Coin magic anybody?

Gregjazz · Sat 16/10/2004 21:10:19

http://www.coinvanish.com/videos.html

Right now I can do the classic palm, various coin retentions, revolution coin magic, and a bit of the muscle pass.

To see the amazing revolution coin magic, click here: http://www.ellusionist.com/order/Revolution-Coin-Vanish.htm

So how about it? Any AGSers here magicians?

foz · Sat 16/10/2004 21:31:53

I do a bit of close up for family parties ...card tricks ...mindreading...a little bit of coin stuff but not much......impromptu magic looks best as it seems natural.

I don`t pull rabbits out of hats......just hairs out my arse...

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 16/10/2004 21:42:46

Out of curiosity, does anyone here know about Telstar's old "game", Keith Field's The Magician? It was a pretty good manual of magic tricks, with a video demonstration of each and a step-by-step explanation. I guess it got lost, but I still have a copy, and I doubt I'm the only one.

Gregjazz · Sat 16/10/2004 21:45:04

To me, the best magic (which is the only kind of magic I do) is impromptu -- so no gimmicks or anything like that.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 16/10/2004 21:47:33

There's plenty of THAT in "The Magician", too. Rope tricks, coin tricks, card tricks, card SHUFFLES that look might good, impromptu magic, and "con" magic.

Evil · Sat 16/10/2004 22:11:48

I've built some stuff before. I mastered the mummy casket at one period of time. Magic should be big in my opnion. Making an SUV disappear is a lot different then making a coin disappear.

blenderhead · Sat 16/10/2004 22:14:04

I do some magic, mostly card magic, some coin magic and others.
haven't heard of the magican though

Geoffkhan i saw the revolution about a week ago did you by the dvd or figure it out i really want to know how this is done but i dont want to have the dvd.

Gregjazz · Sat 16/10/2004 22:30:20

I haven't bought a single DVD, and the only real magic book (not kiddie book

) is Mark Wilson's Cyclopedia of Magic, which makes you a jack-of-all trades in magic.

Coin vanishes can be simply amazing. Just because coins are small...

I'll PM you RM.

Woah, that sounded weird.

sedriss · Sun 17/10/2004 15:55:23

I do close-up on a daily basis. Mostly for friends and family. Been in da biz for a few years.
I work mostly with cards and coins. Impromptu is best imo, but i enjoy some gaffed tricks, such as the Invisible Deck, coin-shells and folding coins.
I'm actually trying to make a folding-Cd, but i dont really know where to start. $:-\$

Gregjazz · Sun 17/10/2004 17:25:56

Heh, watch out with the CD. If you cut it the sticky dye inside will ooze out.

Recently I have learned:

Balducci Levitation
King Rising Levitation (this is amazing: http://www.ellusionist.com/order/king.htm)

To do with coin tricks, I'm starting learning flourishes as found on this great website: http://www.coinmanipulation.com/

It's all dexterity!

sedriss · Sun 17/10/2004 17:55:32

I'm not too fond of the King Rising. I like the angles on Balducci better.
Balducci has been exposed on TV and on many websites though. I blame David Blaine.

Gregjazz · Sun 17/10/2004 20:10:26

Exactly. Balducci can be cool, and with a big of practice you can go pretty high.

Personally, The Elevator looks the most impressive, where you can go like 6 inches of the ground and you can even shine a flashlight under your feet and people can be looking from any angle. You can even rotate while you're levetating. You can also do The Elevator anywhere.

Czar · Sun 17/10/2004 20:30:20

The King's rising would be for baggy pant people the best.

I have street magic, it is great, tho i havent had the time to experience it fully.
I'll write some more when i read the whole thread.

sedriss · Sun 17/10/2004 20:34:12

I've never seen The Elevator in action, but it sounds really cool. Anyway.. I dont do much levitations, and when I do, I mostly levitate money or glasses or something like that.

Gregjazz · Sun 17/10/2004 21:01:44

Google it. There's a cool video of it I saw.

sedriss · Mon 18/10/2004 00:44:33

Found it. Yeah, it's really nice. Gotta try to figure that one out..

Also, i found some other videos of stuff the same guy made. His dancing cane trick is awesome.
http://www.masterofillusions.ca/ultimate_cane_demo.htm

Ali · Mon 18/10/2004 14:33:06

Yup, sleight of hand for me too. I've been working on trying to master cups and balls.

Here's an excellent video of Al Schneider's routine:
http://www.worldmagiccenter.com/wmv/cups.html

Magic/Film fact: Orson Welles and Woody Allen were both amateur magicians. And Terry Gilliam likes magic too.

Gregjazz · Mon 18/10/2004 16:52:31

That's really cool. I figured out everything except for the big cotton balls at the very end.

Even knowing how he did it, he's REALLY good at those illusions. I've seen a few of his other tricks (but not this one) and they all are impressive.