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Geoff Weber Inner circle Washington DC 1384 Posts |
Is there a book of magic out there featuring story based coin magic? (preferably more than just one or two tricks) I must admit that is why I have often favored cards over coins because my presentation style is more story based and it seems there are much more story possibilities with cards.. I am not terribly interested by saying things like: Here's a coin, now its gone, now its over here, now its in my pocket, now I have 6 coins, ad nauseum...
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KingStardog Inner circle 2134 Posts |
I suppose that a clear knowledge of what is portrayed on the coins used would offer as many story lines as kings and queens etc. You may enjoy coin work more if you get a text on the subjects that are minted. Now with the state quarteres all of us "coinguys"
now have a complete "deck" of story lines too. About 65 stories now when you count the current coins.
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Spydur Special user PDX, now San Diego...back to PDX 966 Posts |
I would have to say that the one who comes closest to "stories" with coins would have to be David Roth. His book has some crazy magic that tends to follow some sort of storyline. Also check out David Williamson, although he does not tell "stories" with his coin work he does know how to entertain with coin magic, other than the usual, "How many here, now how many here, now there over here..."
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Curtis Kam V.I.P. same as you, plus 3 and enough to make 3498 Posts |
I'd echo Corey's reference to Roth's formal table routines, but in this way: these are (some of them) crying out for meaningful interpretation. Some are just too weird, and need all the expository monologue just so they make sense. Others, like "Purse and Glass", "The Rainbow", "The Globe" are simple enough to allow a more sophisticated presentation. (Forget that approach for "Portable Hole", though)
Other sources of story-based coin effects: Sawa. See his "The Beggar", for instance, in which the spectator is asked to play the part of a beggar, until the magician is forced to beg from him. Check out some of his video stuff, too. Eric Maurin's "Penny candy", an absolutely charming presentation of the copper/silver transposition in Michael Weber's "Lifesavers" My presentation of the 21 cent trick in "Deceptions in Paradise" the book, not the video. I'm not sure, but I suspect our own Scott Guinn may have explored this sort of presentation for coin magic, perhaps he can point out the precise publication. Good luck, and write if you get work...
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groovy Regular user 109 Posts |
I use a story about criminal magicians (including a levitating Blaine impression) escaping from a cell for 3 Fly, which can be adapted for kids, substituting the magicians for 3 pigs or try 3 blokes down the pub.
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Tony Chapparo Special user Albuquerque, NM 704 Posts |
Check out Scott Guinn's "Profiles In Coinage"
It is a wonderfull example of story telling in coin magic. (Great job Scott!) Also worth the time and effort is "Act Building Tool kit for Magicians" by Mitch Williams ( Great stuff here! )
Tony Chapparo
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Geoff Weber Inner circle Washington DC 1384 Posts |
Thanks for these references guys. Groovy, I do a lot of childrens shows.. the idea of the coins representing pigs in a 3-fly is very appealing... Sure they can see the magic... when pigs fly! oh wait. They just did.
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Reed McClintock V.I.P. 772 Posts |
If I may interject here, I would like to say this. this. thank you for reading, lol
You know if there is a routine you really like, dont look for stories other magicians tell. Watch a movie, read a book etc. I have done this with several of my effects that I perform. apply the plot of a film into the effect and do it a million times eventually you will develop a routine that is entertaining, and will fry your audiences. I often am not in a situation I can tell a story, but I can fill it with gags and funny lines etc., in a way it tells a story to. |
ixnay66 Inner circle Denver 1525 Posts |
Thieves and Sheep is a decent story. I also like Michael Rubenstein's coins across with 3 silver coins (gymnasts) and one copper (their manager). Reed is right though. You can make up anything you want. When I auditioned for the Magic Castle I did a matrix effect with a bar theme. My picture was on the face of the card where all the women(coins) gathered because I had a ferrari key fob.
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Lucas Walker Regular user Missouri 125 Posts |
Since in 3 fly there are 3 coins, a classic story to follow would be the 3 muskateers. If you used 3 different denomoinations of coins, you could even name them.
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ActuariaLug New user 24 Posts |
For Dan Watkins's Sticky Coins, I've been toying with this story. There's a boyfriend and girlfriend plus a girl who's crushing on the boy. The couple pushes the girl away but she keeps coming back. Finally she gets so frustrated and decides that if she can't have him, nobody can. So she gets a .44 Magnum and ices the couple. Mmmm. You can smell the cheese a mile away.
By the way, what is the appropriate way to present routines that are posted at the Coin Purse? Is it enough to credit the originator before/after doing the routine, or is it necessary to obtain explicit permission from the originator? |
Dan Watkins Inner circle PA 3028 Posts |
If something is posted there you can feel free to perform it, the authors would not have done so if they wanted it to remain private. In performing routines you typically don't have to credit people. Credits are usually involved only if you are publishing something, lecturing on something, or telling fellow magicians where you learned something.
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