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hey, i was jus a bit curious..

but i know that every magician that has an assistant or that is using random people from the audience always deals with them so they dont expose magic. Well, the way they do it is in signing some promise and stuff.

Well, just out of curiosity.. but when the forms are given out to sign about exposure.. what do they say on them?

"i will not expose the secrets of the illusions i saw today or anytime"
and thats it?

In business they usually have an NDA, though that's probably a bit much for magic secrets (especially just for someone from the audience, who may not learn the secret anyway). There's another topic about this here

Frymus wrote:hey, i was jus a bit curious..

but i know that every magician that has an assistant or that is using random people from the audience always deals with them so they dont expose magic. Well, the way they do it is in signing some promise and stuff.

Well, just out of curiosity.. but when the forms are given out to sign about exposure.. what do they say on them?

"i will not expose the secrets of the illusions i saw today or anytime"
and thats it?

I understand wanting a non disclosure agreement for assistants, but if you feel that random members of the audience will know your methods maybe you should have a re-think. Is it because the effect needs an assistant that knows how it works, or that you are just worried once they are on stage helping, the method will be obvious.
Seems like you either need to have paid assistants, or change your act.

A couple of years ago I was picked out of the audience to help a very well known UK magish in his cabaret act and during that act it had to be disclosed to me how the routine worked. All that was said at the end was, during the well deserved applause he was receiving, a friendly and conspiratorial whisper in my ear, 'Please don't tell anyone how it's done.'

And I haven't - situation sorted !