> Bad To The Balloon #2 by Mark Byrne - DVD

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Bad To The Balloon has good designs that are kind of fancy, but not too complex or time consuming. However, I thought it has a lot of problems: First, he goes too fast like he's in some kind of hurry - even with slow mo and pausing on my player it's an issue - slow down! I'm no beginner, and I still found it hard to follow. Second, he does the balloon first in a wide shot - why do that - just go straight to the closeups so we can see what you are doing - we don't care about the backgrounds. Third, why waist all that time and make us fast forward through all the silly clowning around nonsense - we are adults who want to learn new balloons - the little skits and silliness are pointless and not entertaining. Also, it has no talking - talking would help us learn easier.
That's just my opinion, I'm sure some disagree.
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BadtotheBalloon
Nov 24th 2015 1:21pm
Hi this is Mark Byrne the Creator of Bad to the Balloon Series.

Bad to the Balloon was shot and taught like how Magic Tricks are taught. The first shot is at full speed which I hope people would strive to attain the kind of speed I go at. It is the Performance shot.

The next shot is the explanation shot. Where we draw you in closer to the action and slow down the difficult parts of making this sculpture.

Bad to the Balloon was done without talking for a reason. Silly receptive banter you find on other DVDs is NOT what I wanted. It also has an international appeal.

As to the silly skits.... I wanted my DVD to be entertaining. Many have complimented me on the transitions and parodies that keep their interest high. It has also enticed family members to join the learner in doing the sculptures. I think this is a big win.

Thank you for your review. Please check out Badder to the Balloon #3 27 MORE hats on a 3 Disc set.
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