More Than Just Magic and Showmanship
Tutored by: Morgan and West
| Timestamp | Description |
|---|---|
| 0:00:20 | Academy Introduction |
| 0:01:25 | Course Introduction and Overview |
| 0:08:10 | Performance: Mr Morgan or Mr West |
| 0:12:30 | Explanation and discussion |
| 0:27:30 | Why this is an opening trick? |
| 0:31:10 | Handling props |
| 0:32:20 | Teaching audiences how to respond |
| 0:34:55 | Summary |
| 0:37:35 | Comments on comedy |
| 0:39:00 | Comments on working as a pair and ad-libbing humour |
| 0:43:50 | Question: Why do you sometimes meet and greet before a show? |
| 0:47:20 | Question: Does the fact that you're a Victorian act mean you have to choose your tricks very carefully? Why do you use green and purple cards? |
| 0:50:50 | Performance: Bottles |
| 0:54:15 | Explanation and discussion |
| 1:08:45 | Theming and altering props |
| 1:13:50 | Building faith with your audience |
| 1:17:05 | Question: Did you work together before you became Morgan & West as a duo? |
| 1:20:25 | Question: How did you pick your characters and have they changed over time? |
| 1:28:20 | Break (Ends: 1:30:20) |
| 1:30:40 | Performance: The Ten Card Trick |
| 1:35:30 | Explanation and discussion |
| 1:52:00 | Audience/Spectator management |
| 1:56:45 | Card splitting |
| 2:04:45 | Question: What glue to use to put split cards back together? |
| 2:05:50 | Origins of this trick |
| 2:13:50 | Question: What is the best piece of advice you would give for putting on a first stage show? |
| 2:15:50 | Question: How do you audience test your shows? |
| 2:22:40 | Question: Pre-tour prep |
| 2:31:50 | Performance: Happy Rotter |
| 2:42:10 | Explanation and discussion |
| 3:09:15 | Question: Do any members of the audience ever come dressed as Victorians? |
| 3:13:10 | Question: What is your script writing process? |
| 3:16:20 | Question: Can you tell us about your Penn and Teller Fool Us experience? |
| 3:20:40 | Closing comments |
| 3:23:00 | End |
| References | |
| Drawing Room Deceptions - Guy Hollingworth | |
| Maelstrom; Vortex - Tom Stone | |
| VDP (DVD) - John Van Der Put | |
| Reflections - Helder GuimarĂ£es | |
| AmazeBox by Mark Shortland and Vanishing Inc. |