This is exhalent for people just starting out in Card Magic. It basically gives them a very
versatile arsenal of ways to reveal peoples selected cards. If you are a pro however you have
probably heard of or do almost all of these revelations already so I wouldn't recommend it to you.
Also the multiple revelation routines on there are very well put together. Overall, I would
recommend this to anyone who is intermediate or below in card magic, because they will definitely
get something out of this.
This is an excellent set of DVDs and booklet! They really covered it very thoroughly. One slight
negative is they have a section on how to break up selecting cards for a large number of spectators
with humor. While they do have some good ideas, and I wouldn't say they are the funniest
performers. Also, I would say that humor or some other way of keeping it entertaining is really
critical to a good multiple revelation routine.
So, I would recommend watching other performers
to get ideas for humor. All of the Mel Mellers DVDs are great (He has comments about people's
clothes, comments for couples, comments about entire tables, etc.). Penguin has all the Mel Mellers
DVDs and I would recommend getting them ALL. Gazzo has a unique, some would say offensive humor and
if you don't like his style, you can tone it down (His street cups DVD is excellent!). John
Archer's DVDs are all very funny. I would also suggest getting some comedy DVDs and use them for
inspiration, as well as writing down funny lines from movies.
I highly recommend this item.
I have done muliple revelation effects before, never like this!
Easy, step by step
demonstrations and instructions have changed how I look at the entire effect.
DVD 2 where a
ton of revlations explained helped me look at current effects I use in a different light and is
worth the price by itself!
Very happy with the purchase
When I saw Ricky Jay close the first half of his act with this type of performance in the 80's, I
was hooked and wanted to learn it. In the mid-90's, Aldo Colombini released "Fireworks" and gave us
a great method to accomplish that. Now we have this release, which again demonstrates Aldo's method
(along with another, harder one for the advanced card mechanic) but this time concentrates more on
the "revelation" aspect of the effect. After you are taught how to control the numerous chosen
cards, you are given dozens of different methods to reveal them. Some are incredibly creative and
will take a good bit of practice, while others are easy and "filler" for the routine.
It
doesn't matter about your skill level either. They go ahead and give a complete routine for
beginners so you can get a feel for accomplishing this. As your skill and confidence builds, you are
given the tools to break out into your own methods and make this routine completely your own. This
is a great investment if you want a fun closer to your routine, or just want to really blow a group
away at a party when they hand you a deck and say "Show us something".
The included
booklet is nice for a reference later, but it would have been better to have had at least a few
pictures in there to illustrate as well.