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Making Magic Videos: A Guide To Putting Magic on Film
Earlier this week I was reading an interesting and potentially controversial article at Online Visions, the general gist of which was to tell people not to film their close-up magic performances because it allows anybody anywhere to watch and rewatch the performance as many times as they want in order to work them out, and [...]
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The 5 Elements of Magic: How To Get Hysterical Reactions from Powerful Performances
We’ve all seen magicians and illusionists do magic tricks. And there is enough magic about that we have all seen bad magic as well as good magic. But here’s an important question: What is the difference? What makes good magic good and bad magic bad? After ten years of performing close-up and street magic, I [...]
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Dealing With Annoying Questions & Know-It-All People
I see it on forums all the time. Post after post asking how to handle those inevitable annoying questions that every magician gets asked when they first begin performing to friends and family who have never seen anything like it before. As one such sufferer wrote “More often that not, amazement is followed by some [...]
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How To Fool Penn & Teller (And Other Magicians)
Posted on 16 July 2011
After catching a re-run on ITV1 +1 of Penn & Teller: Fool Us, it got me around to thinking about fooling magicians. Magician fooling isn’t all that difficult. In many ways it is pretty similar to fooling regular people. The nature of fooling people relies on using their own assumptions against them. When fooling regular [...] Continue Reading
Real World Performing
How To Hold Audience Attention
Posted on 14 July 2011
Doing magic like David Blaine on your own TV special is all well and good. It’s the ideal situation. But when performing magic to real people in the real world, holding audience attention can be one of the biggest challenges that any magician will face. As a skilled and competent magician you need to be [...] Continue Reading
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The Psychology of Entertainment: How Big Brother & Jackass Can Help Us Do Better Magic
Posted on 11 July 2011
It’s one of the big questions: What is entertainment? What does it mean to be entertained? It used to be fairly simple. But today entertainment is more varied than ever. With hits like Jackass (I don’t watch it) and odd reality shows like Big Brother (I don’t watch it either), what does it mean to [...] Continue Reading
Real World Performing
Basic Misdirection
Posted on 07 July 2011
It’s a core part of magic performance and a one word answer that laymen who think that they’re not laymen like to throw around as the explanation to magic – misdirection. Today, I’m going to be looking at the psychology of misdirection and several creative ways of misdirecting an audience. What Is Misdirection And How [...] Continue Reading
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Online Magic Shops: A Guide To Shopping For Magic Tricks Online
Posted on 07 July 2011
It’s a fact that most magicians both professionals and hobbyists do their shopping online. This quick guide is designed to help you when shopping online for magic tricks. What Can You Expect From An Online Magic Shop? Online magic shops are generally no different from any other kind of online store. They have an interactive [...] Continue Reading
Free Magic Tricks
How To Look Like You’re A Card Master at Poker
Posted on 07 April 2011
A few days ago one of my flatmates offered me a book she had won in a Poker tournament. Titled “The Complete Guide to Poker”, I had to take a look at it. Whatever anybody says, poker is a game of skill and there’s a huge amount to learn before you can sit down at [...] Continue Reading
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