The Product
Secret Seminars of Magic - TTs - Patrick Page (NTSC video)
Cost £12 + free postage
http://www.worldmagicshop.com/product_i ... =124&ref=3
Difficulty 3, but nothing difficult to do here.
(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)
Review
I thought I would review this as there has been much talk of TTs lately.
So what is on the video?
Pop Your Ear (lol, er, not really a trick but good for kids)
Getting the TT
Vanishing Silk (standard good move)
Stealing from Breast Pocket
Transferring the TT from Hand-to-Hand
Steal from Vest
Waistband Steal
Stealing the TT from Your Hand (several methods)
TT Don'ts
Steal from Closed Fist (standard good move)
A Lit Match Vanish (great for down the pub, nice)
Paper Bag Vanish (cheese cheese cheese but kids will love it a lot)
Salt Trick (me no likey, salt everywhere, lol)
Diminishing Handkerchief (cheese cheese cheese but kids will love it a lot)
Cigarette Vanish (love it love it love it)
Disposal of the TT
Cigarette Vanish in Silk (lovely for us smokers)
Ditching TT in Breast Pocket
Ditching TT in Jacket Pocket
Big Coin, Little Coin (nice)
Variation with Sponge Balls (as described)
Vanishing Coins (some good variations here)
Silk Purse
Bill & Silk (another nice trick)
Effects with a Purse Frame (this purse frame stuff is not for me I'm afraid)
Bill from Purse Frame (as described)
Coins from Purse Frame (as described)
Torn & Restored Bill (what it says on the tin, though costly, lol)
A Silk Vanish & Production (as described)
A Coin Vanish Afterthoughts
Burnt & Restored Napkin (great if you do table work)
Balancing a Card (nice easy and great down the pub, should be in the win a tenner book)
Some Chat About TT
A Cash On Delivery Handkerchief Vanish (this is a neat effect that you will use)
There are moves here that mainly hide the prop when in use (and how to do so) but there are also ways described of showing it to add a convincer without getting caught and if he can flash his (it's huge) and get away with it we are all safe
He even does one trick using a matchbox instead of a TT to prove the it doesn't matter about colour point and talks about how they never used to be the colours they are now etc. (can I hear Seige banging his head on a desk?)
These tricks are the easy ones I guess but with this knowledge you will be able to work out many many more, it's the handling that I needed more than anything else and I got both.
You will soon be pouring water out of thin air etc. even though this isn't demonstrated here, it gives you the tools to move on.
I must mention that this video was in NTSC format, if your TV doesn't support it you will not be able to watch it properly, most newish TVs and Videos do though. If you have watched a DVD or video from the states your TV probably does for example
It also comes in a cardboard sleave rather than a plastic hard-case, may be important to some.
So to conclude....
I really gained a lot from this video as I knew next to nothing about TTs before this and I find video a lot easier to learn from than books.
I find a book shows you where your hand was then and where it needs to be now and next, with a video you see all the steps between those pictures, along with body position etc. and for me that's a lot easier.
I wouldn't say it was the most entertaining video but most magic videos aren't as they are strictly instructional and TTs are never going to set the world alight, until you use one
I learned a lot and will continue to do so, if you need help with this prop go get it, you won't be sorry, it is packed full of advice and tricks, one after the other after the other after the other.......
He explains himself well and he is easy to learn from, perfect.
Some may find him a little 70's, lol but if anybody wants to argue that Amar or Sankey are truely cool I'm happy to mudwrestle it out
10/10 for TTs, if you arent into TTs or don't want to be it's useless as you get nothing more.
Hope that helps,
BaB
