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Hi folks, had a slack day and decided to film this purely and simply so I could mess around learning how to use my video editor properly. Thought I might as well throw it up here for the record.

Nice to see you actually posted the link this time!

The change is by Ed Marlo by the way.

Aaaah, thanky.
I have updated the video info crediting Marlo for the move and you for the information!

Farlsborough wrote:Aaaah, thanky.
I have updated the video info crediting Marlo for the move and you for the information!

Oooh this I gotta see! (Again... )

Right, just watched again and see the same thing I saw first time. The move is done nicely, but what are you doing at the beginning?

Yeah, I'm not over the moon with that, although I think it's just "not smooth" as opposed to "totally obvious".

I wanted to use the most direct way of controlling the card to the necessary place with no extra cutting or shuffling, which to me seemed like a modified convincing control. I use the C.C. all the time, it's ace, but the modification is slightly more awkward than I thought. first of all, I usually hold both packets up as they look at the card, and do the move on the way down, only you can't do this because "the necessary" may flash between your fingers. (This is the same reason why I don't use face-up deck tilt).

And the way the C.C. works makes it far easier to spread the remainder of the deck off first if you're controlling the card to this place.

Suggestions? (other than "practice more" )

Edit: I think I've just seen what you mean - you mean the very beginning. Yeah. Basically, I did patter over this, but got weirded out by continuously hearing my voice, so I just turned it right off, whacked on a sound track and typed in enough for the trick to make sense.

Therefore, I don't exactly remember what I said, but the patter would have covered that slight falter. But you're right, watching it with just the music when you don't have anything to focus on just looks like "pick a... no wait... pinky pull down... ok, pick a card..."

Farlsborough wrote:Suggestions? (other than "practice more" )

I learnt this but only ever showed it to a guine pig and not actually used it in performance.
There's a Sankey move which does the necessary nicely but can't for the life of me remember what or where I saw it. I think it's on The Very Best Of Jay Sankey. Volume 1 or 2. And that's all the help I can offer I'm afraid

I liked that a lot.

The only criticism I have is that it looked weird to me when you first placed the coin on the deck. If someone was to place a coin onto a deck, they wouldn't do it like you did it. Maybe I'm just being overly critical.

No no, I agree with you. Something that occurred to me watching it over is that I'm not carefu enough placing the deck down - as you say, if someone were putting a coin on a relatively slippery card, this would be different.

Obviously the method imposes some limitations...!

I'm actually going to reshoot this, because Ecko has been taunting me on MSN First thing's first, I'm going to bite the bullet and just leave the talking in, because not having any audio distractions other than a bit of Lemon Jelly in the background really makes a difference.

I'd also like to have a further play with my video editor, see if I can't get an inset closeup of the change happening

Edit: question - do you think this would be made any stronger in real life performance if you used equivoque to "decide" which coin should be used?

Great stuff, Farls! I really enjoyed the music, too.

Farlsborough wrote:Edit: question - do you think this would be made any stronger in real life performance if you used equivoque to "decide" which coin should be used?

Nah, i don't think it would add much, you don't need to do that.

I thought it was great. I tried to see the switch and can't seem to figure it out. Good work

Big D

Gah! I remembered something else I was going to say to "Suggestions?". rather than doing the pinky thing a the beginning, spread through the cards offering them a chance to change their mind. Then do it when you reach the one you need.

Sorry if that sounds vague but offering advice on this without exposing is hard!

I liked that though the music didnt work for me since I shower....
Real nice tho!
Just 1 thing the coin did look a bit odd but that was more becasue of the lighting I think than anything else.

Farlsborough wrote:Edit: question - do you think this would be made any stronger in real life performance if you used equivoque to "decide" which coin should be used?

I think that would be... how does that saying go?... gilding the lily?

The effect is powerful enough on its own

Thanks for all the comments guys, much appreciated. I'm afraid I can't do much about how a normal 2p piece appears on camera!

I think I agree with you re. coin force though, too much. It was just an idea to avoid a possible working out of the method, but I think there's more than a bit of magician's guilt creeping in there!