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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
In THEATRICAL MAGIC, The Book, written and Illustrated by John "Big Daddy Cool" Pyka and edited by Bill Palmer, there is the advice (after having possibly filmed the act for rehearsal) to film only the audience and to time RPMs (reactions per minute). I've found this a fabulous advice since the patter is sufficient to link the reactions to the routine, and not seeing the performance prevents being distracted from the aim.
It also enables to build rhythm and intensity variations in the routine. One of the reasons Paul Daniels chop cup routine is so successful (admittedly not the only reason) is that it starts at a rhythm that no one can follow and suddenly stops for (re-starting the routine at) a lower pace then gets progressively faster. I tested playing the Paul Daniels performance on tv for non magicans as a camera was secretly filming their reactions. Facinating.
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Mickey Silver sent out a private videotape in which he described doing this while performing some of his coin work.
He had two cameras going. One was filming him, the other filming the audience. By running the two videos side by side, he could see which moves and subtleties produced the strongest reactions in the audiences. Regarding various moves -- In most cases, consistency is one of the most important keys. If you always (apparently) handle the cups the same way when you tip a ball into your hand, then the tip-off move isn't going to be a problem, as long as you do it well. Rhythm is very important as well. You can't rush the move without being caught. You can't hesitate before the move without being caught. It has to be done smoothly. If, for example, you do a Hamman count, practice doing it very slowly. Once you can do it slowly, then speed it up, but only as much as necessary to make it feel right. Don't rush it.
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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
Another sequence in the marvelous Vernon Cups And Balls routine appeared, apparently for the first time, in Jean Caroly’s book Tours faciles d’escamotage [1902] p 24 to 26
It’s the early sequence where a ball is placed under each cup and a spectator is asked to choose under which side cup the ball should travel to. After complying with the spectator’s request, the performer shows what would have happened if the spectator had indicated another cup. Translation of the sequence Everything I have shown you so far was mere child play. It’s only now that my nutmegs will satisfy all my wishes. (Place a ball over the bottom of each cup, keeping one concealed into the fingers of the right hand). I take this first nutmeg and I place it under the right cup (actually place it there adding the one previously concealed in the right fingers; take advantage of this moment to flash the palm of both hands without being demonstrative) I take this second nutmeg and place it under the centre cup (keep it in the right fingers). I take this third one and place it under the last cup (the left one, adding to it the one previously stolen) Please note that I’m only playing with three nutmegs and that I don’t have anything in my hands (show your hands) . So there is one nutmeg under each cup. I’m going to let the middle one travel. Under which one of the side cup, left or right, do you want it to arrive? (Let’s suppose the left cup is indicated: lift it up and show that there are two nutmegs there. Show them, steal one, and seem to replace both under the cup). Please note that there s nothing under the middle cup. Should you have asked me to send the nutmeg which arrived to the left towards the right cup, it would have gone there all the same; as a matter of fact I’ll send it there. So we have two nutmegs here on the left. I order one of them to immediately sneak under the right cup to meet the one already under there. You see that it actually travelled there (as the cup is replaced let the stolen nutmeg sneak under it) and that there is now only one under the left cup (take it and seemingly replace it under the cup… End of sequence
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