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The Hermit Veteran user 301 Posts |
Is it me or does it seem like the only person without a Penguin Lecture is Kamarr? I have bought a dozen or so. I get that they're good, but it seems like a lot of them are a rehash of the performers other videos. I get maximizing the coin from existing material, but you can only recycle so much. I'm surprised that the market is as big as it is to absorb all this material. I mean, I have paid $360 for the little I have watched and I doubt I use one effect from them all and half the stuff I knew about anyway. How many new books could I have bought for that dough and wound up with real effects to use. I think I just like seeing the performances. Anyway, how many have you seen and what's your take?
BTW - It would be interesting if they did a series where the performer had to do all new material. They could charge more and pay more for that. |
Mr. Woolery Inner circle Fairbanks, AK 2149 Posts |
I use material from Ian Rowland’s Penguin lecture. I also use some from Paul Voodini. But I agree that a lot of the material in some of the lectures (I think I have 8), is rehashed or duplicated in other works by the same performer. I can’t afford to buy a lot of them right now.
-Patrick |
Oscar999 Elite user 401 Posts |
I just counted them up, I have 47 Penguin lectures ... soon to be 48, will not miss Marc Paul's.
I use items all the time from Marc's first lecture, plus John Bannon's lecture (the origami card trick). I'm working on a piece from David Parr's. And I will definitely make up something from Jan Forster's. but, that's still a whole bunch of them that I'm not really getting "routines" from, although, I've enjoyed them all and the advice and discussion were always helpful or interesting. Oscar |
Tim Cavendish Inner circle 1404 Posts |
I have watched several dozen.
My favorites -- by far -- are Dani DaOrtiz 1 and 2. Dani's techniques are about timing, attitude, body movement and focus management, and in this case video conveys his ideas more effectively than text. He is at his best with a full table of four participants and live audience, and that's the environment Penguin furnishes in lectures 1 and 2. (#3 supplies that environment for the performances, but not for the explanations. And #4 is coming up on Dec 16(!) -- we'll see what they do there.) In this environment he performs tons of timing forces (and error correction techniques) left and right, which are incredibly useful to study. These are stupendously valuable videos. |
Feliz New user 3 Posts |
One too many
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Shadow Art New user 56 Posts |
The most useful for me was Marc Paul and Luke Jermay lectures.
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
I don't watch them for the routines as such, I watch them to see how they pace and deliver them... Its good for me, as I can then compare and contrast them against what I do...
I've asked to be banned
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