Need help with appearing fish trick

Struggling with an effect? Any tips (without giving too much away!) you'd like to share?

Moderators: nickj, Lady of Mystery, Mandrake, bananafish, support

Need help with appearing fish trick

Postby 13lack » Mar 27th, '04, 12:27



Ok, so I kinda have an idea on how this trick works but I'm not overly sure this would work!!

Incase your confused the trick I'm trying to do i the one where you get a peice of paper roll it up, and a fish drops out (into a glass of water i hope)

Can anyone help me with this? If you have any ideas or tips can you Email me please.

13lack
New User
 
Posts: 4
Joined: Jul 15th, '03, 22:59
Location: Dorset. United Kingdom (18:WP)

Postby Mark Waddington » Mar 27th, '04, 16:40

If your after secrets then youve not got much chance of getting them here, we dont give away secrets as we cant be sure who people are, are they genuine magicians, or people who just want the secrets without the hard work

User avatar
Mark Waddington
Elite Member
 
Posts: 2685
Joined: Aug 2nd, '03, 14:51
Location: Skipton N.Yorks (25) (CP)

Postby magicdiscoman » Mar 27th, '04, 17:30

i'll give you a clue two sheets of paper and a plastic bag.

BIG HINT FOLLOWING:-
Age and Status in your Profile
To help other members form a more visual picture, it would be nice to include your age and 'magic status' as a small signoff in your profile.

We're standardising this to an additional bit of info in the Location panel in your profile... and the format is

(??A : ??S) where as the ??A = your age, and the ??S = your status, chosen from the list below...

EN = Eager Newbie
AH = Amateur Hobbyist
SH = Skilled Hobbyist
WP = Working Professional
CP = Career Professional

So, for example - your Location could be

"Kent, UK, (30:WP)", meaning you're a 30 year old working pro...

This is NOT obligatory, but may help during conversation!

Visting Professional Magicians - it would be much appreciated if you could please make yourselves known to one of the Moderators!

magicdiscoman
 

Postby Mandrake » Mar 29th, '04, 09:40

Greetings! This is one of the routines done by Max Somerset on Sky TV recently and is a variation of a fairly standard effect. As mentioned above, we can't give away secrets as they're not ours to give away so you'll need to contact the various magic dealers and ask if they have instructions and props required to do this sort of thing. If you describe the effect they may be able to match it very quickly. Your total money investment won't be much but your investment in time and effort will mean the effect is worthwhile to you.

Having said all that, please think long and hard before using fish or any other living creature in an act. I know some dogs, cats chimps and birds seem to enjoy performing but not all animals will appreciate what you're doing and why you're doing it. To them they're just being messed about.

User avatar
Mandrake
'
 
Posts: 27494
Joined: Apr 20th, '03, 21:00
Location: UK (74:AH)

Postby kems » Aug 1st, '05, 09:12

I saw the Max Somerset thing on sky one and this fish trick, I figured out how its done, but it dont seem right to me!, I guess the fish wouldnt be loaded for long and they are much smaller than they look in the glass! dont think I'll be triying this... but imagine if you could do this improptu at the dinner table :) that would be wicked :)

User avatar
kems
Senior Member
 
Posts: 771
Joined: Mar 30th, '05, 14:15
Location: Essex, UK (32:AH)


Return to Support & Tips

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests