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Julie Carpenter

Regular user
Watford
132 Posts
Posted: Feb 3, 2011 7:33am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Julie Carpenter  

Here is a quick video with the Egg on Wand Routine - as sold by Practical Magic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8HvxSuwmXA

Julie Carpenter

Auntie Julie
Zootime Magic Colouring Book
Daniel Ulzen

Loyal user
Berlin/Germany
247 Posts
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 12:33pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Daniel Ulzen  

Hi everybody,

here is a video that promotes my internet-magic-school:

www.bingobongo.tv

Any ideas how to make improvements next time we shoot such a video?

Daniel
Tim Hannig

Special user
Chicago area
755 Posts
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 12:00am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Tim Hannig  

Here's a video I recently made to show at my booth at a showcase.

It's a bunch of short clips with music background, as it was meant to catch people's attention as they were walking by my booth.

No one really stood there and watched all four minutes. They would just glance at it as I was telling them about my show.

With that in mind....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=squOvtbRmDQ

Funny Pre-Show Announcements cd available at

http://www.behindthecurtaindvd.com

tim@showmethefun.com
Hansel

Inner circle
Puerto Rico
2259 Posts
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 2:45am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Hansel  

Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEQ9YANXpoc
-H

http://www.magohansel.com
magicgeorge

Inner circle
Belfast
3990 Posts
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 4:59am    Reply with quote   View Profile of magicgeorge  

Tim. That's a great promo, the audience reactions are priceless and you look like you belong on a stage, I'd have stuck around for 4 minutes.

Hansel, the dollar trick is fantastic. I've no idea how that works it looks like real magic. However, I think you should have a wee think and a re-edit. Look at Tim's video. Now I know you might not be able to get them same production values etc but you can change the focus. The culmination of magic tricks out of context is really only interesting to us folks on the Café. Tim's video focuses on the audience and volunteers, then on him, then on the magic. That's the way to do it.
Also, bored sound guy is a bit distracting.

Magician Belfast
Hansel

Inner circle
Puerto Rico
2259 Posts
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 5:23am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Hansel  

George:
You always make me laugh!
Actually in the "You oughta be in pictures" here in the Café I explain the origin of the video.
At a public gig at a Shopping Mall a friend of mine brings his new video camera and taped the show. He put together a "Trailer" of my show as a gift for me! I shared it with my friends at the Café, but this is NOT my promo video!! Really this thread is intended to Promotional videos...So maybe I'm out of context but I think is a nice idea to share this with the Café people!
REAL promo Video Coming Soon!
Thanks,
-H

http://www.magohansel.com
magicgeorge

Inner circle
Belfast
3990 Posts
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 5:32am    Reply with quote   View Profile of magicgeorge  

Ah, fair enough. I like the vid just thought it was unsuitable for a promo. Looking forward to seeing the real thing.
All the best,
George

Magician Belfast
Hansel

Inner circle
Puerto Rico
2259 Posts
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 5:38am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Hansel  

George:
I'm taping in all the gigs that I'm having and put together a nice promo!
Your friend,
-H

http://www.magohansel.com
ku7uk3

Inner circle

1467 Posts
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 5:42pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of ku7uk3  

My latest one is on the front page of my website: http://magicmystery.co.uk/

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danfreed

Special user
Eugene Oregon USA
521 Posts
Posted: May 1, 2011 8:53pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of danfreed  

Here is mine. I paid a new video production company I found on Craigs list $20 to make it (except for the reviewsparts ). I figured, for $20 if it was lousy, no big deal. They did do a lousy job, but I was able to get 4 decent minutes, and I edited myself. I'll make a new one soon, and I'll get a good video guy this time, and have it edited better. But it does the trick for now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPMVFxUz4Zg
http://magician-eugene.com

Dan Freed
AKA The Amazing Spaghetti
si.says

New user

3 Posts
Posted: May 5, 2011 3:00am    Reply with quote   View Profile of si.says  

Here is my video. Hope you like it. I did the whole thing by myself
and am very pleased with the results.

