Day 1

Tutored by: Marc Spelmann

Timestamp Description
0:01:15 Academy Welcome
0:02:00 Course Introduction
Performances
0:10:55 Introduction
0:11:25 Who, Where, What?
0:21:05 Just 10 Seconds
0:27:15 C.A.R.N. (Card at Random Number)
Explanations
0:36:05 Who, Where, What?
1:00:50 Question: How many cards are there?
1:04:40 Question: Do you write on the cards yourself or get other people
to write some?
1:06:55 Discussion on meeting and choosing spectators for audience
participation
1:12:45 Thoughts on marketing, taking bookings and negotiation
1:21:55 Just 10 Seconds
1:28:25 Applying Card magic techniques to mentalism, Top Change
1:41:10 Question: Up-selling and setting prices
1:59:20 Question: What proportion of your performance is scripted vs.
improvised?
2:04:00 C.A.R.N.
2:12:40 Question: Right-handed Peeks
2:18:00 Break (Ends: 2:18:55)
1 in Thousands
2:20:30 Performance
2:31:30 Explanation
2:38:00 Four-way out envelope explanation
2:50:40 Envelope construction
2:57:55 Question: How do you stop the pieces of paper falling out?
The Prize Draw
3:00:40 Performance
3:15:25 Explanation
3:33:50 Question: What are your thoughts on mentalism with mobile apps?
3:36:55 Question: What do you carry with you for on-the-spot mentalism?
3:38:15 Question: Who are your inspirations in mentalism?
3:40:05 Question: What happened to the Vegas project?
Thief in the Shadows
3:44:10 Performance
3:52:15 Explanation
4:06:05 Question: In The Chapters you used a Svengali Deck for a card
force, do you still do that?
4:09:10 Question: How do you make process-heavy routines entertaining?
4:17:50 Final comments
4:19:10 End
References
The Mind & Magic of David Berglas - David Britland
The Magic of Michael Ammar
Practical Mental Magic, 13 Steps to Mentalism - Theodore Annemann
Tarbell Course in Magic
Mind, Myth and Magick - T.A. Waters
PRISM: The Color Series of Mentalism - Max Maven