Card Trick Tutorial
Guidelines For A Good Card Magician To Follow
Practice: This is the key before going in front of an audience. All skills worth developing require practice ... make sure you don't skip by this. It takes time and patience, but the payoff is well worth both.
Secrets: Never, ever tell the audience how you just did your trick even if they beg you to do so. The fun of magic is the not knowing ... don't spoil it for your audience or for yourself.
Repeating: is not recommended. Don't repeat your card tricks in front of the same audience. Card tricks are built around misdirection. The more often you repeat a trick, the more likely your audience will discover your moves.
Mirrors: practice in front of the mirror before you perform in front of a crowd. The reason this is suggested is because you will be able to see what the audience sees when they look at you.
Tricks: perform those card tricks you enjoy performing, it'll give you an edge.
Preparation: before you do your act, make sure you've prepared your cards. Many card tricks require a certain order for the cards, or other special preparations.
Drama: whenever you can appear to have messed up a card trick and the audience believes there's a chance the trick has flopped, it adds to the drama and performance.
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Jeff McBride, renowned performer and one of the finest card manipulators of our time, teaches you the inside secrets of professional card manipulation. Routines, sleights, productions and flourishes are clearly taught and demonstrated, along with sample routines and the seasoned advice that only a working professional can provide. Many of these sleights and techniques have been closely guarded for years - never published, but only passed on from one professional to another. These can only be found exclusively on this set of studio - quality DVDs. Jeff leads you through each and every item, while giving you the little tips that make learning easier and performing more entertaining.
Thumb Fan and Closing a Fan ... Pressure Fan ... Charlier Cut ... One Handed Fan - S Fan ... Wink Change ... Springing The Cards ... Waterfall Shuffle ... Cards From The Mouth ... Riffle Palm ... Blank Fan ... Window Change ... Ed Marlo Snap Change ... Ken Brooke Single Production ... Perfect Production ... Snap Production ... Back Palm Productions ... Pivot ... Le Paul Spread ... Hip - Hop Pop - Out ... Ribbon Spread and Turnover ... Twin Peaks ... D'Amico Multiple Shift ... Roy Benson Move ... Steve Beam's Auto - Magic Aces ... Goldston's Card Flower.
Shuffles
& Cuts - master 50 ways of Shuffling and Cutting cards. You will definitely look like you know what you are doing now!
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