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Caceres New user Bayamon, Puerto Rico 6 Posts |
I love the ambitious card routine, in fact is one of my personal favorites. Now, I have tis little problem, when to stop? After the 3rd time?? The 4th? I realy need an GRAN FINNALE. Some times I see the spectator face, and if I note borebom, then I stop.
Juan Carlos Caceres
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alexhui Inner circle Hong Kong 1956 Posts |
It is the problem I faced at the time I started magic.Eventhough after I started magic for a few years, I never performed ambitious routine because there is no ending for it.mI cannot find a satisfactory routine which I would like to perform. But now,I have created my own routine and it plays very well on my audiences because there is a very solid ending.
My suggestion is contructing a solid routine which is not the one only combined with a lot of moves.AND HAVE A SOLID ENDING. For instance, you can make the ambitious card to a impossible location,sandwiched between two Aces, or whatever makes a difference from just bringing the card to top. You may study more besides Ambitious card to find the inspiration.Don't always follow what has been done on Ambitious Card.To tell you the truth,Ambitious Card can be boring magic if the routine is not solid. The audiences will not be surprised at the third or fourth times if you are doing the same thing again and again. You rather dance for them if you want to perform boring AC. One more suggestion which I keep closely to myself is: Incorperate different elements into the routine. That is to say, apart from making the card going to the top, you can make some color change, reversal, or flourish to make the routine fun to watch. At the end,you make a kicker!! That's my 2 cents on Ambitious Card. Hope you can find useful. Alex
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Bill Beach Veteran user Nashville, TN 304 Posts |
I use the version Michael Ammar teaches on his Easy To Master Card Miricles (video or DVD) Vol. 2. The signed card rises 4 times, the last time being a bent card which visually rises from the middle of the deck. This makes a good ending to the routine.
I take it one step farther; though, losing the signed card in the deck one more time, and then finding it in the Kennedy Mystery Box, which has been sittng in full view during the entire routine. The spectator then unfolds his signed card and keeps it for a souvenir. This makes a fantastic ending and always gets great reactions!! Bill Beach |
eddiekap1 New user 27 Posts |
I suggest using Daryl's Ultimate Ambition to close your routine. The effect is powerful and it is presented differently than the rest of the routine. You visibly place the signed card in the middle of the deck, the audience can verify this. A rope is even tied around the deck to prevent the magician from any sleight of hand. Card is pushed all the way flush and in an instant the spectator is asked to lift the top card. It is their signed card!!!!!!
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Gr8neSS New user Las Vegas 53 Posts |
Daryl's ultimate ambition final is a very strong ending...I've found that it gets the best response... Mike Close use's a dollar bill with a rubber band wrapped around it instead of rope, which is more practical and IMO just as strong.
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Peter Marucci Inner circle 5389 Posts |
Go with the "Rule of Threes".
That is, everything works better if it comes in a set of three, rather than two or four or five, etc. I bring the AC to the top two different ways; the third time, the spectator turns over the top card. By doing it a different way each time, it keeps me from ever getting burned. By doing it only three times, it makes for a logical set. And by having a stronger finish that any other point in the routine, the trick ends rather than just stops! (BTW, for another example of the Rule of Threes, note the last three points on this post. Whether you agree with them or not, they are more effective as three than they would be if I had one less or one more.) |
Steve Friedberg Inner circle 1402 Posts |
As my high school political science teacher answered, when asked how long an essay should be, "Like a mini-skirt...long enough to cover the topic, short enough to keep it interesting."
Likewise...the rule of three is an excellent benchmark.
Cheers,
Steve "A trick does not fool the eyes, but fools the brain." -- John Mulholland |
Brian Proctor Inner circle Somewhere 2323 Posts |
Steve, I like that. Long enough to cover the topic, short enough to keep it interesting... I gotta use that one sometime.
Anyway, When I do my ambitious card, I do it differently each time. I like A/C best when the final card appears in an odd location. Like my shoe, wallet, back pocket, their wallet or purse. Just somewhere that is not near the deck I had been using through out the whole routine. Brian |
rvigon Loyal user uk 266 Posts |
Instead of always using dl, throw in a few passes it will bring your routine to a new level as there are no false shuffles in between also purchase a dark card. It makes a great ending [totally unexpected]
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John Clarkson Special user Santa Barbara, CA 749 Posts |
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On 2003-02-05 18:30, Caceres wrote: For the finale, I use a bit that is not original to me, but I cannot remember whose it is. (If anyone knows, please PM me to enlighten me). I offer to let the specataor "help" me accomplish the miracle. I attach an 8- or 9-inch piece of string (I use dental floss, actually) to the center of the face of the card with Scotch tape. I replace the card, face-down, upon the top of the deck. A particular type of false cut makes it look as though the card has been cut to the center of the deck, with the string hanging out of the center from the front end of the deck. I hand the end of the string to the spectator and tell them just to hold it. I tug on the string from the middle as the spectator holds the end and the string appears to penetrate, visibly, through the deck to the top. At the end, let them pull the card from the top of the deck by pulling their end of the string. Of course, to avoid delays, you should have the length of string and tape prepared and ready to go before your routine.
John D. Clarkson, S.O.B. (Sacred Omphaloskeptic Brotherhood)
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Caceres New user Bayamon, Puerto Rico 6 Posts |
Thanks a lot! Now I'm into the possible endings for the effect. Ah! Have any of you tried to do a snap change in this routine? Did it work
Juan Carlos Caceres
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what Special user Lehi, UT, USA 643 Posts |
In the RRTCM version of the routine, the card ends up on top of the deck twice, the third time it goes to "The Top of the Bottom" of the deck, and to close, it is palmed while giving the deck to the spectators to shuffle and comes out of your jacket.
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filmyak Regular user Los Angeles 150 Posts |
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Fantastic line! Though I think a teacher who used it nowadays would quickly be out of a job... darn that political correctness. |
dillib Elite user 476 Posts |
Have a killer card to impossible location at the end that'll blow them away. I think 4 phases should be the maximum.
I doubt the snap change will work unless, of course, the angles are in your favour.
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Maestro Special user 801 Posts |
I think you should have a plan in mind when doing ambitious card. If you just wait until you see boredom in your specator's face, it's probably too late.
Like other's here, I also think you should have some sort of a kicker ending. |
Steven Leung Inner circle found the Magic Rainbow after 1614 Posts |
Peter's rule of three apply to many fields, what I even recall when I was in the States and answering my college final exams! It is definitely true.
Michael Ammar's 4 phrase routine is a classic. I use it most of the time. However, if you have a chance to watch Dan Harlan's Deck Aid, his 'Bound Ambitious' has the relatively the same effect when compare with Dayrl Ultimate Ambitious. Check it out!
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