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dpe666 Inner circle 2895 Posts |
This is my Boston Box routine. I use it in my formal close-up show and when table hopping.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TViYIy2ZP_c :devilish: |
Orb New user 90 Posts |
Absolutely beautiful! The performance and presentation is top notch, the only thing I will have to say something about is your method (in order to be constructive).
The first sleight you perform, has this little "load up", if you watch the video when you perform it, you can see hesitation, build-up and some slight awkwardness, this goes against your initial wishes of being natural and unnoticed. Performed for real people, I have no doubt you'd get away with it, but we want to be constructibe here, right! When you've shown 3 coins after the throw, you throw the coins to the other hand, only to have them thrown back, why? Was it a natural reflex because normally you show the coins to the people on the other side? If so, that's fine! Since this is in front of a camera though where I see it equally well no matter which hand, it makes me question it. The other time you throw, I see you push the coin into CP, this may be invisible to a layaudience, but my guess is that developing a technique for not needing the push might be more efficient. Maybe just lay the coins out in a steeple on your hand, and as you do that, push one in invisibly. Also, how come you decide to pick the coins up with your right, though they are closer to your left hand? This may normally go by unnoticed, but since you go through the extra trouble of picking them up, only to throw them to the other hand, that awakes suspicion. You throw them back and forth again, but you may have reason for that, since you have audience on both sides, if not, have a look on this action (I know it's a great convincer that you only have 2 coins left, but it can be hard to motivate unless you have someone on the other side to show). At the last vanish, when the coin is retained in FP, notice how your fingers are not naturally curled in, as you drop your hand on the table, they are somewhat tensioned. If you look up Al Schneiders website he has some great info on how to make your fingerpalm look natural in a rest position. Again, please take this as very minor constructive critisism, it's an absolutely beautifully performed routine, where there is nothing wrong in either the performance or the presentation, they were both perfect. All I'm pointing out is minor possible improvements on the technical aspect. So again, beautifully done! |
RJ Hunt Elite user Lakeland, FL 466 Posts |
It's a great routine and you perform it fairly well. You start off great and then the sleights you have put together seem to get more and more difficult for you and there is no reason they should. In other words you are working way harder than you need. I agree with Orb, I also think you are over showing or displaying the coins too much. And you are killing yourself trying to CP a coin for a display, and later for a vanish, that is not needed. A little advice: try retaining the coin in FP rather than CP. Same results, way easier move and way more natural looking. I never understood why guys try to retain in CP after an open hand display. Everyone that I have seen do it, and I mean everyone, has their own little "Get that thing in the right spot" subtlety. The only problem...there is NO subtle way to do it. If there is, I have yet to see it. In a way I kind of admire your method you make no bones about it. "That *** coin is going to get CP'ed". I'm surprised you didn't bend it...LOL. I mean this with all due respect. Anyway back to the routine and my last bit of advice. I think you should use the friction pass for the 2nd coin and maybe a click pass for the 3rd coin. Like the 1st coin your method for the 4th coin is fine. Try not to work so hard and keep the moves simple and natural. And keep the displays to a minimum...
Later, RJ |
BenSalinas Special user Coinoscenti 746 Posts |
I liked it! I have always liked Okito Box routines. I perform Out-In-Out from Expert Coin Magic pretty often. Fun to watch, thanks!
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6127 Posts |
Very nice ending.
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vinsmagic Eternal Order sleeping with the fishes... 10957 Posts |
Excellent work Dave
there have been some valid points already stated. just slow down when exicuting the slights, no need to rush ,let the magic happen but a beautiful constructed routine vinny |
dpe666 Inner circle 2895 Posts |
Thanx, guys for all of the advice. The reason I transfer from hand to hand so much is because when I perform this I have one person on either side of me, so I show the coins to one person and then to the other. I think Vinny is right in that I need to slow down a bit. The 2nd coin must be CPed otherwise the hand motions won't be the same through out the routine.
Here is virtually the same routine, but with a somewhat different ending, and can be done with a normal Okito Box (except the openning production). I do not like it nearly as much as the other routine, and I do not perform it as well, but here it is anyway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTTvdzHKJO0 |
Mb217 Inner circle 9520 Posts |
Best advice I ever got in magic was many years ago while catching a plane at NJ's Newark Airport...My friend Justin Styles here on the Café was selling magic in the terminal and after doing an effect, I showed him something and evidently sped through it a bit fast. When I finished he simply said "That was nice but slow it down." He was right, just as Vinny mentions above.
Just the same, good job dp.
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RJ Hunt Elite user Lakeland, FL 466 Posts |
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Here is virtually the same routine, but with a somewhat different ending, and can be done with a normal Okito Box (except the openning production). I do not like it nearly as much as the other routine, and I do not perform it as well, but here it is anyway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTTvdzHKJO0 I like the "snap back" ending for the last coin...very nice. |
dpe666 Inner circle 2895 Posts |
Before I go to all of the trouble of writing an e-book for this and the alternate routine, is there any interest?
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