talkmagic.co.uk

I have 5 more hours to kill with nothing to do. So amongst reading Night Watch and playing GTA Liberty City stories, I made a couple of videos.

The first one is my basic ACR. Live I'll do a couple of things a bit different but it's hard to do some of it without a spectator. Also, I was going to patter through it but my microphone is well and truly stuffed. So it'll have to be subtitles I'm afraid!

So, here be my ACR:

http://media.putfile.com/acr-28

My ECC screws up a bit, but other than that i think it was ok... obviously I'd love all you guys feedback!

(And here, just for fun is the reason I'm so popular on the nightclub dancefloors. I aint got the looks, and I certainly aint got the moves... but I got the magic ba-bay!

http://media.putfile.com/dlites-45

Feedback is also welcome on this one, as long as you don't point out that I haven't got the looks or the moves )

Nice ACR! I like that you worked the wipe off signature in there. And the Paperclipped ending was great.

Nice one

Oooh err! 666 posts! Quick! Make another one

Thanks dude Glad you liked it. I've been working on it since I first read about it in RRTCM nearly a year ago now. This is where it's at at the moment (with a bit before... and sometimes a bit after... but nevermind) and I really like it.

My audiences love it too

Thanks for the kind words

Nice, but I'd drop the music.
Dude, that gave me a headache.

For the D-lights, I would recommend to work a bit on it. You start very well, but the more you do it in the video, the worse it gets.
Don't do 4min37sec of it. It is too long, and very repetitive, and on many occasion, we could see 2 lights at the same time...
Sorry to sound rough, but criticism is good feedback. It pushes you towards perfection. Perfection IS magic.

nice one mate, glad to see you got it all pieced together. I just got back from hols so ill catch ya on msn

nice presentation, good idea with the "vanishing" signiture and the "paperclipped" ending ... just a small thing I noticed - without revealing much (i hope) - I think that for the Erdnase you should move the top card forward under cover of the hand, not before ...

that wipe off signiture bit has a subtelty I'm ribbing off you
The tilt was good. lovley work man! lovely!
and NO, the music was good! keep it! in fact, do you d'lites to it!

The Lites!
RRAAARRR you do have the moves baby! RARRRR (sorry, i got caught up in the music there, you do have a very ecclectic taste)
i do d'lites in clubs all the time (more of a ravey kind of thing most of the time though), it's so nice to walk up to someone with glow sticks and steal a light from them. someone told me the other day that my "conjuring" was really good and i had no odea what he was on about. apparently it's a style of dancing which is exactly the kind of thing in your video, but just doesn't look as good if you ask me. go look up Photons and this so called "conjuring" and see what I'm on about. otherwise i'll guide you in the right direction next time i catch you.

Thanks for the comments on the ACR guys!

Glad y'all liked it!

As for the d'lites... well I only really filmed it out of boredom and only posted it out of randomness. I agree with showing 2 lights at once (whoops! ) and also that it possibly went on a bit too long, but out of boredom, it's gotta be done to the entire duration of one of your favourite songs

And err... sorry bout the headache from the ACR music!!

i liked it!

I thought it was very good and loved the paperclip ending. I currently learned the ambitious card recently and love it but still working on my D/L - Hope to get it as smooth as yours hehehe

Misanthropy wrote:I thought it was very good and loved the paperclip ending. I currently learned the ambitious card recently and love it but still working on my D/L - Hope to get it as smooth as yours hehehe

Thanks!

I wasn't sure how my D/L came across to be honest. I know it's a lot better than my old one and looks better to me but obviously I have a biased view

Thanks for the comments (good to see my D/L is making progress too! )

Wipe-off signature - This move needs some more ironing out. Your break flashes quite a bit before the actual work begins, and the motions don't really gel with me. Your "wipes" at the beginning are fine - and it sets up the move very well, but there is a noticeable difference between the set up and execution moves. Your wipe is much slower and more deliberate, which makes it look suspicious. My suggestion would be to either work on the handling to make the change faster - or slow down your preliminary wiping motions to match the speed of the change. Keep the pacing consistent throughout. Either way you go about it, the change will be that much stronger when the motions are the same.

The ECC was a little slow, but still an effective change. Nicely done.

Your turnover revelation was nicely done. Not something you see in your average ACR, so this was a welcome addition.

Your tilt needs a bit of tuning up. First, the "other" break should NEVER flash. This bit of flash here, I think, kills the depth illusion. This is a personal preference, but I also didn't like you pushing the card in, only to completely remove it before sliding it in again. Why would you say that's about the middle, then pull it out? The illusion is created at that exact moment, the pause and removal only detracts from it, it doesn't heighten it. Keep the card where it was and continue the move without hesitation.

The pop up move was done perfectly. I've always loved this phase of the routine. I also like how this, in some ways, actually makes your job easier for the next phase. Brilliant thinking here.

The paperclipped ending was pulled off flawlessly, but in this particular video it has no meaning or weight. You should have brought a bit of focus onto the paperclip BEFORE the effect began. OR, give it some more depth when you first introduce it. It's introduction into the routine seemed offhand and pointless - so the revelation isn't nearly as strong in the end. The performance of the effect was flawless, I just think it needs more presentational work.

Outstanding job, as always.

Demitri wrote: First, the "other" break should NEVER flash. This bit of flash here, I think, kills the depth illusion.

Everybody saw it, but dude, 80% of us are magicians. Laid people don't look there, so I think this is not too much of an issue.
But you had valid points in other things you said.

No, for the most part, a layman wouldn't look there - however, when the top card bows and pops up a bit for no reason whatsoever, I do think people could catch it.