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Old 03-30-2011, 04:06 AM   #1
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This is my first attempt at filming some magic at school. Enjoy.

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Old 03-30-2011, 07:42 AM   #2
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so... which guy was you?

and it seems you've managed to fooled quite a few people, just check the comments out.
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Old 03-30-2011, 08:49 AM   #3
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Good job! It always takes courage to go out and perform!

Just a few pointers for the future (which is hard to control at first):
1) It seems like you were a bit nervous, which made you speed up some of your tricks. Slow down and make sure the spectators can easily follow what you are doing. Just take a nice breather in the middle of your tricks to slow down your pace;
2) During your the biddle trick, you said something like "now spread the cards and you will see one card face down". In the future, I would try and avoid telling the spectators what will happen since it ruins the climax.

Other than that, well done!
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Old 03-30-2011, 02:24 PM   #4
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I have been debating what to do in the biddle trick, because many people don't know what to do if I don't expressly tell them. For example, many people either just turn over the top card or start spreading then stop, because they don't know what they're looking for. While I agree that in general you shouldn't say what's going to happen, I do think that in this instance there is still some suspense because they look to see 1) if it really happened and 2) if it's actually their card. Though I still think that this isn't ideal, just from my experiences better than not.

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Old 03-30-2011, 05:06 PM   #5
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Of course, i know what you mean since ive been performing the biddle trick like that before. Personally i changed up the patter up a bit so that i could later say "...and like that your card returns to the deck. Check for yourself" or something along those lines. Coming up with a good patter is always difficult
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Old 03-31-2011, 07:39 AM   #6
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Personally, i just like to act like i don't know anything( after the false count i spread the cards BEFORE saying that i'll make one disappear), and then i just let them "help" me look for the card inside the deck( yep, incompetent magician act, but i only do it as the 3rd or 4th trick after establishing that i'm a decent magician, it loosens people up a bit). But i agree, patter is hard...
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Old 03-31-2011, 05:06 PM   #7
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How big's your school?
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Old 04-01-2011, 12:08 AM   #8
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there are about 850 kids
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Old 05-13-2011, 12:06 AM   #9
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EPISODE 2
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Good job going out there and performing for the crowd!

I do believe a little more practice can really improve the performance, but nice job regardless!
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