it and have been thinking about what I could do with it ever since... That tied with the fact I used to use silhoette cards when I worked at the circus kinda gave me the idea. Given the money and the tech I reckon I could probably achieve this one too (and not a wildebeest in sight)

Flash wrote:I just really like having an outlet for all my randomness

And very enjoyable it is to read too!

Believe it or not I almost credited that episode after my effect! I loved that shadow play when I saw it and have been thinking about what I could do with it ever since... That tied with the fact I used to use silhoette cards when I worked at the circus kinda gave me the idea. Given the money and the tech I reckon I could probably achieve this one too (and not a wildebeest in sight)

It sure would be a sweet effect to see performed...when Gerald pops his clogs sell him on Ebay, make a load of cash and then put a video up in the File Sharing! .

The way he's going with the wild parties and wildejuice that won't be long away!

Fame does that .

I agree with both of you...we need to resurrect the thread!

Man, that would look great on a T-shirt. "Resurrect the Thread!"

I can only imagine that everyone is spent and are holed up somewhere in a dirty motel, randomly flipping channels, hoping to catch a glimpse of inspiration in the form of scrambled spicy show and will come back to the thread stronger than ever.

I just want to remind everyone that the contest is not over! Think on your putting caps! (sorry, too much cold medicine).


The Light Wallet by Mike Skutt

Effect: The magician walks up to a total stranger and convinces him to stop and witness a trick. The magician asks the spectator to remove their wallet and place it on their out stretched hand. "I want you to get a feel for how much it weights...really solidify that in your mind."
The spectator is instructed to put their wallet back in their pocket and take two whole steps back. "Now, look at the ground in front of you. You should see several stones and pebbles. I want you to focus in on one and let me know when you have it."
The spectator says they have a stone in mind. "Good. Now slowely bend over and pick up the stone your were thinking of."
As soon as the spectator bends over, the magician proceeds to kick the spectator as hard as he can in the head...knocking him loopy. (its during this "off-beat" that the magi removes the wallet from their pocket.) The magician takes out the money, puts the stone in, replaces the wallet in the spectators pocket and runs like hell.
When the spectator comes to, they will be suprised to find that, not only did their wallet magically become lighter, but the stone that they were merely thinking of ends up there! The perfect souvenier!
Plus, they probably won't remember that they had any money...spectators are stupid that way!

Peace out, home boys!

Mike Skutt and Jay Sankey are with the winner of the Sankey/Skutt Creative Essay competition in front of an auditorium-full of Talkmagic forum members.

They congratulate the winner, who naturally is the prolific Flash, and hands over the champion trophy and the Sankey/Skutt Sessions DVD. Then, just as the DVD touches Flash's trembling fingers, there is a huge flash of smoke and in his place stands Maddened! He takes the DVD and the trophy from the stunned Sankey and Skutt and triumphantly pumps his fist! Flash is nowhere in sight (though centuries later people would still claim to hear ghostly blood-thirsty cries of revenge ringing through the auditorium at night)! Maddened has done the impossible!

However, Gerald the Wildebeast of Wonder could not bear to see this travesty and charges up on stage, mauling Maddened to death in a gruesome and horrific manner. The audience is mentally scarred for life.

(No offence or anything Flash, just having a lil' bit of fun. )

Card in shark.

You challenge your spectator to a competition. You will give him one million dollars, if at any time he can work out the method to a simple, yet spectacular card trick.

You state that inside a 20ft great white shark, there is a box, and inside this is the duplicate of a freely chosen playing card.
Comes complete with 4 gallons of Chum, and a steak life preserver. (xxxlarge)

Or..


Syphilis roulette.

Your spectator is faced with a challenge. Blindfolded, he is, by touch alone, to identify which one of 6 freely shuffled hookers is the one to avoid.


or...
Pick up pound

you randomly select a girl in a very short skirt, to lend you a five , ten, or twenty pound note.

the girl is instructed to place the note on the floor. After standing up, she is then asked to bend over and read, to herself, the serial number.

you then tell her what colour her thong is....


comes complete with digital camera, and e- book entitled, " how to avoid being beaten up by her rugby playing boy friend"

Zen Alchemy

Sitting on a park bench, you start up a conversation with a stranger and say...

"Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung. "

To illustrate this, you produce out of no where, a small gold ingot...the person seems slightly disturbed by it all and seems to go into a slight trance as the gold shines in the sunlight, being passed from hand to hand...

In complete silence the magician mimes that the other person should should place their right hand out flat...they do and the gold ingot is placed on their palm and their hand is closed round it tightly...

The magician gets up, smiles and just walks off...and as the other person finally opens their hand again, there's a small piece of dog-poo there instead..."THANK YOU!" they shout out..."THANK YOU!"

e-bay.

by using this simple method, which combines both NLP, and dual reality , you can persuade anyone to buy old c.rap, for loads of money.

i already have the dvd so if i win you gonna refund my money lol, nice one mike

The Happening.

It wasn't. And then. It was.

daleshrimpton wrote:e-bay.

by using this simple method, which combines both NLP, and dual reality , you can persuade anyone to buy old c.rap, for loads of money.

Dale, I think you'll find this is simply a nu-media reworking of the old classic magic shop effect.