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hi all
my first video on youtube
please comment

check it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrJK0FxYFLk

looked ok to me butt then I'm not a cardie and i didn't know the trick, having said that some of your get readies were a little to long and i personaly think the reversed colours of the deck make you focus to much on the faces.
the general flow is paced well, its just a shame that at the end you can't show all of the cards fairly and face up, but thats the nature of the trick, isn't royal road grande.

I thought it was a solid start. There are two major points I would recommend you work on:

(1) Try turning over the cards like you would turn over the page of a book instead of gripping it by the lower end. The way you do it seemed like a rather awkward handling to me and as soon as moves don't look natural, the spectators will become suspicious.
Plus, I find it easier to do the trick that way (I hope the word "block push-off" rings a bell).

(2) It's actually pretty obvious that you show the 3rd card twice and never show the 4th card. There are several ways to improve on that. Either try to speed the whole thing up, especially the moment where you show the 3rd card again (see Roy Raphaeli's well-known youtube-video). Or really work on that "switch" your making.

Also, I second magicdiscoman's opinion about the reversed-colored deck. Very distracting... whenever I do Jumping Gemini, people always assume that I use gimmicked cards. Unfortunately, the stack cannot be examined directly afterwards, and by using funny-colored cards, I guess people will be even more suspicious.

Just my 2 cents.

Mike

i agree with previous comments that it was a solid start

personally i think you should turn the cards over a different way as it doesnt look natural...

the last move of each showing is also obvious your not showing the 4th card

and the last bit where you show the 'top' card off the pile is really obvious its not...

but overall a nice performance and i personally love the deck...

work on the overal turns, your handling is not a prefered style but that dosent matter and thats not the point. Your trick stray's away from the original performance and is a little confusing and most of the time i was trying to reasure myself that it was a new part of the trick but it was the same thing over again. The trick was good but for advice i will tell you to work on the ending because the ending is what the audience remembers most the time. Nice work though and keep up the magic.

nemesyz wrote:hi all
my first video on youtube
please comment

check it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrJK0FxYFLk

Not bad, but it does need some more work. Check out Earl Nelson's version of this effect on his Lost Tapes Volume 2 DVD...he calls it "The Ultimate Packet Trick". It uses a "Brush Count" sequence which is far more deceptive and looks more legitimate than the count you are using. Plus, your ending...goes by too fast. The point is to drive home the fact the cards keep changing.

You're off to a great start...keep plugging away!!

Work on showing that fourth card and not just hiding it. People wont' be amzed as much.

Just a side note on the video itself, the quality was good and the music was good until it got to the really intense part. It didin't really flow with the effect.

thanks for your comments people
I'm going to work on it and post some more files in the future

greetzz
nemesyz