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unclesamayen Elite user Taiwan 459 Posts 
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Hello,
I'm looking for some quick, visual tricks, stand-up or close-up, which are suitable for TV shows. It's about 3-4 mins. Can you give me some advices please? Thank you very much. YuYen
Comedy, Mental, Busking.
Performing magic for the blinds. http://youtu.be/nW3O0nucQUI Busking in Mong Kok http://youtu.be/WqohXqTxRVU |
REV BILL Special user Glen Burnie Maryland 788 Posts
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Maybe,
20th Cent silks Sympathetic Silks Cut/Restored rope routine Professors Nitemare Whats Next Dot card
Specializing in Family Entertainment,Gospel,Comedy and Educational programs for over 30 years.(Order of Merlin)
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Andi Peters Inner circle 1330 Posts
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Paul Gordon's Easy Ace estimation
Paul Gordon's Red Herring Paul Gordon's Diary Trick Performed at pace, that's your 3 - 4 minutes right there. |
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AllanK Loyal user Australia 212 Posts
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If you can get a hold of it, read "Lights! Cameras! Magic!" by Dick and Virginia Williams (SPS Publications, 1994). This goes into great detail about what worked (and didn't work) and why for Dick and Virginia in their long-running (23 years!) TV show. It includes a list of their 200 favourite TV tricks/routines with brief descriptions, as well as full routines and lots of information you need to know about TV work.
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MeetMagicMike Inner circle Gainesville Fl 3504 Posts
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You should do tricks that you are comfortable with. Don't come up with something new for this show. If you list the tricks you are good at and comfortable performing we could give you help narrowing it down or routining things.
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Tom Jorgenson Inner circle LOOSE ANGLES, CALIFORNIA 4451 Posts
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I Second AllenK's suggestion. The book is very good for your purposes, and you can still get it (underpriced) almost anywhere...try H&R or Hocus-Pocus.
This also has the No-Lift stunt described, one of the only 2 books that have the skinny on it.
We dance an invisible dance to music they cannot hear.
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Tom Jorgenson Inner circle LOOSE ANGLES, CALIFORNIA 4451 Posts
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I Second AllenK's suggestion. The book is very good for your purposes, and you can still get it (underpriced) almost anywhere...try H&R or Hocus-Pocus.
This also has the No-Lift stunt described, one of the only 2 books that have the skinny on it.
We dance an invisible dance to music they cannot hear.
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Xiqual Inner circle Upper left quadrant 4935 Posts
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On TV? LOL You have obviously never done a TV spot.
Whywould you give advice about something you have never done? Oh, you are a magician, sorry, forgot. James Quote: On 2011-04-22 14:19, Andi Peters wrote:
Still with the Chinese circus
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Andi Peters Inner circle 1330 Posts
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It's not fair to say my ideas are rubbish without saying any of your own :-(
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Xiqual Inner circle Upper left quadrant 4935 Posts
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Unclesamayen and I both live in Taiwan.
We have both been on TV. I have been on more than he has because I have a very pushy agent,lol. Card tricks on Taiwan TV don't get considered by the producers. You have to send a video of yourself doing magic and they will tell you what they want. These days, they want impossible angles and handling your props. It's actually pretty terrible. I have PM'ed unclesamayen a lot of ideas because we are friends. Here are two of my TV performances: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHmEH9p6D0Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQMYvB3uNTg personally, I like the classics with a twist. James ps Andi, your ideas are not rubbish but seriously, if you have never been on TV performing magic how can offer advice on the subject? Also, the Lights camera action book is good IF you are the focus of a magic TV series. These are not the type of shows we do in Taiwan. The book suggests the Genie vase as a great TV effect. I have it and it's good, but not for TV these days. Quote: On 2011-04-24 07:44, Andi Peters wrote:
Still with the Chinese circus
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unclesamayen Elite user Taiwan 459 Posts
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Thanks all the advices above.
Xiqual is my friend and really helps me a lot. We live in Taiwan and the magic environment is getting harder and harder due to the over-exposure of magic. Two years ago, you can attend a TV show and do just a "Ambitious Card Routine" but now you have to perform some illusions to attend a TV show. It makes a huge difference. That's why I'm looking for some quick, visual and rare-seen tricks. I'm even thinking about that maybe I should change my style to meet what the audience like. But I don't like to do some illusions because I don't have much money and I like to communicate a lot with my audience. Thanks again. Any advice is still welcome! YuYen
Comedy, Mental, Busking.
Performing magic for the blinds. http://youtu.be/nW3O0nucQUI Busking in Mong Kok http://youtu.be/WqohXqTxRVU |
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12967 Posts
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On 2011-04-24 08:40, Xiqual wrote: After ducks I have a whole new respect for you!!! Good stuff!! John |
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Xiqual Inner circle Upper left quadrant 4935 Posts
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Thanks John,
The part that most people never see is taking care of those ducks for another 8 months until I could release them into a nearby university pond. They are still frolicking and signing autographs to this day. James ps Here are two more shows. I am also a vent. Here are two vent shows mixed with magic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0h6LRNK-MM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQvQRQK5hRQ pps A lot of these shows look really stiff because you get to the studio and they pretty much throw your well rehearsed routine out the window and tell you what they want you to do. Nerve wracking to say the least. Quote: On 2011-04-26 08:11, johncesta wrote:
Still with the Chinese circus
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