Don't know how to do the link but its on the first page of my website
www.simonsaysmagic.com
The Mighty Fool

Inner circle
I feel like a big-top tent having
1768 Posts
Posted: Jul 23, 2011 6:05am    Reply with quote   View Profile of The Mighty Fool  

Quote:

On 2011-01-21 21:42, Magic-Sam wrote:
Hi Friends, Has been a while since I have posted here so I thought I would get myself involved again. My video which I have been using for approx. 6 months or so is on the home page of my site http://www.kids-magic-shows.com.au. I have had occasions when I receive a call and I can still hear the video playing in the background, they are a killer marketing tactic!



You ROCK Sam!! Your show looks awesome!

Everybody wants to beleive.....we just help them along.
Jonace

Regular user

123 Posts
Posted: Aug 5, 2011 9:02am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Jonace  

http://www.jonasb.no/barneshow/
U can also use.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlBJCmLET88&feature=related

I will make a new, so a private msg about how I can improve it would be grat.

Tryllekunstner Jonas B www.jonasb.no
Donald Dunphy

Inner circle
Victoria, BC, Canada
5999 Posts
Posted: Aug 16, 2011 9:37pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Donald Dunphy  

Here's my "brand new" promotional video. My other video is a short montage of show clips, but for this one I wanted to show a complete magic trick routine on stage. This runs 12 minutes, so I could show the whole trick. I hope you enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fTA4tI_7u8

- Donald

Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
curtgunz

Special user
Only 99% of users have more than
612 Posts
Posted: Aug 17, 2011 7:43pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of curtgunz  

Quote:

On 2011-02-25 00:00, Tim Hannig wrote:
Here's a video I recently made...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=squOvtbRmDQ



Tim,

That is a GREAT video!!!

The clown to the left is Professor Q.B.

ProfessorQB.com

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rjones683

New user

95 Posts
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 12:29pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of rjones683  

Tim,
That is a really great routine. I feel that if you are doing a promo you should edit it so that it uses a lot of the funny parts but is shorter in nature. Most viewers will not stay for the whole 12+ minutes. You could get other routines in the promo to show different parts of your show.
Just my 2+ cents,
R
Donald Dunphy

Inner circle
Victoria, BC, Canada
5999 Posts
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 2:54pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Donald Dunphy  

Quote:

On 2011-08-23 12:29, rjones683 wrote:
I feel that if you are doing a promo you should edit it so that it uses a lot of the funny parts but is shorter in nature. Most viewers will not stay for the whole 12+ minutes. You could get other routines in the promo to show different parts of your show.



I imagine you were commenting on my new video, because it was 12 minutes. I also have a 5 minute montage video (mentioned that in the same post where I gave the link). The link to my other video is in the first post on this thread. I put both videos onto my website. If they like what they see in the montage, and want to watch a longer video with a full routine (not edited clips), then they will. So again, I offer them both. I am not offering a 12 minute, unedited show clip only.

If a person has multiple videos on their site, some customers will watch only one, and some will watch several videos.

- Donald

Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
axtell

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Steve Axtell
1959 Posts
Posted: Aug 27, 2011 8:56pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of axtell  

I'm super excited about some changes to the Magic Café coming up... including the ability to embed Youtube videos. That will make the experience of browsing here way more fun! Ax

steve @ axtell.com
Axtell Expressions, Inc.
Professional Puppets & Magic

http://www.AXTELL.com
incredibrent

New user

65 Posts
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 6:31am    Reply with quote   View Profile of incredibrent  

Just re shot my promo video and updated it with some much better footage. Have a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwHweikVRv4

www.incredibrent.com
www.youtube.com/incredibrent
trickychaz

Special user
West Virginia
527 Posts
Posted: Oct 2, 2011 10:43pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of trickychaz  

