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WalkerMagic Regular user 103 Posts 
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Hi,
I have been working on a card manipulation act for a couple of months, But I am having a hard time trying to decide how to end the routine. Any suggestions for the big finish will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tommy Walker |
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts
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Simply end with a dramatic final fan of card that have about 10 or 12 cards. Spread the fan as large as possible. Pause. Then drop the fan and take your applause position. It is all how you sell it!
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WalkerMagic Regular user 103 Posts
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On 2011-02-06 15:12, wmhegbli wrote: Thanks, I'll try that out. |
Fábio DeRose Inner circle San Paolo, Brasile 1477 Posts
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Produce a dinossaur. Seriously.
Or a Jumbo Fan. Jeff McBride's transformation of ordinary cards into a pair of massive Jumbo Card Fans has been my finale of choice fo card manipulations for quite a while now. |
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts
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Since you use the phrase "card manipulation act" rather than "routine," I'm assuming that you don't include ball or manipulations of other non-card objects in your act.
I often end my manipulation act with Ed Mishell's "Fanorama." The American flag fanning deck is a good substitute since the Fanorama deck may be difficult to find. You could do a diminishing cards routine and end with the cards completely vanished, leaving you with empty hands--a perfect cue that the act is over. I often end with a double fan cascading into the top hat or whatever container you use for catching the cards. (When I do my double fan routine, I also add an extra ten cards to the deck to make the fan and the cascade more effective.) You could produce a Rice Full House Card Silk. ----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
----- Sonny Narvaez
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dahih beik Special user palestine 817 Posts
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Cards fountain
cards fan to hat cards to snow storm or to throwing streamers cards themed parasol diminishing cards these effects would make a better ending . |
mtpascoe Inner circle 1932 Posts
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I use to end my card act by "dumping the cards" on a tray and pull the hat away revealing a card castle. Of course, the cards are not dumped, I had a Foo set up in my hat to catch the cards. The edges of the tray hid the flat card castle. When I turned the hat on top of the tray, I caught the loop to the card castle with my finger and extended it. Then I spun the hat so the audience can briefly see the hat empty, put the hat on my head, and then I took a pose as the music ended.
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graywolf Special user South carolina 631 Posts
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Look for the cards not the gimmick...cordially,howard
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Fábio DeRose Inner circle San Paolo, Brasile 1477 Posts
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Look for the effect, not anything else.
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts
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Many years ago I thought about applying the principal of the Dancing Cane to a large playing card. Never got much past the brainstorming/daydreaming stage. I was always intrigued by the picture of Keith Clark in the Dover edition of Wilfrid Jonson's _Magic Tricks and Card Tricks_ where he is shown using a magnet with a jumbo card. I did develop a rising card routine using a magnet based on one of the rising card principles that I found in Ottokar Fischer's _Illustrated Magic_. It's a method I haven't seen described in most rising card effects, although I have seen it used to float a ping pong ball.
----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
----- Sonny Narvaez
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WalkerMagic Regular user 103 Posts
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Thanks everyone for all the awesome responses. I’m going to go with what Amado said and get a Rice Full House Silk.
Thanks again, Tommy Quote:
On 2011-02-09 20:12, Anatole wrote: |
Gustavo Vierini New user Brazil 27 Posts
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How Fabio said,
The big Fan by Jeff McBride is very well! Or snowstorm and streamers as Dahih Beik said. So, I do Manipulation cards a long time but I have many different routines with different ending. below I'll leave some videos that I have been done something about it, I hope you can take some idea from it. I hope you enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-VOGEfZFYk&feature=fvst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVjK5lhpJcM&feature=related Best regards and greetings from Brazil, Gustavo Vierini |
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mtpascoe Inner circle 1932 Posts
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Actually, if you are going to use the Snowstorm ending, a good way to do it after the diminishing cards. After the cards diminish to its smallest size, pick up the fan and do the snowstorm.
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MattWMagic New user Issaquah, WA 23 Posts
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In my card manip act I use a card fountain. I have used Jeff McBride jumbo fans in the past. You also might want to check out zoom bounce anf fly by jeff McBride to learn how to shoot cards at the end.
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wikiro Elite user NY 435 Posts
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Mtpascoe that is a really cool idea. If you do the enlarging cards at the beginning that would be the perfect closer. It doesn't give it a punch but it does sooth the audience into the ending. I love doing that rather than the punch line endings. Its what they need not what they want. Also Gustavo Vierini love the back palm fake out. Brilliant in fact.
If you punch a wall so hard your knee hurts your goal has been accomplished.
Never Panic! Wikiro 
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