The Adequate Blog

Tobias the Adequate Babbles about Magic, Renaissance Faires, Creativity… and the remains

&
 

May 22 2009

Audatious Gambits - Old Trick, New Stuff

Published by theadequate at 3:22 pm under Magic, Theatre Edit This

So many magicians throw aside “old” magic tricks because, in our world, they’re overexposed. By this I mean that magicians see other magicians doing magic tricks and once they’ve seen it 3 times, it’s “overexposed”.

In this case, make a list of tricks you love that you don’t do.

Now, pick one trick, and try applying the effect to a material other than the one the trick was applied to.  Taking an effect and using a different type of material than the “traditional” material can breathe new life into an old, “overexposed” trick.

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • StumbleUpon
  • Tumblr
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • YahooMyWeb
Possibly-related Articles:                                        (auto-generated)

One Response to “Audatious Gambits - Old Trick, New Stuff”

  1. Perrin Rynningon 22 May 2009 at 5:39 pm edit this

    Reflexive response:

    “Pick a banana. Any banana. No, don’t let me see which one. Concentrate on that banana…

    … Is… THIS your banana?”

    Good tip! I mean, suggestion!

Trackback URI | Comments RSS

Leave a Reply