SKETCH BY JOAO MIRANDA
Effect: The spectator selects a card. The magician shows a pad, and sketches a card- his impression of the one the spectator selected. The magician shows what he has drawn-- the audience laughs because the magician only drew the BACK of a card!
Suddenly the drawing VISIBLY jumps out of the pad, transforming into a real card, exactly matching the spectator ' s selection!
Difficult rating: Intermediate
Verdict: This is fun. The visual transformation of the drawing into the selection is stunning and is relatively easy to do.
The gimmick is well made and works great. I would however not do this trick close to the spectators. If done in strolling or table hopping, I suggest you keep some distance to the spectators. In a parlour setting, there is no problems at all.
Rating: 4 / 5. Availiable at http:// www. joaomiranda. com
Q & A MASTERCLASS BY BOB CASSIDY / PENGUIN MAGIC
Read the minds of your ENTIRE AUDIENCE by answering unspoken questions and revealing thoughts in real time.
In the OVER 5 HOURS of instruction from Bob Cassidy, you will learn the best methods for how to obtain the information, how to present the effect, how to reveal the information and most important, how to understand the purpose of the Q & A effect.
Verdict: Cassidy delivers in this one. He demonstrates then performs a full mentalism Q & A show. After that, Cassidy is interviewed about finer points of the performance, what went wrong, and what went very very right!
My only criticism is that the information is a bit unorganized.
Mr. Cassidy talks spreads his knowledge about his own " jazz mentalism " and there ' s just so much going on that it ' s probably hard to organize.
To get the most out of this, you probably want to view it multiple times.
Rating: 4 / 5. Available at www. penguinmagic. com