From today's show...The client got this on video and some audience reaction shots..laugther applause etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Az6-Siecw
Cesar Munoz

Veteran user

358 Posts
Posted: Jan 6, 2012 8:54pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Cesar Munoz  

I had this one professionally done--my editor is waiting on my feedback to finish it--I'd really appreciate any and all suggestions!

http://vimeo.com/32680430
Wes Holly

Special user
Baltimore, MD
581 Posts
Posted: Jan 7, 2012 10:06am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Wes Holly  

Quote:

On 2012-01-06 20:54, Cesar Munoz wrote:
I had this one professionally done--my editor is waiting on my feedback to finish it--I'd really appreciate any and all suggestions!

http://vimeo.com/32680430



Random thoughts ...
picture & sound quality is good - obviously you were wearing a microphone for the camera
since you didn't have a large audience I would suggest doing away with the group shot and using more closeups
not sure why you didn't show the kid floating in air. the shot you used just didn't work for me.
didn't like that the written message was separated as much as it is. you're making them wait for the message.
instead of the written message could you do a studio shot of you talking into the camera?

Happily Yours,
Wes Holly
www.wesholly.com
Baltimore, MD, USA
Cesar Munoz

Veteran user

358 Posts
Posted: Jan 18, 2012 6:05pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Cesar Munoz  

Wes,

Thanks a lot--great suggestions!!!

Cesar
VynnCredible

New user

5 Posts
Posted: Feb 1, 2012 10:37pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of VynnCredible  

Wow! Lots of Great Promo Videos on here. Mine is not as professional as most. Teaching myself through trial and error to make my videos. My wife does a pretty good job trying to shoot the video and I edit them into something we can use. Either way, I hope you enjoy this one or at least get a good laugh!

http://vynncredible.com/blog/birthday-party-magic-show

My fellow magic friends and I have found that posting videos on your site does increase the probability of booking shows. In fact, some clients have even told us that we were booked because we were the only one that had a video.

Have Fun!
MichaelDouglas

Special user
Richmond, Virginia
551 Posts
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 10:31am    Reply with quote   View Profile of MichaelDouglas  

Hey everyone I've looked at some of the videos here and there is some great stuff out there. Well, I threw this one together yesterday when a client asked for more video samples of my show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR31N0pkt4A I use Pinnacle editing software and it's great.

www.michaeldouglasmagic.com
Cesar Munoz

Veteran user

358 Posts
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 2:08pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Cesar Munoz  

Here's my new video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvTeicRTHMQ&feature=youtu.be
Magic-Sam

New user
Australia
60 Posts
Posted: Feb 21, 2012 10:58pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Magic-Sam  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta2O-12rpsE
garydunn

Regular user
Glasgow
157 Posts
Posted: Feb 29, 2012 8:28pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of garydunn  

My new Show Reel, featuring excerpts from my new DVD - 'Keep Them Laughing', available from www.practical-magic.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si2u27Otks4&context=C3d999ccADOEgsToPDskJJN4nbfPzcS3UtCaOT6S4j

www.garydunn.com
sammymagicmagic

New user
UK
5 Posts
Posted: Mar 1, 2012 7:41pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of sammymagicmagic  

Not a promo video but my theme tune, would like to know what you all think! thanks
http://soundcloud.com/sammymagicmagic/sammy-magic-magic-theme-tune

http://www.sammymagicmagic.co.uk http://www.facebook.com/sammymagicmagic http://www.twitter.com/sammymagicmagic
kimmo

Inner circle
Sheffield
1039 Posts
Posted: Apr 2, 2012 3:11pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of kimmo  

Posting on behalf of my fiancé BARMY BELLA, who has forgotten her password for this site!!

http://youtu.be/8TydhHFleoc

www.kimmo.co.uk

Kimmo DVD available Now!
Watch the promo here!
Order your copy NOW! CLICK HERE!

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