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jearnshaw New user 60 Posts |
I got this a few days ago. I think it is a very nice routine. As far as the edit on the video I wouldn't be too concerned with that, it probably covered a flash not a technical impossibility. I have to go through the DVD again, but I'm pretty sure that the routine taught on the DVD has a different vanish for the first coin. (Although the method for the first vanish is taught) So you can do it either way, I think the DVD version is easier and just as magical. Good quality instruction, and production. As far as practical; I am just a hobbyist myself, if I was worried about "practical" I would have stopped purchasing magic after 2 books. I know though that this isn't something you would use in your paid walk around restaurant set. If nothing else it is a great effect to learn to slow down coin magic.
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Supersmooth_ Magic New user 97 Posts |
Hello I am a professional close-up magican and my speciality is with coins - I would like to know if this uses IT? Can the coins be borrowed? Are there problems with angles?!
Please email me as I do not want to spend money on something that I will not be using. Thanks Kind regards Sean Moon Magical Moon http://www.magical-moon.com |
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tgold65 Regular user 194 Posts |
I bought this based on what I saw, the video looked amazing, and what I read, it would be a challenge. I was not disapppointed. It is a very beautiful routine and also a difficult routine. This means that when I master it, and it might take me a year to do that, I don't have to worry about there being a lot of other magicians around performing it as well. I can already do many of the moves, but the challenge is doing them all together and doing them smoothly.
The routine is as visual as shown in the demo. The issue with the small cut/edit in the demo is that the cut hides a flash that is not noticable the first time you watch the video but would have been noticable with multiple viewings without the edit. So what you see in the demo is the exact routine but with one or maybe two frames taken out to hide a flash. In terms of would you perform this in real life? I think Eric Jones arlready covered that. You will do it, but it isn't something you do for 10 people. You would do it for one or maybe two people that are standing right next to you. I think you could do it with borrowed coins. In the U.S. you would have to use borrowed quarters but then you would need to practice specifically with quarters as the size of the coin will make a difference. Bottom line: This is an incredibly beautiful routine that is very difficult. If you are willing to work hard for awhile, then it is worth the money. If you like a challenge, then this will definitely give it to you. Even if you just use part of the routine, or as Alex suggests, do the routine with just two coins, it is still a miracle to the spectator. As noted above, I will be working on this for at least a year before I think I will be ready to perform it. I haven't had that kind of challenge in awhile and I am looking forward to it. Cheers, Todd P.S. Alex, thanks for sharing this. It really is beautiful and looks like real magic. I hope I can do it justice. |
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markhitton Special user 964 Posts |
Very nice effect looks impossible.
I buy to check if it is possible in real world situations or just for restricted angles situations. |
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markhitton Special user 964 Posts |
In any case impressive sleights
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cperkins Special user 700 Posts |
See the recent review of Prodigy in the April edition of Magic Magazine.
To see a difficult thing lightly handled gives the impression of the impossible.
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Garrett Loyal user Missouri 258 Posts |
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On 2012-03-29 09:09, cperkins wrote: For those of us who don't subscribe, could you perhaps provide a brief summary? Thanks for your time. |
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cperkins Special user 700 Posts |
Garrett -
I don't own this DVD and have never viewed it, but Francis Menotti reviewed this product for Magic Magazine in its latest issue (April). His review is overall, quite positive. In fact, he calls it "... a very pretty four coin routine that made me proud to be a magician and inspired me to brush up on my coin work." "The magician very fluidly and slowly waves one hand over the other and reveals that four half dollars have appeared in a perfect square formation on his open palm. He then waves his empty hand, palm down, over each of the coins. After each pass, a different coin is gone. Finally, one at a time, the magician causes them to reappear in a similarly square pattern on his open palm. Curtain." The reviewer admits that the routine "requires an advanced and quite angley series of moves that, from the right perspective and in the right hands, can look beautiful." Without tipping specifics, there is a heavy reliance on deep back clip and a move that the creator of the routine Alex Geiser, calls the Boom Production which is stunning and according to the reviewer, quite possibly the quickest move to learn of the entire routine. Be forewarned, the routine in general is extremely challenging "and should be looked at as a long-term investment in bettering one's coin magic. Hope that helps. Chuck
To see a difficult thing lightly handled gives the impression of the impossible.
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Garrett Loyal user Missouri 258 Posts |
Chuck,
Thanks a lot for taking the time to post that. I was really excited about getting The Prodigy when it first came out, but backed off due to the largely negative review given by the Wizard Product Review guys. Of course, their criteria for an effect is not necessarily the same criteria I would consider important. Anyway, it looks like I might have to give this one another look. Thanks again! gh |
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cperkins Special user 700 Posts |
This is a miracle when mastered but it ain't for sissys to learn.
cp
To see a difficult thing lightly handled gives the impression of the impossible.
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J-Mac Inner circle Ridley Park, PA 5338 Posts |
I agree, Chuck. I really like the routine but alas I don’t feel I am quite ready to master the work, at least not yet. At this point in my magic life I believe I would spend a lot of time on Prodigy and eventually become frustr4ated with myself. For now I will stick with routines and effects that are within my ken. Someday maybe I'll look at this again.
Jim PS: I guess I am placing myself in the "sissy" category wrt Prodigy! |
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cperkins Special user 700 Posts |
So much to master...so little time.
Count me in that same sissy catagory when it comes to this one. cp
To see a difficult thing lightly handled gives the impression of the impossible.
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